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News of Hope and Inspiration from No Longer Bound<br />
In This Issue:<br />
The Thompson<br />
Family:<br />
Rooted in unconditional<br />
love p.11<br />
Programs:<br />
The heart of our<br />
ministry p.7<br />
NLB Industries:<br />
Generate revenue and<br />
build awareness p.9 STATE OF THE MINISTRY REPORT | Fall 2017
The crisis is growing at breakneck speed-<br />
-a deadly pandemic sweeping our country.<br />
Tragically, the seriousness and breadth of<br />
the problem is barely a blip on the radar for<br />
most Americans. That is unless you’ve had<br />
your world turned tragically upside down by<br />
addiction.<br />
I encourage you to tune in and stay<br />
informed on the Opioid Crisis in America.<br />
Estimates of 65,000 American lives lost in<br />
one year to addiction in 2015, the latest<br />
official statistics now available, are<br />
staggering. These numbers continued to<br />
climb in 2016 and 2017. We’ve put together<br />
a summary on Page 3 to help bring you up<br />
to speed on the latest findings as it relates to<br />
addiction and overdose deaths in America.<br />
While the seriousness of the crisis can<br />
be overwhelming, our organization stands<br />
strong, representing hope in the face of this<br />
very serious adversary. One precious life at<br />
a time, for over 26 years now, we’ve been in<br />
the trenches, fighting for the lives of men<br />
consumed by addiction. Eventually returning<br />
functioning, loving, healed, regenerated men<br />
back to their communities and families.<br />
I couldn’t be more proud of where we stand<br />
today as an organization. This issue of our<br />
newsmagazine highlights a few of our recent<br />
accomplishments and provides a glimpse of<br />
where we are headed.<br />
In other NLB News, you might have also<br />
heard that we are in the midst of a capital<br />
campaign to raise money for a complete<br />
renovation and expansion of our facilities, a<br />
first for NLB. I’m excited to share more about<br />
the “Do For One Campaign” in the near future!<br />
I assure you, we are armed and ready for<br />
the fight to save men from addiction. As a<br />
family member, donor or supporter of No<br />
Longer Bound, we need you now more than<br />
ever before. Thanks for tuning in, giving<br />
and caring.<br />
In Him,<br />
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Board of Directors<br />
Officers:<br />
Board Chair<br />
Chris Phillips<br />
VP Strategic Development /<br />
GPS Hospitality<br />
Secretary<br />
Phill Bettis<br />
Principal / Bettis Law Group<br />
Treasurer<br />
Mike Vandiver<br />
CFO / Pindrop Security<br />
Executive Director<br />
No Longer Bound<br />
Edward Bailey<br />
Board Members<br />
Jon Bennett<br />
CEO / Ministry Ventures<br />
Julie Brennan<br />
Publisher / Market Complete<br />
Chris Britton<br />
VP Division Manager / Brasfield & Gorie<br />
Russ Caso<br />
Director / KPIT<br />
Mike Harden<br />
Founder / No Longer Bound<br />
Hoovey McGuirt<br />
Senior Business Consultant , Field Operations<br />
Chick-fil-A<br />
Brian Richey<br />
Owner / Forte Data Systems<br />
Jim Shambo<br />
Agency Sales Lead / State Farm<br />
Advisory Board Members<br />
Tommy Bagwell<br />
Owner / American Proteins<br />
Cheryl Bachelder<br />
Former Chief Executive Officer /<br />
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen<br />
Bruce Deel<br />
Founder / City of Refuge<br />
Rand Harbert<br />
Executive Vice President /<br />
Chief Agency, Sales & Marketing Officer /<br />
State Farm<br />
Glen Jackson<br />
Co-Founder / Jackson Spalding<br />
Chip Patterson<br />
Entrepreneur<br />
Mark Riley<br />
Managing Partner / Urban Realty Partners
Thank You for Helping<br />
Us Save Lives<br />
2016 Revenue<br />
Snapshot<br />
Total Revenue<br />
$3,353,555<br />
Industry<br />
Revenue<br />
(NLB Thrift,<br />
NLB Furniture,<br />
Cars4Recovery,<br />
NLB Studios)<br />
$1,499,238<br />
Our mission of rescuing<br />
addicts, regenerating<br />
men and reconciling<br />
families would not be possible<br />
with the support of you… our<br />
donor community. We are so very<br />
grateful for your love, prayers and<br />
financial support.<br />
