START Events
AIDS WALK NY: May 15, 2022
START raised $5,400 for the first in-person AIDS Walk in two years.
Row for a Cause: May 7, 2022
Row House Boerum Hill hosted 4 instructional and fun donation based indoor rowing classes on behalf of START. Together Row House and START raised awareness and fundraised $2,025 to further support START’ s programs.
National Night Out: August 2, 2022
START took the opportunity to inform NYC Mayor Eric Adams about our work, while attending the event at Robert E. Venable Park. Mayor Adams is pictured here with START's East New York Clinic Director Malissa Wynter.
VIRTUAL AIDS Walk: May 16, 2021
Together with our staff, Board of Trustees, and community members, START raised $14,500 which is the greatest performance in the history of START’s participation. Team START also walked 577.03 km for this year's virtual AIDS Walk.
Back to School Supply Drive 2021
In August 2021, 453 backpacks filled with grade appropriate school supplies were distributed to the children and grandchildren of START's patients and to our Adolescent Mental Health program Teen START.
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NYC Veterans Day Parade: November 11, 2021
Holiday Toy Drive: December 2021
With the help of Marine Toys for Tots in addition to our generous staff and community members, START provided 537 toys to our patient's kids/grandchildren and Teen START.
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VIRTUAL AIDS Walk: July 19, 2020
START participated in the Virtual AIDS Walk as a 2020 community partner, raising $5,075. Team START wore race/walk bibs as we participated following social distancing guidelines.
Back to School Supply Drive: September 2020
Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM, CEO of START Treatment & Recovery Centers shows off some of the hundreds of backpacks, masks and back-to-school supplies collected for children and grandchildren of our patients. START distributed over 300 backpacks and masks to children in preschool - 12th grade at its clinics in Brooklyn and Manhattan..
Holiday Toy Drive: December 2020
START’s distribution of more than 325 gifts brought much needed holiday cheer to our patient's kids and grandchildren. The gifts were distributed through START’s clinics in Manhattan, and its clinics in Brooklyn.
AIDS Walk: May 19, 2019
START participated in the 2019 AIDS Walk in Central Park as a community partner. We raised $8,815 and had the largest turnout in START's history.
Night of Networking: July 16, 2019
START Treatment and Recovery Centers hosted its second annual Night of Networking Event in partnership with PA Consulting Group. We had over 100 staff members, board members, clinical directors, nonprofit organizers and employees of PA Consulting firm in attendance for the event. Dr. Brown addressed the crowd about the importance of the work that START Treatment and Recovery Centers is doing in the community to assist individuals with substance abuse treatment and mental health awareness issues. We raffled off 10 amazing prizes, including a $100 Gift Card to Fairway Market, a gift certificate for complimentary dinner for two to Applebee's, and 108 Cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery!
An Evening of Motown: October 18, 2019
START's Masquerade Holiday Party December 13, 2019
START's Annual Holiday Toy Drive
December 17th - Fort Greene / December 18th - 119 West 124th St
This year, we raised over $3,000 for the annual holiday toy drive from staff and members of the community! We were able to purchase amazing toys for the children and grandchildren of our patients and provide them with a hot meal they enjoyed with their families.
We are so fortunate to be able to spread a little holiday cheer this time of the year!
