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St. Louis County proclaims September 2025 Recovery Month; local peer groups outline events
Summary
The St. Louis County Board proclaimed September 2025 as Recovery Month. County public health staff and Recovery Alliance Duluth described peer-led supports and listed community events including a Recovery Night Out and a Walk for Recovery.
The St. Louis County Board on Sept. 2 proclaimed September 2025 as Recovery Month, recognizing residents in recovery from substance-use and co-occurring disorders and the community organizations that support them.
The proclamation, read by Commissioner Boyle, said Recovery Month “calls us to continue raising awareness and understanding of mental health and substance use disorders and to encourage individuals that recovery is possible.” It named the four dimensions of recovery identified in the proclamation: health, home, community and purpose.
Maggie Myers, a health educator with St. Louis County Public Health, thanked the board and described county partnerships with local peer-support organizations. “We work really hard to meet folks where they’re at, in their recovery journeys,” Myers said.
Celie Dudley, program director at Recovery Alliance Duluth, told the board the organization’s mission is to “build and mobilize a compassionate community to support individuals seeking, maintaining or thriving in recovery.” Dudley described RAD’s peer-to-peer recovery support and coaching and urged residents to view recovery as “thriving.”
Dudley listed events the group plans for the month, including a Recovery Night Out on Sept. 18 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Alcott Park in Virginia, Minnesota, and a Walk for Recovery on Sept. 20 from noon to 3 p.m. in Lincoln Park in Duluth. She also noted ongoing outreach—“cups of cheer” hot-drink and Narcan distribution—and summer gatherings in Alcott Park.
Commissioners thanked RAD and other local groups for their work. Commissioner Grama urged the board to match proclamations with funding, noting recent use of opioid settlement funds for staffing rather than recurring budget items and encouraging the board to consider stable funding for community providers.
The board asked county staff to share the organizations’ event schedules with commissioners.
The proclamation passed as a ceremonial action during the meeting’s opening remarks. The county’s public health and human services offices will remain the county point of contact for coordination with community recovery providers.