In addition to our exceptional<br />
donor base, our story is also one<br />
of partnership and operational<br />
excellence. Powered by a<br />
competent and committed Board<br />
of Directors, the financial health<br />
of our organization is strong and<br />
administrative costs are kept to a<br />
minimum.<br />
Operating with the “heart of<br />
a ministry and the brain of a<br />
business” we’ve created a healthy<br />
and diversified economic model<br />
to sustain our non-profit and to<br />
keep intake fees affordable for<br />
residents entering the program.<br />
Here are a few highlights...<br />
• Industry revenue and intake<br />
fees provide 73% of the revenue<br />
from attorneys, consultants, a<br />
professional event planner and<br />
other services for the residents in<br />
needed<br />
our program.<br />
to operate No Longer Bound.<br />
The other 27% is generated • Most of the food served at No<br />
through NLB fundraising events, Longer Bound comes from<br />
including our annual Banquet donations received from a<br />
and Golf Tournament, and number of food partners,<br />
private and corporate donations. including Georgia Mountain<br />
Food Bank, Atlanta Community<br />
• NLB operates in partnership<br />
Food Bank, Trader Joes, Kroger,<br />
with many in-kind donors, who<br />
Earth Fare, Starbucks, Chipotle,<br />
generously provide products<br />
Fagan’s Biscuit Barn, Dutch<br />
and services at no cost. We<br />
Monkey and others. We are so<br />
have a number of churches and<br />
very thankful for their generosity<br />
individual donors who graciously<br />
and support of our ministry!<br />
provide scholarships to residents<br />
unable to pay initial<br />
intake fees.<br />
• We continue to<br />
upgrade our operations<br />
and infrastructure<br />
excellence and have<br />
engaged CapinCrouse<br />
LLP, a highly regarded<br />
national CPA firm that<br />
specializes in nonprofit<br />
organizations,<br />
education, churches<br />
and denominations.<br />
• We have also benefited<br />
from donated<br />
professional services<br />
The Georgia Mountain Food Bank and Atlanta<br />
Community Food Bank are valuable partners,<br />
providing wholesome, nutritious donated food to<br />
No Longer Bound, so we in turn can provide healthy<br />
meals for residents in regeneration.<br />
Expenses<br />
In-kind<br />
Contributions<br />
(non-cash and<br />
contributed services)<br />
$608,345<br />
Fundraising<br />
Events<br />
(NLB Golf Tournament<br />
and Banquet)<br />
$383,276<br />
Private<br />
Donations<br />
$360,261<br />
Intake Fees<br />
$309,200<br />
Honor and<br />
Memorial Giving<br />
$13,235<br />
Marketing<br />
4.7%<br />
Management<br />
& General<br />
12.7%<br />
Regeneration<br />
Program<br />
82.7%<br />
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Addiction and its<br />
deadly scourge<br />
on America<br />
An addict’s world<br />
is a dark and desperate place.<br />
Consumed with thoughts of<br />
hopelessness, pursuit of drugs<br />
and alcohol, and often suicide,<br />
the road to recovery seems all<br />
but impossible for those who find<br />
themselves trapped in a deadly<br />
spiral of addiction.<br />
Addiction is becoming<br />
more prevalent and deadly, its<br />
tentacles now reaching across<br />
the suburbs and rural America.<br />
Synthetic opioids have also found<br />
their way into the illegal drug<br />
supply and are exponentially<br />
more potent than heroin. This<br />
deadly concoction of drugs,<br />
usually unknown to the user, is<br />
one of the factors triggering the<br />
sharp rise in heroin and opioidrelated<br />
deaths.<br />
Some sobering<br />
statics on addiction….<br />
and Prevention figures, heroin<br />
deaths alone surpassed gun<br />
homicides for the first time.<br />
More than 33,000 people<br />
died of opioid overdose, with<br />
another 20,000 dying from<br />
other drugs. A recent federal<br />
study found that prescription<br />
painkillers are now more widely<br />
used than tobacco.<br />
• The Heroin Triangle, a recent<br />
television report that aired in<br />
Metro Atlanta, revealed a more<br />
than 4,000% increase in heroinrelated<br />
deaths in the last five<br />
