Asana Recovery Weekly Team Update
Employee Celebrations, Community Picnic, Job Openings, Health Benefit Enrolment, and New Members of Staff.
Here is this week’s update for Asana Recovery team members:
Employee celebrations
Congratulations to Kelsey May who celebrates her work anniversary on August 21!
Happy birthday to Josh Mulder, who has a birthday on August 23!
Community picnic
The City of Huntington Beach will host a CommUNITY Picnic on Saturday, August 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the bandstand in Huntington Central Park (behind the Central Park Library). This event returns for its second year to celebrate Huntington Beach’s diversity with local residents.
Learn more about your community and celebrate our city’s diversity as we enjoy the day at Huntington’s largest park! This free event will feature:
Local exciting multi-cultural dance and music performances
International food trucks for attendees to purchase food
Fun-family activities
Informational booths hosted by local nonprofit organizations
Please remember to bring your own picnic blankets and chairs, and enjoy a beautiful day outdoors with your community.
For more information, visit: https://surfcitybreak.com/event/community-picnic/
Job openings at Asana Recovery
The following positions are open at Asana Recovery:
Clinical Director
Program Manager
Behavioral Health Technician
Group Facilitator
If you know anyone that might be interested or a good fit, please encourage them to submit an application!
Health benefits enrollment
Open enrollment for health benefits is coming up. During this time, employees are eligible to change their benefit election.
If there is any interest, HR can set up a Q&A to better help employees understand the benefits offered. If interested, please let Crystal know.
New members of the Asana Recovery team
We would like to welcome new members of staff! We have recently hired to following people to join the Asana Recovery team:
Admissions Counselor - Krystal Smith
Activities Coordinator - Keelin McGee
Behavioral Health Technician - Aaliyah Hajak
Spotlight: Krystal Smith
Krystal is an artist and has a passion for all things creative. She enjoys crafts, painting, sculpting, and playing the piano.
Before joining Asana Recovery, she attended Golden West College and majored in psychology with a minor in sociology. She plans on returning to school to become an LCSW.
At Asana Recovery, Krystal works as an Admissions Counselor, where she promotes and markets Asana Recovery to targeted professionals, handles incoming calls, and maintains the sales database. She also screens qualified patients to potentially admit into the program.
She got started in the addictions industry because she wants to help people on their recovery journey. She says, “I come from a family full of addicts, most of us have broken free from active addiction. However, growing up in that toxic environment has given me first-hand insight into the power addiction holds. I want to help others break free and build a life that is not only worth living, but one they can enjoy sober.”
Krystal finds happiness in spending time with her family at Six Flags or relaxing at the beach. She has a 15-year-old daughter who is her entire world, and two older sisters who are her best friends. She shares her home with two cats who drive her crazy and keep her sane all at the same time.
She is proud to be four years sober and says that she has bonded with her family more in the past four years than she has in her entire life. Recovery is extremely important to Krystal. She attends three to four meetings per week and still talks to her sponsor multiple times a week. She says, “Relapse is not part of my story.”