UPDATE – WE DID IT!
THE COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH WITH ALL THE DONATIONS NEEDED TO PURCHASE 63 WASHINGTON AS A RESIDENCE WHERE WOMEN WILL THRIVE IN THEIR RECOVERY! STAY TUNED >

Welcome to
Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition

Our Mission

Supporting Recovery from Addiction in Mid-Coast Maine

Addiction to drugs or alcohol has become an all too common in mid-coast Maine, taking its toll on individuals and families throughout our communities.

The good news is that it does not need to ruin lives and destroy families: The Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition (MCRC) is a nonprofit organization that was created to support individuals and families to find help and healing for this challenging problem. Read more (MCRC History) >

Our Work

Recovery Residences and Coaches

63 WASHINGTON STREET: A RECOVERY RESIDENCE FOR WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN

The Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition’s (MCRC) is currently raising funds to acquire and support 63 Washington Street in Camden, Maine – a home for women in recovery. For more information, please call Ira Mandel at MCRC (207-701-1575) or donate below.

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RECOVERY COACHES

The Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition’s (MCRC) coaches provide encouragement, motivation, insights and access to resources to those in need. Local addiction, behavioral health and medical practices may refer individuals to MCRC’s recovery coaches for ongoing support. Coaches may be reached by calling MCRC at (207) 701.1182.

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THE FRIENDS HOUSE – A RECOVERY RESIDENCE FOR MEN

Established in March 2018, and located downtown Rockland Maine, The “Friends House” is a recovery residence for men who are highly motivated to make progress in their recovery. Each resident comes from different settings including directly from the community, from the hospital, detox facilities, rehab or corrections settings such as Maine State Prison or the Knox County Jail.

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OUR TEAM

Want to join our great team?

Ira G. Mandel, MD, MPH

Executive Director Dr. Mandel completed his training as a family practitioner in 1982 and completed his Masters of Public Health training in 2001. He has more than 34 years of medical practice and medical leadership experience, ten of which were spent in midcoast Maine including Knox, Waldo and Lincoln counties and the many islands contiguous with those counties.

Ned Bachus

Board of Director Ned Bachus earned an MA degree in counseling (1974) and an MFA in writing (1988). As an award-winning faculty member at Community College of Philadelphia, he counseled and taught deaf and hearing students from developmental to honors level, creating courses that linked content in psychology and English and that were taught collaboratively across academic disciplines.

C. Patrick Mundy

Board of Director Pat is a graduate of the following institutions: Yale University with a BA in Psychology graduating in 1961,University of Maryland Law School graduating in 1964, Louis Allen Management School graduating in 1977 and West Chester University, MA in American History graduating in December 2004.

Vicky Yates

Board of Director Vicky Yates, a resident of Rockport, brings many years of experience in the mental health field having received numerous professional certifications including a B.S Degree in Mental Health Services from the University of Maine. Additionally, Vicky’s experience with a close family member’s addiction gave her much greater insight and awareness into this disorder than professional schooling could have provided.

John Jeffers

Board of Director John Jeffers worked from 1993 to 2017 in many different progressive mental health care management and broad-based clinical settings, providing leadership by providing guidance and direction in a changing environment.

Interested in becoming a volunteer?
Please e-mail ira at ira@midcoastrecovery.org

SUPPORT OUR PROGRAMS!

Donate to Mid-Coast Maine Recovery Residency & Coaching programs

HOUSE FOR WOMEN IN RECOVERY

Goal: $160000

UPDATE! We've reached our goal - Thank you to the community for helping the dream come true! 63 Washington in

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UPCOMING EVENTS

24 January 2019

Community Discussion of 63 Washington Street Women’s Recovery Residence

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Chestnut St Baptist Church, 29 Chestnut St, Camden, Maine 04843
Camden, ME 04843 United States

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LATEST NEWS

63 Washington Street (Women's Recovery Residence)

WE DID IT !!! 400 individual donors raised $160,000 in 30 days for the new Women’s Recovery Home in Camden, ME.

If ever our community wanted to demonstrate its commitment to address the drug addiction epidemic in our neighborhoods, the public support for the purchase of 63 Washington Street in Camden made it very clear: Our community supports recovery big time!!! More than 400 individual donors responded to a plea for help for the Mid-Coast Recovery […]

Women’s Recovery Residence: Only until Jan. 2 to raise fund to acquire 63 Washington Street in Camden

63 Washington in Camden has a three century tradition of meeting the needs of women in mid-coast Maine. Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition just learned that it has ONLY until January 2nd, 2019 days to raise $160,000 to continue this tradition by opening a nurturing and healing Women’s Recovery Residence to enable women in recovery on their […]

Continuing a legacy of serving women in need at 63 Washington Street (Camden, Maine)

Helping women in recovery from substance use disorder requires new and creative solutions, but when Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition (MCRC) Executive Director Ira Mandel talks about plans to establish a women’s recovery residence in Camden, he looks to the past as much as to the future. “Camden’s history of giving and helping convinces me that together […]

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