Hope House returns to the City of Laurel’s 40th Annual Main Street festival on 10/15, for a day of entertainment, food, vendors, live music and activities at Laurel’s Main Street Festival on May 7th! Main Street will be completely closed to vehicular traffic between Route 1 South & 7th Street allowing thousands of people to stroll up and down Main Street, enjoying numerous food vendors, bands, local businesses, and arts & crafts. The Festival will start with the parade which will begin at 9am.

Recovery Anne Arundel hosts the 10th Annual Recovery Walk in downtown Annapolis starting at 11am. The walk will start and end at People’s Park at the corner of Calvert and Clay Streets. The rain date is scheduled for September 25th. Hope House will be among the exhibitors at this event. If you are a Hope House employee and are interested in volunteering, please contact Carol Boyer at cboyer@hopehousemd.org.

Hope House returns as a platinum sponsor for the 34th Annual Tuerk Conference on Mental Health and Addiction Treatment on 9/15, at the Baltimore Convention Center from 8am-5pm. The purpose of this conference is to increase the participant’s understanding of current issues in the field of mental health and substance use disorders. This year’s conference includes presentations related to: new street drugs, the impact of fentanyl on overdoses, the legalization of marijuana, the opioid settlement funding, the effect of trauma on vulnerable persons, alcohol and the workplace, and the availability of telemedicine to treat opioid use disorders. The Annual Tuerk Conference continues to be
the premier conference in the Maryland region for providers, administrators, counselors and advocates to learn about the latest information on events and changes that will affect them. Other topics that will be covered include: youth and adolescent prevention programs, self-care for counselors, public health responses to sports betting, and the history of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.

Join Calvert Recovery Support at the Calvert Marine Museum from 5:30pm-8:30pm for family-friendly fun, as we celebrate recovery. First 50 people get a free meal ticket.

• FREE t-shirts

• Food

• Games

• Prizes

• Music

The Maryland Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Administration celebrates their Peer Recovery Specialist workforce with a virtual event. The event will include keynote speaker Melissa Scales Hamilton, CEO of I Am Special, and Karen Webber, CPRS. CEUs for Peer Recovery Specialists will be made available for those who attend the event in its entirety. Event registration can be found here.

*This event is online.

International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died, and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. The campaign raises awareness of overdose, which is one of the world’s worst public health crises, and stimulates action and discussion about evidence-based overdose prevention and drug policy. It also acknowledges the profound grief felt by families and friends whose loved ones have died or suffered permanent injury from a drug overdose.

International Overdose Awareness Day also spreads the message about the tragedy of drug overdose death and that drug overdose is preventable.

The goals of International Overdose Awareness Day are:

• To provide an opportunity for people to publicly mourn loved ones in a safe environment, some for the first time without feeling guilt or shame.

• To include the greatest number of people in International Overdose Awareness Day events, and encourage non-denominational involvement.

• To give community members information about the issue of fatal and non-fatal overdose.

• To send a strong message to current and former people who use drugs that they are valued.

• To stimulate discussion about overdose prevention and drug policy.

• To provide basic information on the range of support services that are available.

• To prevent and reduce drug-related harm by supporting evidence-based policy and practice.

• To inform people around the world about the risk of overdose.

To find an IOAD event closest to you, click here. Local municipalities not listed on the website include:

Visitors from close and far enjoy a day of entertainment, food, vendors, music and activities. Laurel is proud of its small town roots and close knit community, which is evidenced by the Main Street Festival.

Main Street will be completely closed to vehicular traffic between Route 1 South and 7th Street allowing thousands of people to stroll up and down Main Street enjoying numerous food vendors, bands and arts and crafts. The Festival will start with the parade which will begin at 9:00 a.m. Each year this event draws thousands of people who enjoy the day’s festivities and visiting Main Street businesses. ​

If you have any questions about the Main Street Festival, please contact the Laurel Board of Trade:

383 Main Street​
Laurel, MD 20707
Main: 301-483-0838​
Fax: 301-483-0843
email: info@laurelboardoftrade.net