Healing Transitions 20th Anniversary Publication
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December 18, 2001 is that I<br />
would be a part of this place for<br />
decades to come. For the last<br />
13 years, I have been working<br />
full-time in the overnight shelter.<br />
The guys in the shelter know<br />
that they can come up and ask<br />
me about recovery. We can talk<br />
about recovery all night long if<br />
they want to. I love giving back<br />
and helping the next person the<br />
same way I was helped when I<br />
was here.<br />
My favorite part of working<br />
in the shelter is getting to see<br />
people transform right in front<br />
of my eyes. I love watching<br />
how people grow as they go<br />
through the program and learn<br />
about this disease. Many times,<br />
when a person first gets here,<br />
they aren’t intending to stay<br />
here. They see the shelter as a<br />
place that will keep them warm<br />
through the night. But then<br />
something happens. They might<br />
see someone they used to run<br />
on the streets with, and see the<br />
change that person has made<br />
through the program. Or they<br />
might talk to an alumni about<br />
their experience in recovery, and<br />
it makes them want to give this<br />
program a try.<br />
I’ve been at <strong>Healing</strong> <strong>Transitions</strong><br />
from its early days, and the<br />
impact that I’ve seen this place<br />
make in the community over the<br />
last 20 years has been huge. One<br />
of the biggest impacts <strong>Healing</strong><br />
<strong>Transitions</strong> has had is how it has<br />
helped keep people out of jails<br />
and hospitals. I’ve also noticed<br />
how the community has felt safer<br />
because of the work <strong>Healing</strong><br />
<strong>Transitions</strong> and its partners<br />
have done.<br />
When people go through this<br />
recovery program, their lives<br />
are completely turned around.<br />
<strong>Healing</strong> <strong>Transitions</strong> has saved my<br />
life, and in my 20 years of service<br />
here, I’ve seen the program save<br />
so many more lives. When I’m at a<br />
Transition Ceremony and a Silver<br />
Chipper mentions how I helped<br />
them through the program, it’s<br />
a wonderful feeling. I hope I<br />
can touch more lives and help<br />
everyone who comes here.<br />
2001 - 2005 MILESTONES<br />
2001 Jan. 15 Men’s Campus opens<br />
2001 July 24 Official DOT adoption of Lake Wheeler Road<br />
2002 Nov. 26 Silver Chipper #100 completes men’s program<br />
2003 Feb. 6 Provided 100,000th bed of shelter<br />
2003 May 17 1,000th client admitted to SUC (now known as Detox Center)<br />
2003 July $10M capital campaign kicks off for women’s facility<br />
2004 Nov. 25 Surpassed 200,000 beds of shelter provided<br />
2004 Dec. 16 Silver Chipper #200 completes men’s program<br />
2005 Oct. 21 Surpassed 250,000 beds of shelter provided<br />
2005 Dec. Women’s Campus capital campaign finishes<br />
THE START-UP YEARS [ 2001–2005 ]<br />
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