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DRE'S SAFE PLACE, 6101 East Molloy Road, East Syracuse, NY (2026)

09/11/2026

We’ve been posting a lot about our youth lately, and we should. They matter.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀.

Adults are carrying things too.

Grief. Stress. Anger. Disappointment. Relationships. Work. Family. Loss. Pressure. Things you thought you were over. Things you never really had time to process in the first place.

And a lot of adults have gotten so used to pushing through that they don’t even realize how heavy it has gotten.

Sometimes you do not need another conversation.

Sometimes you do not need advice.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗧.

A place to scream.
Hit something safely.
Break something with intention.
Write it out.
Sit in silence.
Speak something better back into yourself.
Laugh with your girls.
Rest.
𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻. 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝘆. 𝗕𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲.

Because wellness is not only about releasing what is heavy.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

One of our guests wrote yesterday on the wall:

“𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸.”

That is bigger than a sentence.

Because sometimes you walk into a space carrying something nobody else can see, and you leave realizing just how much you needed to put some of it down.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁.

You do not have to wait until you are completely drained.

And you do not have to keep carrying something just because you have learned how to function while carrying it.

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲, 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦.

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅. 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁

𝗪𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲!!

09/09/2026

𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬’𝗦 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡:

𝗠𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘆.

Now think about the teen who needs more than someone telling them that.

They need somewhere to practice it.

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗘?

Maybe they are quiet but notice everything.

Maybe they are outspoken but still learning how to use their voice.

Maybe other youth naturally trust them.

Maybe they keep everything inside until it comes out as anger, shutting down, or reacting without thinking.

At DRE’S Safe Place, we are opening 10 seats for teens ages 14-18 in our 16-week Youth Leadership & Mental Wellness Program.

This program brings leadership and mental wellness together.

Teens will learn how to recognize stress and emotional warning signs, understand what is happening in their bodies, and practice ways to release and regulate emotions before reacting.

They will identify coping tools and safe people, learn what healthy relationships look like, strengthen communication and public-speaking skills, and learn how to support a peer without taking responsibility for fixing everything.

They will also experience DRE’S interactive rooms, serve on the Youth Advisory Board, and work together to create a community project for other youth.

The program includes:

• A weekly meal
• Monthly recognition and incentives
• Teen Mental Health First Aid Training
• A CPR/AED certification opportunity
• A graduation credential

𝗡𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧
𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝟭𝟬 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗦

Wednesdays from 4:00-6:00 PM
Beginning October 28, 2026

DRE’S Safe Place
6101 E. Molloy Rd.
East Syracuse, NY 13057

Applications are open now through October 4.

Please do not only share this post.

Send it directly to a teen and tell them, “I thought of you.”

The application must be completed by the teen in their own words.

𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘:
https://form.jotform.com/262514861523052

Or text “YOUTH” to 315-760-4445.

This is a non-clinical leadership and mental wellness experience. It is not therapy or counseling.

09/07/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭.

September is National Su***de Prevention Month, but this conversation cannot only be for people who are already in crisis.

It has to include all of us.

If you lost someone to su***de, this post is not here to make you search the past for what you missed. Su***de is complex, warning signs are not always visible, and no one can predict every su***de.

If you are struggling, you do not need to have a plan or be close to acting before your thoughts deserve attention.

And if you are concerned about someone, you do not need perfect words before checking on them.

Suicidal thoughts do not have one look.

A person can laugh, work, care for their family, answer “I’m fine,” and still be struggling privately.

They may say:

“I wish I would not wake up.”

“Everybody would be better without me.”

“I cannot keep doing this.”

Those words should not be dismissed as drama, weakness, selfishness, or attention-seeking.

𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Not every change in mood, sleep, substance use, or behavior means someone is suicidal. But when changes are new, increasing, or connected to a painful event, loss, or major change, check in.

This month needs to leave us with more than a ribbon.

It needs to leave us with words we can actually use.

If you are concerned about someone, ask directly:

“𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞?”

Asking directly does not put the idea in their mind.

If you are the person struggling, say:

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞.”

If someone says yes, stay with them, listen without judgment, and help them connect with support.

Call or text 988 for yourself or someone else. You can also chat at 988lifeline.org. If there is immediate danger or an attempt is in progress, call 911.

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞❤️

***dePreventionMonth

09/06/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

Read that again.

Because September has a way of making people look backward.

At the plans they made in January.

The money they said they were going to save.

The weight they wanted to lose.

The boundaries they were finally going to set.

The thing they were going to start.

The thing they were going to stop.

And somewhere in there, it can start feeling like the year has already been decided.

𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁.

You still have months in front of you.

And I don’t mean months to run yourself into the ground trying to prove you can finish strong.

I mean time to meet a version of yourself you haven’t met yet.

Maybe she takes her health more seriously.

