CARE Annual Conference

Touchstone Health Services and CARE (Community Alliance for Resources and Education) Coalition are excited to announce our third FREE Adolescent Conference: Rethinking Community Resilience, Shifting our Mindset. The conference will be held on February 15, 2022, from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Glendale Civic Center, 5750 West Glenn Drive Glendale, AZ 85301.

We invite you to be a part of this diverse audience of 300+ attendees of young people, caregivers, community members, and youth-serving professionals from all over the valley! Attendees will engage in workshops relating to best practices for the youth, communities improving wellness, and innovative ideas on building resiliency.

We all know that these past two years have been challenging. With everything consistently changing, we had to learn how to adapt and change the way we think, feel, and do things every day. Due to this persistent change, this year’s conference focuses on resiliency and what it means in today’s world. We will be taking on the task of rethinking resiliency in ways we’ve never done before.

Our goal is the safety and well-being of all attendees at the conference. Youth will be attending the conference virtually this year. While adults will have the opportunity to join in person or watch the recorded conference. COVID -19 protocols will be in place throughout the event to ensure the safety of everyone in attendance.

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Meet Our Keynote Speaker:

Tony Hoffman

After paroling prison on December 13, 2008, Tony Hoffman started living out his dream, with his addiction behind him. Tony is a Former BMX Elite Pro and placed 2nd at the 2016 World Championships in Medellin Colombia in the Master’s Pro class. Tony coached Women’s Elite Pro, Brooke Crain, to a 4th place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil. His story is full of redemption as he has seen some of the highest highs, and the lowest lows.

Tony has presented on the prestigious TEDx stage and his Goalcast video that went viral in February of 2020 has been viewed more than 12 million times. He is the Founder and Director of The Freewheel Project, a non-profit organization that mentors thousands of youth through action sports. Today, Tony is an author &one of the most requested mental health & substance use speakers in the country, traveling over 200 days a year to share his inspiring story with various audiences.

In 2022 Tony will be opening the doors to his treatment center, pH Wellness, where he plans to continue his dream of leading people from the depths of addiction to the fulfillment of sobriety and a life of purpose.