The public is welcome to the Coastal Recovery Community Center’s Recovery Rally, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, from 4-6 p.m., at Rockland Harbor Park, 271 Main Street. 

Multiple health providers are slated to attend with free-of-charge medication assistant therapy consultations, health checks, vaccines, and reproductive health information. 

Maine Family Planning’s Health On Wheels mobile unit brings care directly to the Recovery Rally. Health on Wheels delivers high-quality care, including reproductive and sexual health care, wound care and so much more.

The Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) will be on hand to offer immediate results for HIV and Hepatitis-C testing. The recommendation is for everyone to get tested for status knowledge and peace of mind. Conversations around 'next steps' will be available.

According to a recent event on the Language of Stigma at CRCC, the CDC reports there is stigma surrounding getting tested for HIV.  But now there is great news: With treatment, those with HIV are living longer, with the Federal CDC releasing statistics that ‘People with diagnosed HIV are living longer, healthier lives because of effective HIV treatment. In late 2022, over half of people with diagnosed HIV were aged 50 and older.’* 

The Recovery Rally welcomes Public Health Nurses and Hannaford Supermarket who offer vaccines for adults.

The Knox Clinic will chat about their services including primary care, dental care, and mental health and wellness. Public Health Nurses will be available to answer questions and administer vaccines. 

Check out all the recovery support opportunities and meet people from all pathways, including medication therapy; fitness; healthcare; and, case management. Adults can engage with Penobscot Bay Community Health Partnerships, and Meals on Wheels. Check out CRCC recovery partners attending the rally: OPTIONS, New Seasons, Better Life Partners, Holistic Practitioners, and of course, CRCC.   

CRCC holds its annual Recovery Rally every September, during National Recovery Awareness Month, where the goal is to help lift up those in recovery, combat stigma and offer support to the community.

*(Source: US CDC diagnoses, deaths and prevalence of HIV infection in the US and 6 territories and freely associated states, 2022.)

Coastal 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.

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. FMI: visit us on Facebook, or www.rocklandrecovery.org, or 207-691-3697.