Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition was founded in 2018, to help combat the epidemic of Substance Use Disorder (SUD or addiction). It is an educational organization that connects community partners, advocates for changing practices, and promotes opportunities for recovery.
Partner to advocate for recovery and treatment opportunities; educate to destigmatize the disease of addiction and reduce barriers to recovery for people suffering from Substance Use Disorder (drug addiction).
Make Recovery the New Epidemic!
The Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition’s 2026 Unite for Recovery breakfast will Celebrate the upcoming opening of the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery!!
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The Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition’s 2026 Unite for Recovery breakfast will Celebrate the upcoming opening of the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery!!
Please Contact:
A Special Thank You to Our Two Major Sponsors
The Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition is excited to report that more than 500 community members attended our annual fundraising breakfast “Unite for Recovery 2025”! Donations helped to build the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery in Kennewick. Thanks to our Title Sponsors Bouten Construction Company and Comprehensive Healthcare, and to all our Gold, Silver and Table Sponsors. We extend a special thank you to Hanford Tank Waste Operations and Closure, LLC, for their very generous donation.
We appreciate all the donors and supporters who made this event a success!
1. Start with your own medicine cabinet.
Dispose of unused medications at police and pharmacy drop-off boxes. Lock medications in safes or lock-boxes.
2. Talk with your own doctor.
Ask for non-addictive medications, refuse opiate medications or accept the smallest amount possible for the shortest time period, and tell your doctor why.
3. Educate yourself about recovery from the disease of addiction.
Information is readily available (websites, books, articles) and you can understand it. Don’t judge people who have this disease or their family members. Causes of addiction are multi-faceted. Addiction can affect anyone. Addiction is not shameful.
4. Learn to use Naloxone and carry it if you have a loved one with an opioid addiction.
Naloxone saves lives.
5. Partner with law enforcement.
Support vigorous prosecution of major drug dealers and diversion programs for addicted people who commit minor offenses and agree to treatment. If you know of drug dealing activity, notify law enforcement. It could save a life.
6. Speak up to politicians.
Demand funding for detox and inpatient facilities, recovery programs, prescribing limits and mandatory reporting of all overdoses.
7. Speak up to local hospitals.
Insist that hospitals offer drug and alcohol clinics and that overdose patients be admitted for at least a 72-hour stabilization period, rather than discharged as soon as they are conscious.
8. For employers.
Support recovery through work re-entry programs. Don’t sponsor company events centered around alcohol (turn “free beer night” into “free beverage night.”)
9. For school personnel.
Educate our youth. Invite people in long-term recovery to speak to students about addiction. A personal story can have a powerful and lasting impact.
10. Support the community effort to build, grow and sustain the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery.
Our community will benefit in multiple ways when people suffering from the disease of drug addiction and mental illness receive treatment, enter recovery and build productive lives.
Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition believes in a “warm hand-off.” Every encounter with an addicted person should be an opportunity to connect them with treatment, counseling, medication and sober housing. We work to ensure no one struggling with addiction is turned away without being referred to treatment. We advocate for modified practices in medicine, the legal system and other areas to address addiction as a disease. In addition, we provide educational materials and hold meetings and forums to teach about addiction, and thereby remove stigma, shame and secrecy from it.
