HISTORY IN THE MAKING

January 14, 1997 is a day in history that forever changed the trajectory of Wake County.

It was on this day, long after her teammates had left to go home, that visionary, Linda Strother (a retired public health nurse), stayed late at her desk searching desperately for a solution to address the rapidly increasing homelessness and addiction problems in Wake County. And then it happened. After years of working tirelessly with her colleagues to find an answer, The Healing Place of Louisville, Kentucky came up on the screen. And the rest is history!

TWO DECADES OF IMPACT

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A PICTURE IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS

From handwritten budgets to bulldozers breaking ground, nothing tells a story like the pictures themselves. Join us as we take you on a journey through the past two decades and get ready for an exciting ride!

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IN THE NEWS

Don’t take it from us! Go ahead and read it for yourself. Dig into our archives to uncover the countless stories of community impact and lives changed over the last 20 years thanks to the tremendous support of this incredible community!

THANK YOU!

Together, this is what we’ve accomplished since 2001.

And none of it would have been possible without both the foundational stakeholders, key players, and early committee members who believed in the critical need for our services and the 17 donors who have given every year since we opened our doors for a combined total of $1,553,463.

Foundational Stakeholders

These are the people and organizations who paved the way to make our mission possible
by being the initial investors in either our men’s campus in 2001, women’s campus in 2006, or both.

WakeMed

ABC Board

Wake County Government

CP&L (now Duke Energy Progress)

City of Raleigh

Capitol Broadcasting Company

A.J. Fletcher Foundation

WakeMed Staff Foundation

Ray Goodmon

NC Housing Finance Agency

GlaxoSmithKline

Triangle Community Foundation

UNC Rex

Kate B. Reynolds Foundation

Szulik Family Foundation

White Memorial Presbyterian

Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina

Mary Ann Poole

The John Rex Endowment

 

Key Players

These leaders were the sparkplug of the movement to bring The Healing Place to Wake County.
They were the strongest advocates who understood the importance of having our program
and took action to bring it to life.

Fred Barber
Capitol Broadcasting Company

Dr. Wilmer Betts
Wake County Mental Health Clinic

Dr. Bob H. Bilbro
Wake County Medical Society

Ray Champ
WakeMed

Barbara Goodman
Wake County Human Services, Board Member

Benson Kirkman
Raleigh City Council

Dennis Parnell
Healing Transitions, Former Executive Director (1999-2016)

Maria Spaulding
Wake County Human Services

Linda Strother
Wake County Human Services

Special Mentions

Jay Davidson
The Healing Place Louisville, Executive Director

Chris Fajardo
The Healing Place Louisville, Program Director

Joe McQuany
Developer of the Recovery Dynamics curriculum

Lacy Reaves
Smith Anderson Law Firm

The recovery community of Wake County, North Carolina, and abroad

Shepherd’s Table Soup Kitchen

The Healing Place Delegation

Those who traveled to The Healing Place in Louisville on June 21, 1998
to learn more about the program model.

Fred Barber

Gerald Brown
Wake County EMS

Lonnie Bunn
WakeMed Emergency Department Operations

Rev. Richard Fitzgerald
Raleigh Rescue Mission

Rev. Sam Foster
Raleigh Rescue Mission

Dr. Sally Fuller
WakeMed Emergency Department

Barbara Goodman

Franklin Ingram
Southlight

Benson Kirkman

Janet Laing
East Raleigh Community Action Council

Major Fred Musgrave
Salvation Army

Captain Dan Nagle
Wake County Sheriff Department

Roy Nickell
Wake County Human Services

Dennis Parnell

Mary Jean Seyda
Wake County Human Services

Maria Spaulding

Linda Strother

Charlotte Terwilliger
WakeMed

Community Forum Substance Abuse Treatment Committee

Those who came together in August of 1998 to implement The Healing Place
program model and develop the business plan.

Fred Barber

Dr. Wilmer Betts

Carolyn Crowder
Triangle Family Services

Shelia Frye
Wake County Human Services

Franklin Ingram

Roy Nickell

Jamie Norton
Keys to Recovery

Dennis Parnell

Tammy Strickland
Wake County Human Services

David Turpin
Southlight

Bob Sorrels
Wake County Human Services

Linda Strother


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