The Hazelden Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Center City, Minnesota. Hazelden has facilities in Minnesota (Center City, Plymouth and Saint Paul), Oregon, Illinois and New York. It offers assessment and primary residential addiction treatment for adults and youth, including extended care and intermediate care, as well as outpatient treatment, aftercare services and a family program. According to their mission statement, Hazelden helps "people sustain lifelong recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. We will accomplish this through a commitment to treatment, publishing, education, research, public advocacy and shared learning with other organizations."^[1]

[edit] History

Hazelden began as a simple farmhouse retreat called the Old Lodge in 1949. It was limited to male alcoholics. The original program designed by Lynne Carroll was based on Alcoholics Anonymous principles, especially the twelve steps. In the first 18 months 156 men were helped. In 1953, the Fellowship Club was established as a halfway house to provide additional help for patients after attending the Center City program. The Dellwood site was later moved to the Center City campus.

Dan Anderson was vice president of Hazelden from 1961 and president between 1971 and 1986. Mark G. Mishek was named Hazelden President and CEO in August 2008, succeeding Ellen Breyer. Mishek came to Hazelden from Allina Hospitals & Clinics, where he had been President of United Hospital of St. Paul.^[2]

1999 saw the opening of the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies in Center City.

[edit] References

1. ^ Hazelden, "What is Hazelden?" (accessed April 20, 2008).
2. ^ Hazelden,"Mark G. Mishek is new President and CEO of Hazelden," press release, August 25, 2008.

[edit] External links

• Official website