years in the northern suburbs<br />
of Atlanta.<br />
• More than 25 Georgians<br />
die each week - more than<br />
1,300 each year - from drug<br />
overdoses. This is about the<br />
same number of deaths in our<br />
state caused by automobile<br />
accidents.<br />
• A study released by the Surgeon<br />
General in November 2016<br />
reported that every $1 invested<br />
in viable treatment options for<br />
substance use disorders saves<br />
the community $4 in health care<br />
costs and $7 in criminal justice<br />
costs.<br />
One man at a time, No Longer<br />
Bound stands as a beacon of<br />
hope for those suffering with<br />
addiction. The work we do,<br />
however, would not be possible<br />
without the prayers and support<br />
of you, our donor and partner<br />
communities.<br />
Thank you for leaning in and<br />
being part of our story. On the<br />
pages of this issue, we’re excited<br />
to also share more about where<br />
we’re going in our pursuit to:<br />
rescue addicts, regenerate men<br />
and reconcile families.<br />
How are we, as<br />
an organization,<br />
reacting to the<br />
Opioid Crisis?<br />
Our Executive Director Edward<br />
Bailey explains…<br />
“The mission of No Longer<br />
Bound remains the same:<br />
Rescuing addicts, regenerating<br />
men and reconciling families.<br />
Our long-term win for people<br />
completing our program is<br />
lasting intimacy with God, self<br />
and others—this will always<br />
remain the same.<br />
What has changed is the<br />
deadliness of the drugs that we<br />
are now dealing with. Heroin and<br />
synthetic opioids have changed<br />
the trajectory of addiction<br />
because it has become so deadly<br />
for those using these drugs. The<br />
latest reports are that 142 people<br />
are dying EVERY DAY in the U.S.<br />
as a result of opioid overdoses,<br />
which equates to a loss of life<br />
equal to the 9/11 attacks every<br />
three weeks.<br />
• According to the Centers for<br />
Disease Control<br />
(CDC), the most<br />
recent data<br />
estimates that<br />
142 Americans<br />
die every day<br />
from a drug<br />
overdose.<br />
• In 2015, according<br />
to Centers for<br />
Disease Control<br />
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No Longer Bound was featured<br />
in “The Heroin Triangle” a ground<br />
breaking report on addiction by<br />
11Alive News.<br />
We, as a country, have got<br />
to do something to stop the<br />
devastation being caused to our<br />
loved ones and families<br />
as a result of addiction. At NLB,<br />
we are operating with more of a<br />
sense of urgency now—people<br />
simply aren’t getting second,<br />
third or fourth chances anymore.<br />
Our loved ones are dying from<br />
addiction at pandemic levels. It’s<br />
really so tragic and what keeps<br />
me up at night. “
Standing Proud<br />
2016 was the year<br />
that Tyler Harrison<br />
reclaimed his life.<br />
Before coming to No Longer<br />
Bound, Tyler was young,<br />
arrogant, reckless and living on<br />
the edge with two DUIs to his<br />
name and a failed attempt at<br />
college. A motorcycle accident in<br />
2015 nearly took his life, along<br />
with his heart and soul. But God<br />
had a different plan.<br />
“In middle school, I found<br />
pot, alcohol and became very<br />
rebellious,” said Tyler. “I tried to<br />
get away with whatever I could.”<br />
Tyler's motorcycle, almost unrecognizable,<br />
after his near fatal accident.<br />
He made it through public<br />
school but dropped out of college<br />
his first year after getting a DUI;<br />
a second DUI soon followed.<br />
His almost deadly motorcycle<br />
accident then occurred in 2015<br />
and would ultimately become his<br />
wake-up call.<br />
“I was going about 100 mph<br />
around a curve when I lost<br />
control of my bike and hit a<br />
guardrail,” said Tyler. “I was<br />
thrown 300 feet into the woods<br />
and broke everything from the<br />
waist down. Somehow my cell<br />
phone stayed in my pocket and I<br />
was able to call my girlfriend. All<br />
I was able to say was, ‘I’ve been<br />
in an accident, I’m in the woods, I<br />
need help.’ Somehow they were<br />
able to find me.”<br />
