By becoming a sponsor of Revelation Generation, HDAP is partly responsible for helping to provide one of the largest one-day drug/alcohol awareness messages in Hunterdon County. Approximately 2,000 - 3,000 people attended the event, and most went through the largest and dryest area in the event, the Vendor's Marketplace. This marketplace was jam packed from the beginning until the event was called at approximately 4:30 p.m. Over 1,000 people visited our booth, and over 600 “Shed Light on Addiction” flashlights were given out. HDAP was one of three addiction recovery vendors at Revelation Generation, all of whom provided people with information for prevention and referral of substance abuse issues. The other drug/alcohol vendors at this event were Good News Home for Women and Overcomers In Christ. Both of these organizations provide a faith based approach to addiction treatment (Good News Home) and self help (Overcomers In Christ), where HDAP represented the secular based alternative for treatment and self help.

This continues as the largest drug/alcohol awareness campaign associated with a faith based movement effort in Hunterdon County. Despite the rain, this was by far one of HDAP’s largest information dissemination events regarding drugs and alcohol, as well as one of the best for Hunterdon County in terms of reaching so many people in one day. Usually, you reach 30 people in a classroom, 300 or so in a school auditorium, or hopefully hundreds by putting up a stand at an event or an article in the paper. HDAP continues to commend Bob and Kim Grom for their vision of highlighting addiction recovery awareness into the very fabric of the Christian Rock Fest, Revelation Generation, and providing such a large scale alcohol free event to the youth of Hunterdon County and surrounding areas.
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The Good, the Bad and the Muddy
We had another great event planned for Revelation Generation, which we had to forgo because the constant rainfall from the remnants of tropical storm Ernesto. Last year we had people participate in an event where they built a house of recovery by giving their thoughts on addiction and addiction recovery. This year we had planned a 9' x 12' mural that would have people participate by giving their thoughts on how best to 'Shed Light on Addiction.' The rain caused this event to be cancelled and we switched to a pure information dissemination booth. It was a good thing that we cancelled it because it was going to take place right outside where our booth was, and as you can see from the pictures, the rain kept coming, and coming, and coming (which eventually caused flooding right where the project would take place). This project was a tremendous undertaking that was the work of Tara Dyer and Mary Hanley. Their hard work will only be postponed as we will use this project on the next large public event we participate in (hopefully RevGen 2007). However, because of the rain, it is possible that we got just as much activity from people (getting drug/alcohol information out to the public) that we would have if it was a larger turnout on a sunny day.
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Wet Weather Generation
The rain did not stop, and the mud became problematic as you can see by our pictures. The earth became soft, and puddles deepened and widened. The main stage never opened due to the rain, and "the edge" stage did open with musical acts performing on that stage till approximately 4 p.m. It was around this time that organizers decided to cut the event short, as there appeared to be no end to the rain in sight. This was a good call because the rain continued in the area until 9-10 p.m. that night. The driving out was tricky at best, as two of our staff members needed assistance getting out of the parking lot because of the mud and rain. Even though the event was eventually called, HDAP was able to put out a lot of information to people, and hope to continue participating in this great project for as long as they decided to keep holding it.
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Staff Event Recognition
We would like to recognize the people that made this event possible, from conceptual ideas such as the flashlights, slogans and the 'shed light on addiction' onsite project, to actual participation in the Revelation Generation Concert. They are (in alphabetical order):

• Glenn Duncan
• Tara Dyer
• Greg Fox
• Frank Greenagel
• Mary Hanley
• Mark Hodkinson
• Cindi McCormack
• Jass Pelland
• Jill Piperata