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Meet George
“When you come here, it’s like you’re home.” When George arrived at Helping Up Mission last fall, he was shaking so badly he could hardly walk. Heavy drinking had taken a severe toll on the one-time...
Meet Dashawn
You gave Dashawn a safe haven… and hope! Dashawn never imagined she’d be in a battle with addiction. But when her mother passed away suddenly, she found herself turning to alcohol to ease the pain.
Meet Lee
Lee has a personal relationship with God. “I couldn’t do five miles. I couldn’t. But, before I knew it, I was walking a quarter mile, a half mile, a mile, and two miles.”
Meet Billie-Jean
You’ve given Billie-Jean new hope and purpose. “I felt like I was just a waste of a life,” Billie-Jean recalls. For years, the mother of two had struggled with a drug addiction she couldn’t shake the...
Meet Mike
Mike awoke in a state of confusion. He was lying in a hospital bed with wires attached to his chest and a tube down his throat. In time, he learned he’d been on life support for three days, the...
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