The next thing he recalls is<br />
waking up at Grady Hospital with<br />
his mom and sister standing over<br />
him. When they told him he’d lost<br />
his leg, he<br />
thought they<br />
were kidding;<br />
he could still<br />
feel his foot,<br />
even though<br />
it was no<br />
longer<br />
there.<br />
“In the<br />
beginning, I<br />
faked my way<br />
through it, acting like losing my<br />
leg didn’t bother me,” he said. “I<br />
made jokes to run away from the<br />
pain, to not feel it.”<br />
Tyler’s world continued to crash<br />
in around him as his best friend<br />
was in a motorcycle accident and<br />
coma. Tyler was then arrested<br />
for violating probation, reckless<br />
driving and<br />
suspected DUI<br />
related to his<br />
motorcycle<br />
accident and<br />
sent to jail. He<br />
spent two weeks in solitary<br />
confinement because of his<br />
ongoing medical condition. The<br />
judge gave him the option of<br />
rehab and he reluctantly chose<br />
No Longer Bound.<br />
“I honestly didn’t think I had a<br />
problem, even when I got here,”<br />
said Tyler. “I was months into<br />
the program before Bill Eubanks<br />
(NLB Program Director) finally<br />
got through to me… ‘If you keep<br />
drinking you’re going to kill<br />
yourself,’ he said. It was rough<br />
but it was what I needed to hear.”<br />
Tyler’s relationship with God<br />
was fractured and almost nonexistent.<br />
“I was mad at God for<br />
my accident, for taking my friend,<br />
Maria, for punishing me to stay<br />
here on earth with one leg. I<br />
wanted nothing to do with Him.”<br />
Through practice and<br />
perseverance, Tyler learned<br />
to walk again, eventually<br />
with skill and grace on his<br />
prosthetic leg. He also<br />
reconciled his relationships<br />
with his family and God.<br />
“I don’t look at myself as<br />
broken or being punished<br />
anymore,” said Tyler, “I look<br />
at myself now more as blessed.<br />
It’s a way for God to show me<br />
how strong I am every single day.<br />
It makes my story so much more<br />
powerful and will allow me to<br />
reach other people that normal<br />
people can’t reach.”<br />
Tyler graduated the NLB<br />
Regeneration Program in 2016.<br />
He now has a two-fold mission<br />
for his life: To<br />
help amputees<br />
and people with<br />
addiction.<br />
“NLB was the instrument of God’s grace for our son. When we finally were able to visit Tyler,<br />
we could see a change immediately. There was a peace and a resolve in him that showed in<br />
his attitude and behavior for the better. Not only does NLB rescue addicts and regenerate<br />
men, they also reconcile families by offering healing opportunities to restore trust and repair<br />
broken relationships. As he progressed through the program, we saw the amazing work of<br />
God through the men, volunteers and the families. We all are truly blessed<br />
to be a part of NLB. There is HOPE.” - Diane, Tyler’s Mom<br />
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Volunteers<br />
Bringing Hope<br />
leaning into our ministry<br />
through volunteerism:<br />
• Cheryl, who works in our DC<br />
most every Saturday, lost her<br />
boyfriend to a heroin overdose<br />
in April, 2016. Though the<br />
love of her life never made<br />
it to No Longer Bound, she’s<br />
found hope and healing for<br />
her broken heart, while serving<br />
others affected by addiction.<br />
• HGTV’s Chip Wade, a celebrity<br />
carpenter and expert wood<br />
craftsman, is a regular<br />
volunteer in the NLB<br />
Woodshop, providing<br />
coaching to our team<br />
on the usage of new<br />
tools and furniture<br />
making techniques;<br />
he has also hosted<br />
our team to his<br />
state-of-the-art<br />
workshop at his<br />
home!<br />
• Brian, a high level<br />
consultant, lends<br />
his expertise to the<br />
ongoing quality<br />
improvement of our<br />
program with survey<br />
design and analysis.<br />
for the No Longer Bound<br />
Banquet.<br />
• Flood Student Missions, a<br />
faith-based high school service<br />
organization with chapters<br />
throughout north Metro<br />
Atlanta, provides hundreds of<br />
volunteers each year to serve at<br />
No Longer Bound; the students<br />
