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2020
October – Mini events, in adherence with social distancing regulations, throughout the month, introducing RLOL’s mission, vision, and values (due to COVID).
October 11th -Ryan’s Love of Life Benefit Dinner w/singing, poetry and comedy via Zoom (due to COVID).
2021
May – Instagram Informational and Educational Series in Honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
June, July August – Every Wednesday Night – RLOL Volleyball team played on Manasquan beach to raise awareness and reduce stigma of mental health and addiction in our communities.
June 26th – Virtual Community Workshop “Secrets of A School- Based Mental Health Counselor: Parent Survival Q&A Session”.
July 10th – Virtual Community Workshop “Equine and Eco Therapy”.
July 17th – Virtual Community Workshop “Thinking About Why I Think the Traumatic Experience Happened Instead of What Happened”.
July 24th – Virtual Community Workshop “The Sandwich Generation: Caregivers Caught in the Middle”.
July 31st – Virtual Community Workshop “Creating an Empathetic Conversation Around Addiction and Recovery”.
August 7th – Virtual Community Workshop “Looking Beyond Behaviors to Understand Ourselves and Others”.
August 14th – Virtual Community Workshop “On Going Traumatic Stress Disorder”.
August 21st at 11am – Virtual Community Workshop “Debunking the ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ and ‘Men Don’t Need Therapy’ Stereotypes”.
August 21st at 12PM – Virtual Community Workshop “Introduction to Energy Healing Modalities”.
August 28th – Virtual Community Workshop “Effectively Communicating Our Needs”.
2022
April – RLOL participated and supported a Paint N’ Sip Fundraiser hosted by Operation Hope to provide veterans and first responders with equine assisted therapy.
May – Instagram Informational and Educational Series in Honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
June – RLOL hosted a Food Drive for College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School.
June, July August – Every Wednesday Night – RLOL Volleyball team played on Manasquan beach to raise awareness and reduce stigma of mental health and addiction in our communities.
July 8th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School to provide Creative and Expressive Arts Workshop for kids K-12. RLOL also provided Jersey Mike’s lunch.
July 15th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School to provide Equine Therapy field trip (including intro to Eco-therapy) at Operation Hope for kids K-12. RLOL also provided Jersey Mike’s lunch.
July 22nd – Inaugural 80’s Themed Benefit to provide transportation to treatment scholarships for disadvantaged individuals and their families
July 29th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School to introduce therapy dogs to kids K -12 with The Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs, Inc. RLOL provided Jersey Mike’s lunch.
August 5th – RLOL volunteered at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School and celebrated last day of summer wellness series at splash park with kids K-12. RLOL provided Jersey Mike’s lunch. Backpacks were also distributed to all kids attending RLOL Summer Wellness Series.
August 6th – Cream Ridge Summer Music Festival benefiting Ryan’s Love of Life Foundation and Operation Hope.
August 31st – RLOL sponsored and supported the Tigger Stavola Foundation Walk in Red Bank, NJ to #ENDOVERDOSE.
September – Dr. Silvia (Ryan’s mom and RLOL co-founder) was interviewed for a film about addiction in our communities presented at Tigger Stavola Foundation’s 7th Annual Infinity Event on October 1st.
September – November – RLOL provided a Fall Kids Yoga program at College Achieve of Greater Asbury Charter School for kids K-12. RLOL provided a FREE yoga mat to all the participants.
December 9th – Sip & Shop at Darcy Park & Styled Strong Fitness Wear with 15% of sales donated to RLOL for efforts to raise awareness and reduce stigma for mental health and addiction in local communities.
2023
January 12th – Dr. Silvia (Ryan’s mom and RLOL co-founder) was invited to speak about “Burn Out vs Compassion Fatigue” at a Professional Development Lunch and Learn at Boys and Girls Club of America in Asbury Park.
March 18th – RLOL Comedy Night with guest speakers from Bright Harbor Healthcare, Operation Hope and Seacrest Recovery, musical performance by Thomas W. Hagan and comedians Robin Fox and Tim Hayes.
May – Instagram Informational and Educational Series in Honor of Mental Health Awareness Month
May 3rd -RLOL meeting with Tara Rogers, LCSW, LCADC – Senior program Director and Coral Silfa, LCSW – Director of Admissions at Integrity House – Newark to initiate our transportation to treatment (T2T) scholarship program that will provide rides to treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder that do not have criminal justice involvement
May 6th – Our Helping is Healing initiative kicked off with Coastal Habitat for Humanity. Together we transformed a paralyzed woman’s’ front porch and ramp by scraping, painting and staining it. In addition, clearing of brush in the side yard and back yard work was completed by RLOL
May 17th – RLOL meeting with Richard Rosso, MSW, LCADC – Associate Director at Integrity House in Toms River to discuss collaboration and RLOL assistance to behavioral health organization. More info to come
May 20th – RLOL was a Path to Wellness sponsor for Ocean Cares Foundation Annual Mental Health and wellness Fair at Traders Cove Marina (cancelled due to inclement weather)
June 9th – Like Minded Community Yoga with Horses. Sponsored by Ryan’s Love of Life, Operation Hope, Seacrest Recovery, and Open Heart Yoga
June 14th – Launched our new initiative, “RLOL College Scholarship”, that provides scholarships to students: (1) Must be a high school senior, (2) Accepted to a 4 year university, (3) Working with our collaborator K/A College Solutions, (4) Parents or Caregiversare addicts or alcoholics
June, July, August – 3rd Annual RLOL Beach Volleyball team – A community conversation starter to reduce the stigma and shame surrounding mental health and addiction, “NO SHAME IN OUR GAME”