Call for Nominations for the Father Joseph C. Martin Award for Professional Excellence
Father Martin's Ashley Announces Call for Nominations for the Father Joseph C. Martin Award for Professional Excellence
HAVRE DE GRACE,
MARYLAND (FEBRUARY 16, 2010)— Father Martin’s Ashley, the non-profit alcoholism
and drug addiction treatment center here announced that nominations for the
2010 Father Joseph C. Martin, S.S. Award for Professional Excellence are now
being accepted.
The Father
Martin Award was first given in 2003 and was created to recognize professionals
who exemplify Father Martin’s legacy of devotion to 12-step recovery and
helping the chemically addicted, and their families, heal.
There have been six award honorees to
date: Ronald Hunsicker, DDiv, Robert Ackerman, Ph.D., James O’Hair, CEAP,
Gabriel Kajeckas, LCSW, Terence Gorski, MA and Debra Reynolds, Dr. Ph. This
year’s award will be presented at a special Awards Luncheon during the National
Conference on Addictive Disorders (NCAD) sponsored by the National Association
of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP), the Association for Addiction
Professionals (NAADAC) and the Vendome Group to be held in Washington, DC,
September 8-11, 2010.
Father Mark
Hushen, President and CEO of Father Martin’s Ashley, the treatment center
co-founded by Father Martin, commented on the changes in the award scope,
nomination and selection process: “Father Martin was known and loved around the
world. It is only fitting that we open nominations for the award given in his
name to all professionals who contribute to saving and changing the lives of
those affected by chemical addiction. We are thrilled to have the larger forum
of the NCAD conference with which to convey this important award.”
An independent
committee will review the nominations and select this year’s winner. For more
information about, and nomination forms for, the Fr. Joseph C. Martin Award for
Professional Excellence Award go to: www.fathermartinsashley.org and
click on ”Referring Professionals” or you may email Ashley.Marketing@fmashley.com
to have the nomination forms sent to you by email or mail.
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ABOUT FATHER
JOSEPH C. MARTIN, S.S,-Father Joseph C. Martin passed away on March 9th,
2009 after a 50+ year career of helping fellow alcoholics, addicts and their
families heal. He co-founded the Father Martin’s Ashley treatment center in
1983 and also Father Martin Media, distributors of Chalk Talk, perhaps the most widely viewed film on the subject of
alcoholism in the world. He believed in the simple wisdom of 12-step programs
and that each person deserved to be treated with dignity.
ABOUT
FATHER MARTIN’S ASHLEY: Father Martin’s Ashley is a nationally-recognized
leader in the treatment of alcoholism and chemical dependence. Accredited by
The Joint Commission and located on a 147-acre campus in Havre de Grace, Maryland,
Father Martin’s Ashley has, since being co-founded by Father Joseph C. Martin,
S.S. in 1983, worked to heal addicts and help their families with the science
of medicine, the art of therapy and the practice of 12-Step spirituality.
Father Martin’s Ashley is a division of Ashley, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization, and has treated more than 32,000 patients, offering inpatient
treatment as well as sobriety enrichment, DWI, and family and children’s
educational programs.