have a chance to serve, interact<br />
with the residents and learn<br />
more about the devastating<br />
and potentially deadly effects of<br />
addiction.<br />
• As part of North<br />
Each month, over<br />
100 volunteers lend<br />
their hands and hearts to<br />
support the ministry of No<br />
Longer Bound. Volunteers of<br />
all ages, from middle school<br />
to retirement age, work side<br />
by side with residents, sorting<br />
and organizing donated items<br />
in the Thrift Distribution Center<br />
(DC), serving Sunday lunches<br />
to residents, helping with<br />
landscaping and maintenance<br />
on campus, donating welcome<br />
kits for residents with a new set<br />
of sheets, toiletry supplies and<br />
other items needed for the oneyear<br />
journey of regeneration<br />
and assisting with other<br />
important assignments. Here<br />
are a few examples of some of<br />
the individuals and organizations<br />
Point Community<br />
Church’s Be Rich initiative,<br />
over 200 volunteers will serve<br />
at No Longer Bound during<br />
November and December,<br />
providing meals for residents,<br />
decorating our campus and<br />
stores, and donating money<br />
for resident outings during<br />
Christmas week for those men<br />
unable to be with their families<br />
over the holidays.<br />
• Kelly, a professional event<br />
planner, donates her time and<br />
expertise to creating beautiful<br />
and memorable environments<br />
NLB Ambassadors<br />
The NLB Ambassadors were<br />
established in 2016, a group<br />
of high interest volunteers<br />
and donors, dedicated to<br />
furthering the mission of No<br />
Longer Bound. This group has<br />
been an amazing addition to<br />
our team, opening their homes<br />
and hosting residents and<br />
interns for dinner, holidays<br />
and recreational outings;<br />
serving as mentors; hosting<br />
our staff Christmas dinner;<br />
and providing assistance<br />
and marketing for the NLB<br />
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Golf Tournament and Banquet<br />
and so much more. We are<br />
thankful for their hearts and<br />
service to No Longer Bound!<br />
Our inaugural NLB Ambassador<br />
team includes: Mark and Kay<br />
Lewington, Brian and Trish<br />
Hutcherson, Mike and Dianne<br />
Hartley, David Goddard, Cheryl<br />
Hall and Debbie Polcari.<br />
Honor and Memorial<br />
Giving<br />
As a way to bring hope and<br />
light to the devastation of losing<br />
a loved one to addiction or to<br />
honor someone—either living or<br />
deceased--we ‘ve established the<br />
NLB Honor & Memorial Giving<br />
Program. We are humbled<br />
and so very thankful for the<br />
donations we’ve received to<br />
honor loved ones.<br />
NLB Newsmagazine<br />
News from No Longer<br />
Bound is now being delivered<br />
to our donors and volunteers<br />
three times a year through<br />
our NLB Newsmagazine. We<br />
hope you are finding hope<br />
and inspiration from this<br />
publication!<br />
NLB Golf<br />
Tournament<br />
Our 2017 NLB Golf Tournament<br />
at Windermere Golf Club was a<br />
big success, generating over<br />
$70,000 in operational revenue<br />
for No Longer Bound. Mark<br />
your calendars for the 2018 Golf<br />
Tournament: Monday, May 21st<br />
at Windermere Golf Club.<br />
NLB Banquet:<br />
Each year, the No Longer<br />
Bound Banquet provides<br />
operational revenue for our<br />
ministry and the chance to<br />
celebrate the fact that addiction<br />
can be overcome and families can<br />
be healed and reconciled.<br />
This year’s Banquet,<br />
held on September<br />
14th at the Forsyth<br />
Conference Center,<br />
was an extraordinary<br />
gathering of NLB<br />
families (current and<br />
alumni) and the donor<br />
community.<br />
“Family… Rooted<br />
in unconditional love” was the<br />
theme, as the conference center<br />
was transformed into an oasis<br />
of green, setting the stage<br />
for an outpouring of love and<br />
generosity for NLB. A full report<br />
will follow in the next edition of<br />
our newsmagazine. Here are a<br />
few photos from that memorable<br />
night…<br />
Our social media presence is growing!<br />
