Women’s Auxiliary of Nexus Spring Luncheon
Benefiting Nexus Recovery
Center
Event Name: Women’s
Auxiliary of Nexus Spring 2018 Luncheon
Linking Addiction to treatment and recovery
“Serving our Communities”
Benefiting:
The Women’s Auxiliary of Nexus
When: Monday,
April 23, 2018
11:30 a.m. –
1:00 p.m.
Where:
Dallas Country Club
4155
Mockingbird Lane
Dallas,
TX 75205
Who:
Cai and Robin
Glackin, Honorary Chairs
Lindsay Billingsley and Lauren Gillette,
Chairs
Liz Pasquinelli, President, Women’s
Auxiliary of Nexus
Betsy Chambers, Advisory Board Chairman
Event Description: An
informative and inspiring luncheon,
featuring keynote speaker Will Bracken
Evans, a local Park Cities resident with
almost 30 years of recovery. Our speaker
will share his story about battling the
disease of addiction and how his life has
changed since being in sobriety for 3
decades. The event honors one of the
Auxiliary’s founding members, Cai Glackin
and her husband, Robin.
Tickets: Sponsorships,
underwriting are available priced from
$2,500 to $20,000. Individual
tickets begin at $200 with limited
availability.
Mission Statement: The
mission of the Women’s Auxiliary of Nexus is
to support and promote the interests of
Nexus Recovery Center by building a strong
and active membership, by stimulating public
awareness and by helping in the financial
support of Nexus’s services and projects.
In the course of the past 20
years, the Nexus Women’s Auxiliary has been
able to donate close to $3 million towards
services and projects needed for the women,
adolescents, and children of Nexus. In
addition, $365,000 was also raised for the
Capital Campaign in 2009.
The Women’s Auxiliary also
gives their time and services to help the
residents by providing massage nights,
children’s parties, staff appreciation
lunches, and other volunteer activities each
month. Because of a strong and active
membership, the Auxiliary members continue
to spread awareness of addiction throughout
the community by hosting annual events such
as the Holiday Bazaar and Spring Luncheon.
Statistics: In 2016, Nexus
served 2,310 women and teen and 333
children, including 62 Nexus born babies. The
January 2016, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report stated that the United States is
experiencing an “epidemic” of drug overdose
deaths. Since 2000 opioid overdose deaths
have increased by 200%. The problem is
prevalent enough that President Obama has
announced federal level support to address
the issue. In Texas, heroin use has
increased for the last decade, with “cheese
heroin” use specifically increasing in
Dallas and eventually spreading statewide.
Nationally, approximately 32%
of all drug treatment facilities offer
specialized treatment for adult women and
13% report providing special services for
pregnant and postpartum women. Currently,
Nexus Recovery Center is on of the few drug
and alcohol treatment facilities in Texas
providing treatment services for pregnant
and parenting adult women and teens.
History: Established
in 1971, by 1974, Nexus programs included
therapy and life skills training and housed
17 women. In 1990 the facility relocated to
a 12-acre campus in east Dallas to provide a
wider array of services. The new space
enabled Nexus to become a leader in
treatment for women by allowing children to
accompany their mothers into treatment. In
1991, Nexus expanded the adult women program
to 40 beds. In 1993 because no treatment
providers would accept pregnant or newly
parenting teens Nexus began filling this
service gap. In 1999, the Child Development
Center was built to meet the needs of
accompanying children. In 1997, Nexus opened
a secondary site for outpatient services. In
2012 the adolescent program expanded to 30
beds.
Joint Commission accredited
since 2006, a rare accomplishment in the
nonprofit sector due to the high standards
required to earn and maintain. Nexus is
committed to providing top-notch care for
low-income women and their children.