Brighton National Addiction Board Members

Board in formation as of November 2007

Joseph Gerritt Nuyen, Jr., JD, Chair Earl LaFave

Richard L. Kramer, President Richard Irwin Lippitt, JD
Charles R. Frizzell Mary M. Lyneis, JD
Susan Moray Karr Jeffrey Gilbert Mark
William M. Kuhn Anita Penta

The Brighton National Addiction Foundation seeks your support in its fight against all forms of substance abuse and addiction.
Dedicated to the mission of Brighton Hospital, one of America’s oldest and most experienced addiction treatment facilities,
the Foundation offers ways for individuals, corporations and grant makers to invest in Brighton’s national leadership.
Your gifts, grants and bequests to the Foundation will make it possible for Brighton Hospital to continue to be a
leading source of hope through prevention, patient care, aftercare, education and research.
Your philanthropic gift will support the following programs.

Building and Expansion Halfway House Expansion Chapel Restoration

Brighton has a campus exceeding 90 acres The Brighton Hospital Women’s Halfway Brighton’s chapel, built in 1939 by the Ford
including Lake Serenity, wooded areas, and House and Henderson House for men family and later moved to the Brighton
historic structures. Treatment facilities all provide the essential continuum of care on Hospital campus, is in need of updating and
need updating and restoration to keep pace Brighton’s campus for patients who have repair. The chapel, an important presence
with the hospital’s innovations and expansion. begun the road to recovery. An addition on Brighton’s campus, represents spirituality,
to the women’s house would allow children faith and hope - key ingredients for a
Gift Shop and Bookstore
to stay with their mothers during the successful recovery.
Relocation and Expansion
critical recovery period. Research proves this The Need: $290,000 will allow us to
Our current gift shop is not accessible by additional support leads to more successful build a multi-use, AV-equipped and
visitors and families. Relocating to our lobby outcomes for patients and families. teleconferencing-capable community room
will allow all to have access to educational
The Need: $350,000 to expand the and expand the chapel as audiences grow,
and inspirational gifts and materials related
Women’s Halfway House. Another $70,000 is both locally and nationally, for programming
to addiction issues. The goal is to create a
needed for a pair of minivan shuttles to bring on our campus.
Hazelden affiliated bookstore and provide a
children to and from our campus.
coffee shop for the support and ambiance
of the patients, families and visitors.
The Need: $150,000 for construction
of retail bookstore, coffee shop, gift shop
and equipment and furniture.