For ongoing updates, follow us on social media!<br />
Facebook.com @nolongerbound<br />
Instagram @nolongerbound1<br />
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NLB Programs<br />
The Heart of Our Ministry<br />
The NLB Programs<br />
team is responsible for the<br />
regeneration of each and every<br />
resident that comes through No<br />
Longer Bound. From the more<br />
than 50 calls received each day,<br />
through the intake process,<br />
countless hours of assignment<br />
prep and classroom instruction,<br />
culminating in graduation, our<br />
Programs staff is there every<br />
step of the way for the men and<br />
their families of NLB--providing<br />
counsel, guidance, information,<br />
encouragement, reprimands<br />
when necessary and most of all…<br />
love.<br />
2016 was another<br />
outstanding year<br />
for NLB Programs:<br />
• Residents: 91 served<br />
• Interns: 19 served<br />
• Family Members: 100 served<br />
• Alumni: 22 transitioned<br />
Recent Wins:<br />
• Developed customized NLB RCM<br />
(Resident Case Management)<br />
Software<br />
• Began implementation of NLB<br />
teacher training through<br />
The Academy for Addiction<br />
Professionals/CAC (Certified<br />
Addiction Counselor certification)<br />
• Began CARF (Commission on<br />
Accreditation of Rehabilitation<br />
Facilities) and Georgia state<br />
licensing processes for our<br />
facility<br />
• Provided residents with<br />
improved bedroom space<br />
• Added another position in<br />
the front office to improve<br />
communication with general<br />
information callers, individuals<br />
seeking help and families of<br />
current residents<br />
Looking Ahead:<br />
• This year we welcomed Dr.<br />
Josh Uptigrove to our team as<br />
Medical Director.<br />
• We look to graduate<br />
15 residents in the<br />
coming months.<br />
• So far this year, 80%<br />
of our residents<br />
who started the<br />
program are still<br />
with us, well above<br />
our standard 70%<br />
graduation rate.<br />
NLB Program<br />
Design<br />
Capturing and<br />
replicating<br />
regeneration<br />
The NLB Program Design<br />
team is responsible for capturing<br />
current process and practices<br />
for synthesizing a consistent<br />
regeneration process, evaluating<br />
and updating current process<br />
and practices effectiveness and<br />
developing an overall approach<br />
to addiction that will serve as<br />
a foundation for all future NLB<br />
curriculum. Program Design also<br />
oversees training and education<br />
for all NLB staff that facilitate in<br />
the Regeneration Program at<br />
NLB. This deeply intensive and<br />
detailed work is critical to our<br />
program, both now and for the<br />
future.<br />
Recent Wins:<br />
• Implemented weekly<br />
Regeneration training and<br />
education for staff. These<br />
sessions include training on<br />
NLB process and practices, as<br />
well as discussing specific cases<br />
as a group to help facilitate<br />
understanding of approaches<br />
and desired outcomes<br />
• Finished writing Part 1 of NLB<br />
Premise Ministry Handbook<br />
• Collected and organized all<br />
chapter specific content for<br />
our Regeneration Program<br />
Teacher’s Guides and began<br />
synthesizing lesson plans<br />
• We’ve added an intern who is<br />
helping design and implement<br />
a system to consistently survey<br />
graduates to assess outcomes<br />
and facilitate continuing<br />
improvement of our processes<br />
Looking<br />
Ahead:<br />
• We will be nearing<br />
completion of the Teacher’s<br />
Guides for the Regeneration<br />
Program and the NLB<br />
Premise Ministry Handbook<br />
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Alumni &<br />
Aftercare<br />
Strengthening<br />
foundations and<br />
making connections<br />
Successfully transitioning<br />
graduates and alumni back to<br />
society is the purpose of our NLB<br />
Aftercare team.<br />
Recent Wins:<br />
• Through relationships<br />
established with local and<br />
national businesses, we have a<br />
100% job placement rate for all<br />
residents who’ve requested job<br />
placement assistance<br />
• Helped connect NLB Interns into<br />
small groups at local churches in<br />
