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Public Events

The following public events have been held at or around Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC in Monticello, New York:

  • Tuesday, April 24, 2018, Opioid Addiction Strategies and Successes panel: Chatham Police Chief Peter Volkmann, Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff, Supreme Court Justice Hon. Stephan Schick, Tom Rue of Choices Mental Health Counseling PLLC, Martin Colavito of Catholic Charities Community Services. Program and intro text. From the Times Herald-Record, 4/20/2018: Panel to discuss ‘Opioid Addiction Strategies and Successes’


  • Saturday, May 7, 2016, Noon to 3:00 PM - Spring to Life (infant onesies, bibs, t-shirts health records, stuffed animals, Band-Aids, coloring books, crayons, stress balls, tote bags, etc.) with Fidelis Care NY.


  • Thursday, March 31, 2016,- With Archbishop Timothy Dolan at Catholic Charities Community Services, Monticello, rededicating the former Recovery Center, previously operated by the Sullivan County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. See article.


  • Saturday, March 5, 2016, Noon to 3:00 PM - Spring Back To School Give-Away (backpacks, notebooks, calculators, pencil kits, pens, etc) with Fidelis Care NY.


  • Saturday, February 5, 2016, Noon to 3:00 PM - Winter Coat Drive Give-Away (new and like-new winter outerwear) with Fidelis Care NY, [Facebook post].


  • Saturday, October 24, 2015, 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM - NAACP Health Fair, Stroebele Community Center, Monticello. Literature distribution and prizes.


  • Sunday, August 16, 2015, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM - Bagel Festival, free bottled water and literature table on Broadway in front of 433 Broadway.


  • Saturday, September 13, 2014, 12:00 Noon to 3:00 PM - Sullivan County Volunteer Firefighters Association parade, Broadway, Monticello, in front of Choices Mental Health Counseling. Office manager Carmen Rue is pictured on grandstand below. Monticello Fire Department journal linked here (our ad is on page 41).


  • Tuesday, October 8, 2013, "Choices Mental Health Counseling to expand Monticello office hours", Sullivan County Democrat. (Announcing expansion of hours effective November 1, 2013, upon retirement by Tom Rue from NYS OASAS and relocation to 433 Broadway, Monticello.)


  • Tuesday, March 1, 2011, "Monticello counselor relocates office", Sullivan County Democrat by Dan Hust. (Announcing relocation to 6 Pelton St., Monticello from previous location, since August 2010, on the second floor of the Rectory of St. John's M.E. Church, 10 St. John St., Monticello.)