Livengrin To Celebrate 45th Anniversary With Gala

Bensalem-based Livengrin Foundation will celebrate its 45 anniversary this fall with a charity event featuring comedian and recovering addict Richard Lewis.

The event will be held Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Crystal Team Room at the Wanamaker's Building in Philadelphia with proceeds going to patient programs and charitable care at Livengrin.

Comedian, author and actor Lewis – who discusses his own recovery from dependency in his

books and stage act – will headline the event with a talk titled Misery Loves Company.

Dr. Thomas McLellan of the University of Pennsylvania, and former deputy director of the National Office for Drug Control Policy in the Obama administration, will receive the S.F. Hansell Award for Excellence in Addiction Treatment.

The gala will include a variety of fine dining selections, entertainment, displays and a silent auction.

Information and advance registration, along with details on how the business community can support

Livengrin’s mission through gala partnerships, can be obtained online at www.livengrin.org or by

calling 215-638-5200, extension 310.

Since 1966, Livengrin has been a nonprofit provider of treatment and recovery from substance abuse in the Philadelphia region. Its scope encompasses residential rehab, medical detox, dual-diagnosis, DUI, outpatient and family programs, and specialized tracks for physicians, nurses, police and firefighters with dependency problems.

Based along Hulmeville Road, Livengrin’s network brings hope for recovery to many Pennsylvania and New Jersey communities through its satellite offices in Levittown, Doylestown, Fort Washington, Northeast Philadelphia, Haverford and Allentown/Lehigh.

More than 100,000 people have begun their path to recovery at Livengrin, according to a company press release.

Livengren is wrapping up a $2.5 million, 18,000-square-foot expansion project at its 41-acre Bensalem campus which will move clients out of two dormitory wings into three new suburban-styles houses. Spokesman Keith Mason indicated this week that officials are still hopeful of a summer grand opening.

The anniversary gala will run from 5:30 pm to 9 pm. The Wanamaker Building is located at Juniper and Market Sts.