the area<br />
• Began utilizing volunteers<br />
relationally for the first time<br />
ever, with great success:<br />
• Mentors from the community<br />
are engaging, coaching and<br />
encouraging outgoing NLB<br />
graduates<br />
• Skilled professionals invest their<br />
time and energy into valuable<br />
teaching sessions for our<br />
Interns, providing mentorship<br />
and direction in financial<br />
literacy, resume writing, debt<br />
resolution and other valuable<br />
life skills.<br />
Looking Ahead:<br />
• Heightened emphasis for<br />
future NLB graduates during<br />
transitional phase as they<br />
prepare to return home and<br />
back into mainstream society<br />
through engagement with<br />
the recovery community (AA,<br />
Celebrate Recovery and other<br />
organizations)<br />
Family<br />
Recovery<br />
Classes<br />
Helping heal and<br />
support families<br />
On Sundays, the NLB campus<br />
transforms from a place of<br />
recovery for former addicts to<br />
that of families seeking healing.<br />
Family Recovery classes provide<br />
a special time for residents and<br />
their families to come together,<br />
reconnect and work through<br />
relational issues, while working<br />
toward reconciliation of the<br />
family.<br />
Recent Wins:<br />
• Moved Family Recovery classes<br />
back to NLB campus<br />
• Added additional teachers and<br />
facilitators<br />
• Compiled a recommended<br />
reading list for families<br />
• Launched a social media<br />
channel (NLB - We are Family!<br />
Facebook group) to provide<br />
ongoing information and<br />
outreach to family members<br />
• To help families orient to the<br />
program and their process<br />
as a family, we now have a<br />
welcome class for NLB families<br />
Looking Ahead:<br />
• Provide additional training for<br />
teachers<br />
• As classes grow, provide<br />
opportunity for input<br />
• Work on specific applications<br />
that can be utilized with the<br />
families for each class<br />
• Host Families invite Interns<br />
to their home once a month<br />
for dinner and meaningful<br />
conversation<br />
Results from a recent NLB alumni survey:<br />
“90% Graduate satisfaction overall with Program, 97% have found greater internal peace,<br />
90% can now experience intimacy with others, 94% consider themselves<br />
successful Graduates.”<br />
- Data based on survey designed and analyzed by outside, independent, objective and impartial<br />
consultant who has significant experience in this field.<br />
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NLB Industries<br />
Our four NLB industries generate 73% of our revenue, along with intake fees, and<br />
provide vocational training to prepare graduates for re-entry to the work force.<br />
NLB industries also provide a platform for us to bring the message of hope and<br />
regeneration and share it with others beyond the boundaries of our campus.<br />
With two locations, one in<br />
downtown Cumming and a second<br />
store in Woodstock, our NLB Thrift<br />
Stores continue to set the standard<br />
for upscale thrifting. Store patrons<br />
find abundant inventory of<br />
desirable products, great finds,<br />
spacious and beautiful interiors<br />
and outstanding customer service.<br />
None of this would be possible,<br />
however, without our generous<br />
NLB Thrift donors who make this<br />
industry possible!<br />
2016 Wins:<br />
• Opened second NLB Thrift<br />
Store in the Towne Lake area of<br />
Cherokee County<br />
• 26% increase in gross sales for<br />
Cumming location<br />
• Launched new website:<br />
www.nlbthrift.com<br />
• Over 100,000 items sold at the<br />
Cumming thrift store<br />
• Added two new vehicles to our<br />
fleet for donation pick-ups<br />
• Averaged more than 100<br />
donation pick-ups each month<br />
(over 30 each week)<br />
• New functional loading dock<br />
added to the Distribution Center<br />
(special thanks to Duncan Bailey<br />
and Thomas Concrete)<br />
Looking Ahead:<br />
• Plans will soon be underway to open a third NLB Thrift Store in<br />
metro Atlanta… we will be announcing the location and additional<br />
information as it becomes available... Stay tuned!<br />
