First Strides in Recovery team completes a 10 weeks 'couch to 5K' training program, crossing the finish line of the 2017 Downtown Los Angeles Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning.

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Strides in Recovery files as a nonprofit organization.

 

Online community launched to connect current participants, alumni, and community- based supporters.

 

First team to embrace year-round training joins Strides in Recovery.

 

Two more teams join the Strides in Recovery community. 

 

Strides in Recovery approved as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization

 

First education session raising awareness of the benefits of exercise in early recovery presented at a statewide conference of  addiction  treatment providers.

Expansion continues during the pandemic as treatment providers welcome safe activities which promote connection and a healthy lifestyle.

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in 2021, we hosted a private COVID-safe recovery-focused half marathon event, bringing together four recovery communities, to give program participants the experience of crossing the finish line of a major public race.  In late 2021, public events returned and our teams joyfully participated.

 

The Strides in Recovery community grows to include participants from 11 addiction treatment programs, and over 1000 online supporters.

With COVID behind us, our teams are regularly participating in local events ranging from 5Ks to the Los Angeles Marathon.  Hundreds of our participants in early recovery have proudly earned their finisher medals, tangible reminders of how far they have come in running and in life.

 

As of March 2023, we are serving the clients of 17 treatment providers in Los Angeles County and are on track to serve over 800 newly sober individuals by year end.  That's 800+ more newly sober individuals who will grow physically, emotionally, and mentally stronger so they can do their best at the hard word of recovery.