75 marchers – sharing 12 step recovery! -Yankee Homecoming Parade 2024
Author: pelintfun
Cars for Charity takes place April 28th!
2023 Annual Appeal – The need is greater than ever.
Newburyport’s Yankee Homecoming Parade 2023
JOIN US to walk in Newburyport’s Yankee Homecoming Parade! Last year over 100 marchers joined us in representing the Pelican Intervention Fund and this year we hope for even more!
Sunday August 6, 2023
Lineup @ 10:45
Famous Pizza to Bartlett Mall
Comfy Shoes
Bring individually wrapped candy to pass out if you like!
2022 Annual Celebration of Hope
Yankee Homecoming Parade 2022
Dear Friends,
It’s been 2 days since we marched in the Yankee Homecoming Parade and are now fully rested and still energized by the tremendous turnout and support of the community. We had well over 100 marchers on a day that temperatures hit 98 degree’s!!! Such an awesome show of enthusiasm and energy for our mission. Our group was by far the largest, loudest and liveliest of the parade. Our band, “The Far Out” was amazing and got both our marchers and parade observers cheering and clapping for the Pelicans.
Thank-You for all your efforts and participation!!! You are all Amazing.
We also had representatives from ALL of the 12 Step Sober Living Houses we support holding signs of Thanks and Gratitude. I attached a few pictures that reflect the success of the day. The day was capped off by a wonderful reception/picnic hosted by Pat and Brad Cannon on High Street, Newburyport where we all had the chance to chat, rest and get some great food!!!
Last week Kim and I were interviewed by the Morning Show (Port Media) conducted by Mary Jacobsen and have included the link HERE if you want to learn more about the Pelican Intervention Fund and how we got started.
With Gratitude and Appreciation for all that you do,
Steve & Kim Keene
The Pelican Intervention Fund
From hopelessness to hope
Despair, pain, loneliness and hopeless. This is how I felt at the end of my 20 years of drinking and using. I found myself wondering how this happened. It was at this time that the loving hands of the Pelican Intervention Fund reached out to help and offered me a scholarship to a 12 step recovery house. It was here that the miracle happened and real change took place. Today I am grateful for my experiences in addiction. The pain and hopelessness I once felt has become my greatest tool to help others. I thanks the Pelican Intervention Fund from the bottom of my heart. – Jason Eaton
The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do
At the age of 28 I was in the grips of addiction and new recovering would be the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. In February 2020 I received a scholarship from the Pelican Intervention Fund which has completely changed my life. It gave me the help I needed to get on my own two feet and become financially independent. I am able to sponsor other women today and have the relationship with my family I have always wanted. I am forever grateful to the Pelican Fund for helping me every step of the way. – Delia
Profile in Newburyport Neighbors Magazine
NON-PROFIT SPOTLIGHT
THE PELICAN INTERVENTION FUND: One Local Response to the Growing Opiate Crisis
By Steven Keene and Elizabeth McCarthy
Kim and I first met “Corey” 15 years ago when we moved to Newburyport. He became friends with our son and was quickly “adopted’ into our family. He was a well-known, popular member of the community and high school. Corey was your typical Newburyport kid: clean cut, hardworking, and on high school sports teams. Imagine our shock and disbelief in late 2014 when one of his friends confided in us that, “If we don’t help Corey get off his drug addiction, he’ll be dead by the end of the year.”