Maybe she finally stops spending every dollar like another one is guaranteed.

Maybe she prays more than she worries.

Maybe she handles something differently that used to get the best of her.

Maybe she starts saying no without writing a whole paragraph explaining why.

Maybe she laughs more.

Goes somewhere.

Tries something.

Saves something.

Releases something.

𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘁.

That’s what I want you to think about today.

Not everything you didn’t accomplish this year.

Not how far behind you think you are.

But what could actually change if you gave the next few months your attention instead of your regret.

Physically.

Mentally.

Emotionally.

Spiritually.

Financially.

You don’t need five huge goals.

𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

Then give yourself the next 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 to focus on it.

Not five things.

Not a complete life overhaul.

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀.

That’s part of what we believe at 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. Release what needs to be released. Make room to breathe. Reconnect with yourself. And leave with enough space to decide what comes next.

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿:

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆❤️

09/04/2026

𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 🍂💜

September brings a new season, and at DRE’S, it also brings a 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲.

As DRE’S continues to grow, we’re creating dedicated time for individuals, organizations, private groups, workshops, youth programs, and community events, while making it easier for you to know exactly when you can come take some time for yourself.

Our September calendar is included with this post, so 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.

𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 | 𝟱:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠–𝟴:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠
𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 | 𝟭𝟭 𝗔𝗠–𝟳 𝗣𝗠

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 give you a chance to reset in the middle of the week, before stress keeps piling up and you push yourself all the way to the weekend.

And Sunday really is the perfect day for it.

It’s that space between everything you carried through the week and everything waiting for you on Monday.

A chance to 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 instead of carrying everything straight into the next day.

Because sometimes you’re not in crisis.

You’re just tired.

Overwhelmed.

Frustrated.

Grieving.

Holding everything together for everybody else.

And 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

At DRE’S, you can scream, pray, meditate, break a plate, hit the punching bag, sit in the massage chair, speak something different over yourself, or simply have an hour where nobody needs anything from you.

𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲.

𝗡𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁.

And sometimes the people who walk through our doors say it better than I ever could.

Last month, someone left DRE’S saying:

“𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱.”

Another wrote:

“𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱!”

And after celebrating her birthday at DRE’S, one woman shared:

“𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱. 𝗜 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.”

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦.

You don’t have to come here because something is wrong.

Sometimes you just need somewhere to feel what you feel, release what you’ve been carrying, breathe, reconnect with yourself, and make room for what comes next.

𝗣𝗔𝗬 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗦 💜

Our monthly Pay What You Can Day will continue because 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Check the September calendar included with this post for this month’s date.

Throughout the rest of the week, DRE’S will continue welcoming organizations, agencies, private groups, workshops, retreats, youth programs, team experiences, community events, and special programs.

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟...

We’ll also be opening 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 for people who need a comfortable place to work, focus, create, connect, or simply get out of the house for a few hours.

Stay tuned.

📍 𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲
6101 E. Molloy Rd.
East Syracuse, NY 13057

𝗗𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆.

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅. 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁.®

If you’ve been saying, “I need a minute,” maybe Sunday is your minute.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻.

09/02/2026

I knew we had a busy summer at DRE’S, but I did not realize the full impact until I sat down and counted.

𝟐𝟗𝟖.

From mid-May through August, 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 experienced DRE’S Safe Place.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬.

Forty-six of them experienced DRE’S when we brought our programming to Syracuse University.

That number means more to me than I can put into one post.

𝐃𝐑𝐄’𝐒 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. So when a family, school, church, or youth program trusts me with their young people, I feel both the honor and the responsibility of that trust.

Some came excited. Some came quiet. Some stood back and watched before deciding if they wanted to participate. Some did not think DRE’S would be for them until they experienced it for themselves.

Nobody was forced to tell their whole story or explain every feeling.

Through DRE’S experiential rooms and activities, they were given different ways to release, relax, rejuvenate, connect, and RESET.

They screamed.

They moved their bodies and hit punching bags.

They wrote down what they wanted to release and broke plates.

They breathed, rested, reflected, laughed, wrote affirmations, and allowed themselves to just be.

At the same time, they practiced naming what they were feeling, recognizing where stress was showing up in their bodies, identifying safe people, asking for help, choosing coping strategies, grounding themselves, and creating personal RESET plans.

𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬, youth reported knowing what to do before reacting and being able to identify a safe person they could turn to for support.

Those words matter to me because that is what I want young people to carry with them when they leave DRE’S.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐑𝐄’𝐒.

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

It is not just about breaking plates or having fun in the rooms.

It is about giving young people a place to experience their emotions without being judged for having them.

A place to discover that there is more than one way to respond when life feels heavy.

