Annual Rally for Recovery

In Recognition of National Recovery Month

 

Northern Illinois Recovery Community Organization (NIRCO), in partnership with the College of Lake County and Community Healing Resource Centers, invites you to the 2026 Wellness and Recovery Summit.

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Join community members, professionals, advocates, and people with lived experience for a day focused on wellness, recovery, connection, and community healing.

 

Event Details

Friday, September 11, 2026
9:00 AM–3:00 PM

CLC Lakeshore Campus
Eleanor Murkey Community Center

 

Featured National Speaker

Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC
Founder and CEO of On The Mark Consulting

Presentation Topic: Creating a Healing Forest: The Entire Community as the Recovery Center

 

Mark Sanders is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, and consultant whose work focuses on recovery, behavioral health, trauma-informed care, and building stronger healing communities.

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Additional Summit Highlights

The summit will also feature panelists representing multiple community sectors, along with individuals sharing their lived experience of recovery.

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Participants will have opportunities to learn, connect, and explore how entire communities can work together to create environments where recovery and wellness are supported.

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Continuing Education

6 ICB CEUs have been approved.​