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Sweetser offers support in many ways for your child and your family behavioral health needs. Services are available in your community, including through many primary care offices, in a residential setting, or in your child’s school.
Services
It may not be a crisis, but there are times when talking with a peer support specialist who has experience in recovery can make a big difference.
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Smiles for Sweetser Comedy Show
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🎤 She’s back! @hollynunan with @1075frankfm is returning as host of our 2nd Annual Smiles for Sweetser Comedy Show, and we can’t wait to laugh with her again!
Known as “The Nunz,” Holly is a Maine-grown musician and devoted supporter of the state’s vibrant music scene, Read moreperforming with local acts and catching live shows whenever she can. A lifelong classic rock fan, she loves artists from Led Zeppelin to The Black Keys—and, outside of music, good tacos, books, movies, and silly cat videos.
Join Holly and comedians Jody Sloane, Mark Turcotte, Jolanda Logan, and Leonard Kimble this Friday, October 23rd, at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. The show starts at 7 p.m., and every ticket helps Sweetser bring hope and healing to Maine families in need.
Make it a night of laughs for a great cause. Get your tickets now at ComedyTickets.org! 🎟️
🎤 She’s back! Holly Nunan with FRANK FM is returning as host of our 2nd Annual Smiles for Sweetser Comedy Show, and we can’t wait to laugh with her again!
Known as “The Nunz,” Holly is a Maine-grown musician and devoted supporter of the state’s vibrant music scene, performing Read morewith local acts and catching live shows whenever she can. A lifelong classic rock fan, she loves artists from Led Zeppelin to The Black Keys—and, outside of music, good tacos, books, movies, and silly cat videos.
Join Holly and comedians Jody Sloane, Mark Turcotte ,Jolanda Logan, and Leonard Kimble this Friday, October 23rd, at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. The show starts at 7 p.m., and every ticket helps Sweetser bring hope and healing to Maine families in need.
Make it a night of laughs for a great cause. Get your tickets now at ComedyTickets.org! 🎟️
NEW Substance Use Disorder Certificate 🎓
Build your knowledge and confidence in supporting people with substance use disorders through Sweetser Training Institute’s new certificate program. Open to all clinicians, the program is designed especially to support non-LADC clinicians Read moreworking with this complex, multifaceted disorder.
Complete four required workshops and choose one elective to earn your certificate and advance your professional development:
✏️ Motivational Interviewing & Stage of Change
✏️ Treating Substance Use Disorders
✏️ Substance Use: Effects and Awareness
✏️ Understanding Substance Use Disorders in Special Populations
✏️ Plus your choice of an elective: Neuroscience of Addiction or Recovery Planning and Self-Help/Peer Resources
Explore the workshop schedule and register at Sweetser.org/training.
NEW Substance Use Disorder Certificate 🎓
Build your knowledge and confidence in supporting people with substance use disorders through Sweetser Training Institute’s new certificate program. Open to all clinicians, the program is designed especially to support non-LADC clinicians Read moreworking with this complex, multifaceted disorder.
Complete four required workshops and choose one elective to earn your certificate and advance your professional development:
✏️ Motivational Interviewing & Stage of Change
✏️ Treating Substance Use Disorders
✏️ Substance Use: Effects and Awareness
✏️ Understanding Substance Use Disorders in Special Populations
✏️ Plus your choice of an elective: Neuroscience of Addiction or Recovery Planning and Self-Help/Peer Resources
Explore the workshop schedule and register at Sweetser.org/training.
🍻 Cheers to @barreledsouls for supporting Sweetser!
Following our annual Battle for the Brook Softball Tournament, Barreled Souls hosted a Happy Hour to keep the fun—and the fundraising—going! Pictured here are owner Chris Schofield and Sweetser's Liz Smith.
🍻 Cheers to Barreled Souls Brewing Company for supporting Sweetser!
Following our annual Battle for the Brook Softball Tournament, Barreled Souls hosted a Happy Hour to keep the fun and the fundraising going! Pictured here are owner Chris Schofield and Sweetser's Liz Smith.
The laughs at our upcoming 2nd annual Smiles for Sweetser Comedy Show are powered by our friends at Binnie Media and their radio stations: 107.5 Frank FM, 99.9 The Wolf, 106.3 The Bone, 99.3 The Wave, WTSN News/Talk 98.1 FM / 98.7 HD2 / 1270 AM, 98.7 Frank FM. Join us comedytickets.org.
The laughs at our upcoming 2nd annual Smiles for Sweetser Comedy Show are powered by our friends at Binnie Media and their radio stations: 107.5 Frank FM, 99.9 The Wolf, 106.3 The Bone, 99.3 The Wave, WTSN News/Talk 98.1 FM / 98.7 HD2 / 1270 AM, 98.7 Frank FM.
Join us at comedytickets.org.
🎤 Four comedians. One stage. An evening of big laughs and an even bigger cause.
Join us for the 2nd Annual Smiles for Sweetser Comedy Show featuring:
😂 Jody Sloane, whose infectious humor finds the funny in life’s darkest corners
✨ Jolanda Logan, bringing quick wit and Read moreupbeat observations about marriage, motherhood, and everyday life
🎭 Mark Turcotte, turning fatherhood, curiosity, and personal misfortunes into comedy
😄 Leonard Kimble, sharing laughs about family life, awkward conversations, and raising two kids alongside a cat he never wanted
Hosted by Frank FM’s Holly Nunan, the evening brings people together while supporting Sweetser’s mental health mission.
📅 Friday, October 23 | 7–9:30 p.m.
📍 Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland
Save your seat at ComedyTickets.org!
🎤 Four comedians. One stage. An evening of big laughs and an even bigger cause.
Join us for the 2nd Annual Smiles for Sweetser Comedy Show featuring:
😂 Jody Sloane, whose infectious humor finds the funny in life’s darkest corners
✨ Jolanda Logan, bringing quick wit and Read moreupbeat observations about marriage, motherhood, and everyday life
🎭 Mark Turcotte, turning fatherhood, curiosity, and personal misfortunes into comedy
😄 Leonard Kimble, sharing laughs about family life, awkward conversations, and raising two kids alongside a cat he never wanted
Hosted by Frank FM’s Holly Nunan, the evening brings people together while supporting Sweetser’s mental health mission.
📅 Friday, October 23 | 7–9:30 p.m.
📍 Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland
Save your seat: sweetser.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/2026SmilesforSweetserComedyShow/TicketSales/tabid/1594609/Default.aspx
Thank you to the business community in Old Orchard Beach for the nomination for Nonprofit of the Year for two consecutive years! It means a lot and we appreciate everything the @oldorchardbeachmaine Chamber of Commerce does for our area. We are proud to serve children and families in every corner Read moreof our state!
Thank you to the business community in Old Orchard Beach for the nomination for Nonprofit of the Year for two consecutive years! It means a lot and we appreciate everything the Old Orchard Beach Chamber of Commerce does for our area. We are proud to serve children and families in every corner of Read moreour state!
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