“We're thankful to have the opportunity to give and hope that more people<br />
will support NLB with their resources...it is an admirable and worthy cause<br />
and a beacon of hope for so many." - Jeff Ridgway<br />
2016 Wins:<br />
• 40% increase in web development<br />
projects during 2016<br />
• Trained three men in the<br />
program to operate digital<br />
printing presses, use various<br />
design programs such as<br />
Photoshop, Indesign and much<br />
more.<br />
• We focused on adding a sales<br />
department dedicated to<br />
growing the business.<br />
NLB Studios continues to grow and diversify its base of business<br />
by offering new services and outstanding customer service.<br />
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“ For over two years, the talented team at NLB Studios has been providing us with<br />
custom design options and flawless print quality for all of our brand marketing<br />
and special event materials. They are our “go-to” team whenever we need creative<br />
ideas. Regardless of the size and budget, they are always receptive, responsive,<br />
and reliable in taking our ideas to the next level. You just can’t beat the creative<br />
solution, quality and value offered by NLB Studios!”<br />
– The Sherry and Maria Team
Craftsmanship with a Story<br />
NLB Furniture’s story is one of reclamation, both of reclaimed<br />
wood and of reclaimed lives, made by the craftsman of No Longer<br />
Bound. Instead of suffering in solitude, these same individuals have<br />
chosen to master a craft and embed their creativity in every piece of<br />
furniture we make, including custom farmhouse tables, barn doors<br />
and other beautifully designed pieces.<br />
2016 Wins:<br />
• We sold over $375,000 worth of<br />
handmade furniture that was<br />
created by the residents of No<br />
Longer Bound!<br />
Home Magazine telling the story<br />
of NLB Furniture<br />
• Established relationships with<br />
leading Atlanta designers<br />
Looking Ahead:<br />
Momentum from 2016 has<br />
continued into 2017. We<br />
have a dedicated marketing<br />
Hamilton Dilbeck is a new member<br />
of the NLB Furniture team, leading<br />
the NLB Woodshop team.<br />
• Increased purchased inventory<br />
sales by over 40%<br />
• Voted "Best of Atlanta" by<br />
• Launched new brand website:<br />
www.nlbfurniture.com<br />
• We’ve been a part of multiple<br />
coordinator who has enabled<br />
the word to spread about NLB<br />
to our community. We expect<br />
that this will continue and foot<br />
Atlanta Magazine as well as<br />
commercial projects, which will<br />
traffic and furniture orders will<br />
"Best of Forsyth" 2106 & 2017.<br />
open the door to significant<br />
only get larger. The best is yet<br />
We were published in Atlanta<br />
growth in furniture orders.<br />
to come!<br />
Overall Cars4Recovery had another<br />
outstanding year, including number of<br />
vehicles donated and income generated<br />
through the donation of vehicles.<br />
2016 Wins:<br />
• Record year for number of vehicles<br />
donated: 608<br />
• Actual income exceeded our goal by 30%,<br />
with gross income of $421,892<br />
• Reduced operating costs by putting NLB<br />
wrecker back on the road<br />
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The Thompson Family<br />
SAVE THE DATE<br />
Father and Son No Longer Bound<br />
THURSDAY OCTOBER 13 TH , 2016<br />
Each year at the No Longer Bound Banquet, we feature<br />
one man’s story SPONSORSHIP<br />
– from the brokenness of addiction, through<br />
regeneration INFORMATION<br />
at NLB, and eventual healing and reconciliation<br />
Email: Edward.Bailey@nolongerbound.com<br />
of the family. This year’s video actually focuses on two men,<br />
Website: www.nolongerbound.com/banquet<br />
John and Will Thompson, father and son who were both once<br />
consumed by TICKET addiction—their & EVENT picture perfect family almost<br />
INFORMATION<br />
broken beyond repair.<br />
Email: banquet@nolongerbound.com<br />
Website: www.nolongerbound.com/banquet<br />
Watch their inspiring story of family, love, faith and unconditional<br />
love first shared at the Banquet and now online at<br />
www.nolongerbound.com.