𝐀 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐑𝐄’𝐒 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡:

• Syracuse City School District programs
• PGR Foundation
• Street Addiction Institute
• Fired Up for Youth
• Tucker Missionary Youth Group
• Princess Glow Up
• Project Rise
• Rasheada’s Middle School Enrichment
• Syracuse University Pre-College Programs

Thank you to every organization, family, youth leader, facilitator, and person who opened a door, made a call, brought a group, shared a post, or trusted DRE’S enough to say, “Our young people need this.”

And thank you to every young person who gave DRE’S a chance, even when you were unsure.

As the school year begins, the pressure, expectations, and hard moments will not disappear.

But 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 had an opportunity to practice what they can do with what they feel.

How to pause.

How to release safely and choose what to do next.

How to recognize when they need support.

How to get themselves back before choosing their next move.

This is not just a summer number to me.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟗𝟖 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.

If you are a school or youth-serving organization and you know your young people need more than another conversation about emotional wellness, let them experience DRE’S.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐓.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧.

08/31/2026

Today is National Overdose Awareness Day...

Sometimes an overdose happens in minutes.

But the people who love that person can carry pieces of that moment for years.

It can be a mother replaying the last conversation, wondering what she missed.

A child trying to understand why someone they loved never came home.

A sibling feeling their stomach drop when another family member does not answer the phone.

A person in recovery trying to move forward while still carrying shame from one of the hardest chapters of their life.

A family loving the same person, grieving the same person, and still not knowing how to talk to one another about what happened.

And sometimes it is simply silence.

Because even in grief, people are still afraid of being judged when they say the word overdose.

There are parts of overdose loss we do not talk about enough.

The unanswered questions.

The guilt.

The anger.

The fear.

The “what ifs.”

The birthdays that feel different.

The phone calls you still wish you could make.

The moments when something happens and, for a second, you forget they are not there to tell.

And somewhere today, someone is carrying a loss they do not know how to talk about.

If that is you, your grief does not have to look like anyone else’s.

You can love someone and still be angry.

You can miss them and still have questions.

You can remember the good without pretending the hard parts did not happen.

If you are in recovery, the hardest chapter of your life does not erase your humanity or everything that came before and after it.

If you love someone who is struggling, your fear, exhaustion, love, frustration and hurt matter too.

And if you have ever only seen the overdose and not the person, today is a good day to look again.

Because before the substance, before the diagnosis, before the circumstances and before the way their story ended...

there was a person.

Someone with a laugh.

Someone with people they loved.

Someone with plans.

Someone with mistakes.

Someone with a story much bigger than one moment of their life.

See the person before the circumstance.

Last week we closed The Empty Chair: Until You Know My Story.

The installation ended.

The conversation should not.

Today we remember those who died.

We honor those who survived.

We hold space for the families still carrying the impact.

And we keep reminding people of something stigma too often makes us forget:

Every number had a name.
Every name had a story💜

08/30/2026

We are honored to share that DRE’S Safe Place Founder and Owner, Quinnika, has been named a 2026 Central New York 40 Over 40 Legacy Awards Honoree.

DRE’S was never built just to be a business.

It was built from love, grief, and a mother’s decision that her son’s life would continue to mean something in this world.

Drequan’s name may not be written on this award, but his life is all through it.

It is in every person who has walked through our doors carrying something heavy and left feeling lighter.

It is in every young person learning a healthier way to release what they feel.

It is in every person who found even one moment of relief, hope, strength, or connection inside this space.

DRE’S is proof that something born from one of the hardest moments of a life can become something that helps other people make it through theirs.

Thank you to the Central New York 40 Over 40 Legacy Awards for recognizing this work and including Quinnika among this year’s honorees.

And thank you to every person who has walked through our doors, trusted us, partnered with us, supported us, referred someone to us, or spoken the name DRE’S in a room we were not in.

Drequan’s life continues to reach people he never had the chance to meet.

That is bigger than an award.

That is legacy...

DRE’S Safe Place
You won’t leave how you came in❤️

08/28/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.

As The Empty Chair: Until You Know My Story comes to an end, I want to thank every family who trusted DRE’S Safe Place and me with something so personal.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.

Thank you for sharing their pictures, their stories, their memories, and pieces of who they were beyond the way they died.

I know those were not just photographs on a wall.

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

That trust meant everything.

This installation was never meant to be something people simply walked through and looked at.

It was created so people would stop, reflect, participate, challenge their assumptions, and 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

And to everyone who came through our doors and experienced it, thank you.

Every person who stopped to read a story, listen, reflect, leave a message, or sit with what they were seeing helped make sure 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.

On August 31, we will continue to remember and honor lives at the 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 @ 𝟔𝐩𝐦.

Because remembrance should not end when the display comes down.

𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚.

To the families who trusted DRE’S:

𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧.
𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

Thank you for allowing us to carry their stories with care 💜

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧.

08/27/2026

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