Join us for Front Yard BBQ: “Create! Don’t Use!” on September 9, 2023 from 12pm-5pm at New Directions.

This fun, family-friendly fundraising event is organized in participation of National Recovery Month and will be held outdoors at New Directions located at 30800 Chagrin Blvd, Cleveland, OH.

We are grateful for our neighborhood friends and supporters at Garfield Memorial Church for providing ample and easy-access parking (3650 Lander Rd, Pepper Pike, OH 44124). Shuttles to New Directions’ Front Yard BBQ will be provided.

Create! Don’t Use! is a celebration of the joys of sobriety through creativity. This year’s event will include musicians, artists, performers, and an open invitation to all throughout our community to express your own creativity in a safe, sober, and fun environment. There will be special musical guests and performers, including Chrissy Strong. Chrissy was recently voted Cleveland’s Best Female Vocalist and will be sharing a special “Music and Message” performance. Also performing will be nationally known comedian Kirk Bogos, acclaimed artist Matthew Dibble, American Steal Band, and more! Please join us for a fun-filled day including New Direction’s Sober Karaoke!; an open mic for singers, musicians, poets, and performers of all descriptions; meaningful conversations; great food and a lot of laughs—all for the important cause of saving young lives and families. 

Because recovery benefits our entire community, all are welcome to join us for a fun outdoor barbecue courtesy of Heathland Hospitality Group. Enjoy food, games, music, “Create! Don’t Use!” entertainment, New Directions’ Super Raffle, 50/50 Raffle to benefit the Nancy Cutting Young Fund & the Jo Toomey HUGS Foundation Fund, prizes, and a few surprises!