Compass Mark

08/31/2026

Overdose Awareness Day is a time to remember and mourn those we've lost to addiction, as well as recommit to lowering stigma and increasing support in our community.

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08/31/2026

Tonight, we gather on the Historic Courthouse steps in West Chester, PA to honor those we've lost to overdose and addiction. Join us in the spirit of love for our community members and pledge to continue to work to reduce the harms from addiction. With hope. 💜💙🖤

Tonight, we gather in remembrance and hope. 🕯️

Conversation is honored to be attending Night of Light in West Chester, hosted by Chester County Health Department, Drug & Alcohol Services, an evening dedicated to remembering lives lost to substance use disorders and bringing hope to those working toward recovery.

We’re especially proud that our Director of Family Support, Gail Freas Campbell, BSN, RN, CFRS, will be speaking as part of this important community event.

If you’re attending, please stop by, say hello, and connect with us. We look forward to being together with so many people committed to supporting individuals, families, and communities affected by substance use.

📍 Historic Courthouse Steps, West Chester
⏰ 6:30–8:00 PM

08/27/2026

Do you have clients, students, or loved ones who seem to keep failing at life, no matter what is tried?

Many times, people who can't succeed at behavioral interventions are deemed stubborn, resistant, and in need of FURTHER work on their behavioral support plans.

It's often assumed that their families are enabling them or not using the prescribed interventions correctly. Or that the client or student needs to try harder. But what if their brains prevent them from succeeding?

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) present themselves in many ways. Some effects are physical, and some are brain-based, shaping attention, impulse control, memory, and behavior. The brain-based ones are the most often missed.

Standard behavioral interventions—the ones most of our systems are built around—don't work for this population. Not because the person is resistant. Because the brain wiring is different.

Join Dan Dubovsky, MSW, for the free webinar 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿: 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 on September 3 from 9am to noon.

Cert of completion & Act 48 credits free; NASW-PA credits for a small fee.

𝐷𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝐴𝑆𝐷, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 35+ 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐹𝐴𝑆𝐷𝑠. 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝐴𝑆𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒.

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿! https://www.compassmark.org/events/improving-outcomes-by-recognizing-fasd/

08/25/2026

Put your hands together for Karizma Pomales, who won our Values in Action award this month!!! 👏🏼👏🏿🫶🏽

When conducting a special contact visit between a small child and his incarcerated parent, Karizma skillfully provided ways for him to make decisions and feel empowered while at Lancaster County Prison.

Karizma also ensured that the parent who brought him to the visit felt included in the decision-making.

It's very important that children involved in our Families Forward program know that they have the right to love and connect with their parent in prison, but that they also have the right to say no.

Karizma navigates many similar situations in her role supporting the parent in prison, their child/ren, and the children's caregivers, and she does it with healthy boundaries and respect for all parties.

Thank you, Karizma, for your impactful work on behalf of our community! 🫶🏽

08/24/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿! 🌳🪺🎸

In it's 14th year, Recovery Day is a FREE, family-friendly celebration of addiction recovery complete with:
🎪 A sold-out 5K run/walk
🎪 Live music by Bad Slice
🎪 $5.50 BBQ buffet by Harvey's BBQ
🎪 Games, vendors, photo booth, reiki, chair massage, face painting, kids' games, arts & crafts, and MORE!

Dog friendly. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for the concert. Celebrate recovery with your community!!!

Please stop by the Compass Mark table and say hello to Amy Sechrist. 🩷🩷

BBQ tickets will sell out- pre-purchase: https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/recovery-day-lancaster/recovery-day-lancaster-2025-1475172902

An event to celebrate recovery from addiction will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 at Buchanan Park in Lancaster city.

08/20/2026

We are pleased to support fall programming at The Urban Well Studio at Saint James Episcopal Church! 🍂🍃🍂🍁

Recovery is broadly defined—join them for yoga rooted in the wisdom of the 12 steps. From substance use disorder to perfectionism. . . take good care of yourself by signing up today.

**THE URBAN WELL STUDIO AT SAINT JAMES**
**Tuesdays in September 15, 22 & 29 | 5:30 - 6:45 PM**
**Yoga, the twelve steps, and a path for everyone to explore
healing and renewal in our daily lives.**

Led by Sarah Shelton, Urban Well Yoga Studio Coordinator, and
The Reverend Stacey Carpenter, Associate Rector at Saint James

The Practice of Recovery: Yoga, the 12 Steps and a Path for All is a three-week series exploring recovery, healing, and embodied practice in everyday life. This series is rooted in the wisdom of the 12 Steps, something that the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous believed everyone could benefit from.

Recovery is not limited to one experience or one path. Many of us are recovering from something—alcohol or substance use, codependency, grief, stress, burnout, perfectionism, anxiety, illness, major life transitions, old patterns, or the places where we have felt disconnected from ourselves, others, our bodies, or a sense of meaning.

Through gentle yoga, reflection, breath, and conversation, this series offers a welcoming space to explore what it means to pause, listen inward, and take the next step toward wholeness. No prior yoga experience, faith affiliation, or recovery background is required. This series is donation-based and open to all.

Click this link to learn more about each session: https://www.saintjameslancaster.org/spiritual-growth/urban-well-contemplative-practices/the-practice-of-recovery/

08/15/2026

Keep kids' curiosity low by storing cannabis edibles with other medicines, and choose brands with plain packaging.
Keep them up and away, out of reach!

08/13/2026

Our student mentors conquer the canopy at Refreshing Mountain Retreat & Adventure Center! 🧗🏿🪽🐦‍⬛

08/11/2026

Treat cannabis edibles like medications in locked storage.
Ask other adults who live in or visit your house to do the same!

08/11/2026

Many thanks to Burrowes Elementary School for having us at Back to School Night! Families are out in full force to meet school staff and check out this beautiful building!