Thursday, October 10th | 7-9 PM
First Baptist Church
401 North Second Avenue | Hopewell, VA
We are excited to come together with the City of Refuge community once again to celebrate the progress we’ve made as an organization and to share our vision for the future. Dr. Melanie Hackney, Superintendent of Hopewell Public Schools, will be our Honorary Chair and Coach Ricky Irby, Head Football Coach of the Hopewell High School Football team, will be our Keynote speaker.
We are proud of all that we have accomplished this year and can’t wait to share it with you. We have big plans for the rest of 2024 and into 2025, but none of it is possible without you! Your support helps us to continue to address the plight of addiction that Hopewell and the Tri-Cities area are facing. Join us for a night filled with great food, fellowship, and fun!
WHO WE ARE
City of Refuge is a faith-based drug recovery center that desires to bring opportunity and hope to individuals and families of Hopewell, the Tri-Cities, and surrounding areas by offering supportive services, recovery, job placement assistance and connection to high quality early childhood education so that individuals will rise up to meet their potential and our community’s families will find success and hope for their future.
ABOUT US
OUR PROGRAMS
CoR: Hopewell Recovery Center
We are a Peer-led, 9-month recovery program open to anyone earnestly seeking recovery. Using a best practice model of recovery support, we lead our participants through cognitive-behaviorally based activities of self-discovery and skill building while holding them accountable and providing community supports to help them find their pathway to recovery. Additionally, we are a Court diversion program using a sanctioned system, which means we work with local court systems to provide an alternative sentencing model for those caught in the cycle and behaviors often associated with addiction.
As we build capacity, we anticipate building additional on-site programs to include Workforce Development Services and Early Childhood Education supports.
STAFF
Thurman Collier
CEO
Kiara Lee
Administrative Assistant
Darchie Lewis, NCPRSSDirector/Lead Instructor
Cris Bovinette
Drug Testing Coordinator
Quinton Taylor
Peer Recovery Trainee
Abbey Aldana
Media Director
BOARD
Avon Miles
Chairman
Brenda Pelham
Board Member
Rick Newman
Board Member
Darrell Boggs
Vice Chair
Michael Harris
Board Member
Sharon Neal
Board Member
Edith Winters
Secretary
Addie Hall Scott
Board Member
We are currently seeking board applicants with professional expertise and skills in the following areas: Marketing, Strategic planning, Accounting, Non-profit Development and Fundraising, non-profit and felon legal services. If you fit this description and are passionate about our Mission and Vision, please fill out an application and return it to cityofrefugehopewell@gmail.com
GET INVOLVED
DONATE
Become a one time donor or a monthly giver at one of 3 Life levels:
Life Supporter: $5-$50 per month or up to $600/year
Life Partner: $51-$150/month or up to $1800/year
Life Sustainer: $101-$400/month or up to $4800/year
We would like to say a big “THANK YOU” to the Cameron Foundation, the John Randolph Foundation,
and the City of Hopewell for their very generous donations!
PARTNER
If you are a 5-star Early Childhood center, a best-practice agency or a workforce leader in our area, we need your services, expertise and partnership to continue building support and reducing barriers for our participants and citizens.
PARTNER
Partner with us to become a sustaining corporate or faith-community sponsor:
Bronze Sponsor: Yearly gift totaling $6,000 or more
Silver Sponsor: Yearly gift totaling $10,000 or more
Gold Sponsor: Yearly gift totaling $15,000 or more
PARTICIPATE
If you are a citizen who is excited and passionate about our mission and vision and would like to be a part of the solution for our city, please contact us directly at the4aldanas@gmail.com or check back periodically for more information as we figure out what it looks like to engage volunteers meaningfully and sustainably in our programming!
CONTACT US
RECOVERY CENTER:
Thurman Collier, CEO
Pastor_TC@yahoo.com
804-541-0935
Darchie Lewis, NCPRSS-Lead Instructor
bigcity810@gmail.com
804-295-2499
2300 Bluefield Street
Hopewell, VA 23860
