Program Success Personified – Phil

Program Success Personified – Phil

Awareness, Action, Repetition Last week we had educational group regarding healthy eating practices, and strategies for making better meal choices. While the food at the Rescue Mission is plentiful, the menu offerings are frequently dependent upon what was donated....
Program Success Personified – Denise

Program Success Personified – Denise

  Denise wasn’t able to join our fitness groups from the outset eight weeks ago. For those who are not familiar with how long-term, non-profit rehabilitation works, there is “work therapy” which helps support the organization’s delivery of...
Program Success Personified – Joey

Program Success Personified – Joey

  Joey started with our initial fitness programming eight weeks ago. Three weeks of outdoor recreation and Joey earned his spot in our subsidized gym program. So what has changed for him? Well, not his attitude, because he started with a great deal of optimism,...
Incentives for Success

Incentives for Success

Who received the carrots? We will start posting our weekly winners on this blog and on our social media accounts. Last week’s winner was Joseph G. This week’s winners were Dominic and Christina (pictured). More to follow! Too often in recovery, there are...
Program Success Personified – Harvey

Program Success Personified – Harvey

  Two weeks ago, Harvey came to me stating that he thought it would be best if he dropped out of participation in the gym program. Why? He felt he was getting all of the exercise he needed during his daily job of picking up donations and lifting  / moving goods...