BHG Middle Tennessee Centers
BHG Jackson Treatment Center
BHG Jackson Treatment Center is actively engaging in community outreach. Goals are to educate the community about the services that BHG Treatment Center offers and to assist our patients with available resources in the community (ex. employment). BHG Jackson Treatment Center partnered with Dr. Erica Schlesinger in educating Mayor Scott Conger and Chief of Police Julian Wiser about Medication Assisted Treatment & the different services offered by BHG and the State of Tennessee. BHG Jackson Treatment Center also partnered with Tennessee American Job Center. Patients were able to fill out job applications & were referred to different companies that have job openings.
Left to Right: City of Jackson Mayor Scott Conger, Dr. Erica Schlesinger (TN – Assistant Chief Pharmacist – SOTA), Veronica Morrow (BHG Counselor Supervisor), Brittany Lombarde (BHG Regional Community Partner), Sheryl Banaag (BHG Program Director), City of Jackson Chief of Police Julian Wiser, and Edmond Alley (BHG West TN Regional Director) 
Left to Right: Emma Griswell (Counselor), Lindy Anderson (Office Manager), Sierra Kasson (Counselor), Kaylee Tice (Medical Assistant), Shanika Jenkins (Counselor), Johnny Polk (State of TN Career Coach), Karen Dennison (State of TN Career Coach), Sheryl Banaag (Program Director), Veronica Morrow (Counselor Supervisor), Juanita Pledge (Counselor), and Evelyn Henning (Counselor).
BHG Columbia Treatment Center
Staff wore purple ribbons and passed out ribbons to patients in recognition of National Overdose Awareness Day. (submitted by Kalee Hermanson, BA, Program Director)
Front Row left to right (looking at picture): Aimee Spires (Patient registration coordinator), Kalee Hermanson (Program Director), Christina Jordan (Office Manager) Back row left to right (looking at picture): Ronda Brown (counselor), Kelby Campbell (medication nurse), Sheri Dowdy (counselor supervisor), Lois Breedlove (medication nurse), Joshua Tolbert (counselor), Adrienne Corr (counselor) 
BHG Columbia TN’s Program Director Kalee Hermanson, Patient Registration Coordinator Aimee Spires, and Regional Community Partner Brittany Laborde attended the event “Light From The Darkness” where members of the community shared stories about recovery and losing loved ones to overdose followed by a candlelight vigil and handed out information about BHGs services.
BHG Nashville Treatment Center
BHG – Asheville and Clyde Treatment Centers
Asheville team members wore purple shirts and provided snacks and treats for clients in honor of their strength and stories. 
Clyde gave out purple ribbons and candy and had an awareness table.
BHG Arkansas Team Members Attend 74th Annual Scientific Assembly
Submitted by: Pam Barrett, LBSW, MAOA, Regional Director Southern Missouri & NLR, AR OTP & OBOT
Several BHG staff members attended the vendor fair for the 74th Annual Scientific Annual Assembly held for the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians held on August 4-6 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Governor of Arkansas was the keynote speaker at the opening session and our staff had the opportunity to listen in. The event provided our staff the opportunity to meet with physicians from across the state of Arkansas and bordering states to educate them on BHG’s Mission, Vision and Purpose. Several connections were made, and future meetings are already planned to continue the conversations with other physicians and community partners.
Attending were: Pam Barrett, Regional Director So. MO and NLR, AR OTP & OBOT; Sherri Riddle, PFC, So. MO & NLR, AR OTP; Daniela Arias, Office Manager, NLR OBOT; Dr. Richard Doncer, Medical Director, AR OTP and OBOT clinics