Visit us at brightonaddictionfoundation.org or call 810-225-2590

 Coining at Brighton alumni events celebrates
the length of successful recovery for graduates.
Providing Care in Inpatient
and Outpatient Facilities
Brighton Hospital has many rooms available
for dedication in honor of donors or loved
ones. Rooms may be plaqued for gifts at
the $10,000 level to the $100,000 level
in inpatient and outpatient facilities. New
buildings in the hospital’s campus master
plan are also available for naming. Contact
the Foundation office for more information.
Your gift can be made
anonymously or honored
with a plaque of dedication.
Brighton Hospital Trustee Sr. Xavier Ballance, DC
with plaque honoring Mission and Ministry, Inc.
This charity matched gifts to our Women’s Halfway House.
Educational Outreach
Brighton seeks support at all levels
in addiction medicine to advance the
training and credentialing of our therapists,
social workers, nurses and to recovering
individuals and their families. Educational
events of a recurring nature may also be
named and endowed to honor the donor
family or a special person. Contact the
Foundation office for more information
on how you can name and perpetuate
educational leadership through your
endowment gift.
The Need: Sponsorship opportunities
range from $1,000 or more for Family
Retreat Weekend and $2,000 or more
for our Alumni Tune-Up Events.
Individual in-service educational meetings
on diverse addiction topics may be
sponsored with gifts of $500 to $2,500,
depending on the costs to bring speakers
and the size of the audience.
National Leadership in Training of
Addiction Treatment Professionals
Inaugurated in 2006, the Brighton
Hospital Addiction Fellowship is America’s
first clinically based addiction fellowship
program. It provides postgraduate
education in addiction medicine to
qualified physicians, expands the pool
of addiction medicine-trained physicians
in Southeast Michigan, increases the quality
and quantity of medical staff at Brighton
Hospital and supports the vision of Brighton
Hospital as a national center of excellence
and an innovator in alcohol and addiction
treatment and education.
The Need: $1,000,000 is needed to name
and endow the nation’s first and leading
addiction program outside a medical school
in a real clinical setting. $500,000 will
endow one fellowship position in
perpetuity. $100,000 will sponsor
the Fellowship program for one year.
Gifts of all sizes are needed to provide
teaching materials, research resources
and special conference opportunities
for our addiction fellows.
Establishment of Addiction
Research Programs
The Need: $1,000,000 is needed
to fund addiction research
programs while they develop
the resources needed to apply for
extramural grants from government
agencies and foundations.
$100,000 is needed to provide
“protected time” to Brighton’s
nationally recognized addiction
fellows for the conducting of
addiction research studies.
Visit us at brightonaddictionfoundation.org or call 810-225-2590
Patient Extended Care Fund
In the world of alcohol and
substance abuse detoxification and
rehabilitation, research has shown
a clear correlation between the
length of stay in a hospital
like Brighton and the long-term
success of the patient’s recovery.
Insurance carriers, however, do
not reimburse behavioral health
and rehabilitation from substance
abuse as generously as they cover
a patient’s medical and surgical
needs. This might mean that
insurance reimbursement is
available only for five days at
Brighton, despite the fact that
the treatment team assessment
predicts a more successful
recovery with a 30-day stay, partial
hospitalization or a halfway house
setting. Brighton’s Patient Extended
Care Fund provides for this gap
in funding.
The Need: Your gift of $500
treats one inpatient for one day.
An endowment of $1,000,000
will make beds available at all
times for uninsured inpatients
in need of Brighton’s care.
Clergy Recovery Program Tree of Hope
Brighton’s 30-day non-
denominational treatment
program for members of the
clergy addresses a frequently
neglected and ignored need
in the community. Clergy
often must leave the
state of Michigan for
rehabilitation and aftercare.
Brighton Hospital is currently
working with churches and
synagogues, and other multi-
The Tree of Hope graces the
denominational interfaith groups,
to reach out to clergy in Southeast lobby of the Medical Services
Michigan and surrounding counties. Building. Donors may provide
The Need: A $15,000 gift will
a permanent honorarium or
provide a complete 30-day
inpatient therapeutic program memorial by purchasing a
specially designed for clergy. “foundation stone” ($500) or
bronze leaf ($100) that can
be inscribed with a loved one’s
name or to commemorate a
special anniversary.
Medical Services Building
Brighton’s 90 acre campus
seeks gifts and grants to
enhance beauty and
functionality for our patients.
Brighton Hospital Board Chair John Wise presents
Jacqueline Fuller, RN with a recognition award.
Adolescent Intensive
Outpatient Program
Since 2002, opiate abuse among teens nationwide
has increased by 160 percent. National Institute
on Drug Abuse statistics report that in 2006,
close to 10 percent of 12th graders reported
taking Vicodin for non-medical use and
without a prescription. Through regional
partnership, the Brighton Hospital Adolescent
Intensive Outpatient Program enables more teens
ages 13-17, and their families to get help they
desperately need. The program includes individual,
family and group therapy, access to family
support groups, abuse and addiction education,
transportation, and aftercare.
The Need: $50,000 provides for at least 25
full and partial scholarships. The program
includes assessment (physical and psychological),
intensive outpatient programming for 3 months,
and aftercare.
Visit us at brightonaddictionfoundation.org or call 810-225-2590
Brighton Hospital doctors, America’s best, Michael Brooks, DO, Brighton National Addiction Treatment
Chair of Psychiatry and Rickie Hardaway, MD. Foundation Trustee Susan Karr,
Brighton Hospital Trustee Marion
Ginopolis, Therapist Anna Siemaszko
meet with Brighton Hospital president
30-Day Recovery Program
Denise Bertin-Epp to discuss programs
The Brighton Hospital 30-day recovery program at the Women’s Halfway House.
is based on traditional models and innovative
treatment approaches that have demonstrated
effectiveness in helping clients establish and
maintain abstinence from their addictive chemical
of choice. The program is characterized by a
thorough and ongoing assessment of the client and
individualizing treatment to establish the necessary
recovery skills to achieve abstinence. Brighton’s Leave a Legacy bequests and
multidisciplinary team of professionals includes
other planned gifts provide for
physicians certified in addiction medicine,
the future of addiction care.
psychiatrists, nursing staff, psychologists, social
Our philanthropic partners
workers and counselors. All members of the team
work closely with each client to establish treatment are people like you who have
goals and objectives. The foundation of the 30-day enriched their own lives
program is the 12-step approach of Alcoholics while supporting the needs
Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Clients
of others. For information
spend five to 10 days in medical stabilization,
10 to 14 days in the Recovery Life Skills Program, on giving through wills
and 10 to 14 days in the Recovery-Life Management and bequests, real estate,
Program. These form the groundwork for living a retirement assets, charitable
substance-free life. lead trusts, appreciated stock,
The Need: $150,000 provides a full 30-day charitable remainder trusts
program of inpatient rehabilitation to 10 patients.
and life insurance.
Gifts and grants of all sizes to our 30-day program
Contact:
can be donor directed to add to the therapeutic
foundation@brightonhospital.org
and educational experiences we offer patients
and their families.
For more information please contact:
Brighton National Addiction Foundation
12851 Grand River
Brighton, MI 48116
810-225-2590
foundation@brightonhospital.org