Meet Our Intern – Rina
Rina Langlie is an outpatient chemical health intern at Vinland’s site in Minneapolis. She is a Psychology major at the University of Minnesota, where she is also working towards her Licensed Alcohol and Drug Certificate (LADC). She is expe...
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Meet Our Intern – Gina
Gina Breci is an outpatient chemical health intern at Vinland’s site in Minneapolis. She is currently working towards her Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) certificate from Century College. She will graduate from the program in Dec...
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Quilt Donation Program Seeking Additional Donors
Vinland strives to create a home-like atmosphere for our clients during their stay, which is why a handmade quilt covers each of the 61 beds in our residential chemical health program. Clients are welcome to take their quilt home with the...
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Vinland Center Named to Star Tribune’s Top 150 Workplaces 2015
For the fourth year in a row, Vinland Center has been named one of the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota based on an employee-based survey project from the Star Tribune. Vinland ranked 10 on the small company list. For the second time in fou...
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Rick Krueger Is New Clinical Director at Vinland
Rick Krueger, MA, LPCC, LADC, CBIS has been named the new clinical director at Vinland Center. He will oversee the residential chemical health program. Previously, Rick was the clinical services manager at Vinland for 10 years. “Success is...
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Client Success Story
Chemical Health Graduate Cyndi Shares Her Story of Success in Recovery When asked how she started abusing drugs, Cyndi talks about how she liked the street life. "I was homeless and using dope, and I thought that was what life should be ...
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Celebrating 25 Years of Chemical Health Program
First-of-Its-Kind Chemical Health Program Addresses the Needs of Individuals with Brain Injuries When Vinland began offering chemical health services for adults with brain injuries in 1990, no other organization was providing a similar typ...
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Year in Review 2014
Vinland's fiscal year 2014 (October 1, 2013 - September 30, 2014) was another successful year for Vinland Center. Vinland was able to expand programming thanks to building and office expansions at our main campus and outpatient location. Sp...
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Celebrating 25 Years
Letter from Executive Director In the late 1980s, Marty Cushing was hired as Executive Director to diversify Vinland’s programs. At that time, Vinland was only providing recreation therapy for individuals with disabilities. In 1988, the Em...
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Vinland’s Individualized Treatment Helps Those with Cognitive Disabilities Reach Sobriety
MinnPost has published a great feature article about Vinland Center in the online newspaper's Mental Health & Addiction column. To read the article and to learn more about Vinland's approach to drug and alcohol treatment for adults with...
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