Three Upcoming Respite Conferences and Events

Monday, October 22, 2007- Friday, November 2, 2007
Location: Lithicum, MD; Urbandale, IA; and Iselin, NJ

• October 22, 2007: 10th Annual State Respite Awareness Day Conference.  The Maryland Respite Care Coalition (MRCC) is celebrating its 10th Annual State Respite Awareness Day Conference, "A Decade of Respite", on October 22, 2007 at the Maritime Institute Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, MD. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is the Honorary Chair of the event. For more information, Please contact MRCC at 451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 119 - Box #166, Rockville, MD 20850 or call 240-453-9585.  Download the conference brochure and registration form through the conference hyperlink.
• October 25-26, 2007: 14th Annual State Respite and Crisis Child Care Conference. The Iowa Respite and Crisis Care Coalition is hosting its 14th Annual State Respite and Crisis Child Care Conference, "The Gift of Time," October 25-26, 2007 at the Holiday Inn North in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information, contact the coalition at 3821 71st Street, Suite A, Urbandale, IA or call toll free at 877-255-3140.  Download the conference brochure and registration form through the conference hyperlink.
• November 1-2, 2007: National Caregivers Conference.  The 2007 National Caregivers Conference will be held November 1-2, 2007 at the Sheraton at Woodbridge Place, Iselin, New Jersey. The conference is hosted by our ARCH Respite Network Friends, the Family Support Center of New Jersey, NJ Epilepsy Foundation. Keynote speakers include Geri Jewell who has best been known to millions as "Cousin Geri" from the ground-breaking NBC sitcom, "The Facts of Life," Kathleen Kelly, Executive Director, San Francisco Family Caregiver Alliance, and Nancy Lewin, Johnson & Johnson Caregiver Initiative. Download the conference brochure and registration form through the conference hyperlink.