Coastal Recovery Community Center (CRCC), along with Knox County Treatment Court, sponsored a fun afternoon of grilling and conversation on the lawn of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Rockland. Ashlee Herrick, Case Manager with Reg. 6 Treatment and Recovery Court, Knox Maine Pretrial Services, Inc., reached out to CRCC’s co-founder and board president Erin Hustus, for a brainstorming session to plan for the mid-August event.

Herrick and Hustus, along with familiar volunteer faces from both nonprofits, brought an impressive-sized grill, lots of hotdogs, salads, crunchies, sweets, and drinks. Grill master was Jeff Hawes, Treatment Court Assistant and an associate of Herrick’s.

The event was attended by participants from both nonprofits, and CRCC board member Amy Curtis-Robinson was on hand to assist and welcome locals interested in great food during a casual event in the early evening summer sunshine.

Herrick and Hustus plan more mutual get together events, featuring CRCC-based pot luck or crockpot events as the days shorten and get cooler. Each time CRCC and Treatment Court is able to join forces, our community strengthens.

Coast Recovery Community Center (CRCC) is a safe, nonjudgmental space for every individual on a path to recovery. That pathway is not only for the individual struggling with substance and/or alcohol use, but their loved ones as well. CRCC offers harm reduction strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with substance use and improving health and wellness for people seeking and maintaining recovery.

Maine Treatment Courts provide intensive, community-based, court-supervised treatment and accountability for eligible individuals with substance use and/or mental disorders who are involved with the criminal justice or child protection system.

CRCC serves the entire Knox County community as a welcoming cooling and warming center at its location at 11 White St., Rockland, ME 04841. CRCC welcomes all those on their individualized pathways to recovery which also includes loved ones. Stop in to gain free access to charge devices, check emails, get coffee, water, or just grab a snack. Free items are offered: wound kits, shower/ hygiene kits, sexual wellness supplies as well as peer-to-peer support services.