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!
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!
1998-11-24 Kicking A Homeless Habit.pdf
1998-11-27 Healing the Homeless Editorial.pdf
1999-03-17 Innovative Plan for homeless gets $2 million.pdf
1999-03-24 A time to heal scan.pdf
1999-03-25 ABC Board Gives 600,000 to Aid Homeless Program.pdf
1999-03-29 Healing Place Backers Skirt Question of Where.pdf
1999-07-07 Homeless Men Find Place to Heal.pdf
1999-07-09 Postcard from Claude.pdf
1999-07-09 Shelter for Homeless, addicted could open in 2000.pdf
1999-07-23 Shelter Suffers Another Setback.pdf
1999-08-01 Pass It On.pdf
1999-09-14 Women Children Can’t Wait.pdf
1999-12-23 Gifts Boost Men’s Shelter.pdf
2000-01-27 Notices for January 27.pdf
2000-02-01 Feb and March The Next Step.pdf
2000-02-16 The Healing Place of Wake County Breaks Ground for Construction.pdf
2000-02-17 Detox Center for Homeless Addicts is under construction.pdf
2000-02-17 Homeless detox center in the works.pdf
2000-02-24 Groundbreaking for Healing Place.pdf
2000-06-28 County aims for fewer shelter customers.pdf
2001-01-01 The Healing Place Opens Its Doors.pdf
2001-02-16 Groundbreaking.pdf
2002-08-06 New bill could threaten funding.pdf
2002-09-18 – Master of the Improv.pdf
2003-07-09 A place to heal at home.pdf
2003-07-17 Healing Place starts drive.pdf
2003-09-11 Jim Jenkins Seeing Is Believing.pdf
2003-10-16 Goodmon to head Fletcher.pdf
2004-02-26 Parnell helps homeless.pdf
2005-08-23 Center to treat female addicts – News and Observer.pdf
2005-08-25 N & O Editorial.pdf
2005-09-07 Home Depot Article – WRAL.pdf
2005-10-14 Healing Place delays end of drive.pdf
2005-11-18 Raleigh’s Women’s Shelter is a go.pdf
2005-11-21 Healing Place to Open Women’s Facility.pdf
2006-01-11 No Ordinary Day photo.pdf
2006-05-06 Women’s Detox Opens.pdf
2006-09-25 Ruth Sheehan Editorial.pdf
2006-01-16 Healing Place shelter for women opens today.pdf
2006-01-16 Healing Place for Women Opens.pdf
2006-02-01 Opening Doors and Hearts – Metro Magazine.pdf
2007-01-02 Healing Place goes entrepreneurial.pdf
2007-09-20 Raleigh South Connection Article.pdf
2007-11-01 Midtown article on Dixon-Kirby Holiday House.pdf
2008-03-01 William Dickens – Lennox Chase article.pdf
2008-06-01 NC Justice Center – Beyond the Wall.pdf
2008-10-15 The Healing Place Gets Help With Interviews – SAS.pdf
2009-03-10 Lecturer Nomination.pdf
2010-01-31 Micromass HP advertisement.pdf
2010-06-17 Job’s Journey – WRAL.pdf
2010-09-14 HoopsFest.pdf
2010-10-25 NC State visits Healing Place.pdf
2011-01-15 The Healing Place Celebrates 10 years.pdf
2011-01-27 There’s hope in the Healing.pdf
2011-11-30 Mock Interviews – Becca’s Blog.pdf
2012-09-04 Architects plan bus shelter for The Healing Place.pdf
2012-12-04 Healing Place to lease more land.pdf
2013-08-21 WRAL Raleigh center offers refuge.pdf
2013-08-21 THPWC and REALTOR Foundation of the Triangle.pdf
2014-03-01 – Hope for underserved populations.pdf
2014-11-11 The Healing Place aims to lower homelessness in veterans.pdf
2015-02-19 Long-term addicts describe paths to better life.pdf
2015-03-13 TBJ reports Chris Budnick – Healthcare Hero.pdf
2015-07-06 A Place for Recovery – NC Health News.pdf
2016-08-26 Barnstable County – County Beat.pdf
2016-09-13 NC Health News – Rally Cheers Addiction Recovery, Seeks Freedom from Stigma.pdf
2017-02-01 Walter Magazine – Chris Budnick.pdf
2017-06-01 The Size Run – Pills, Cigerattes, and Fartleks.pdf
2018-04-03 UPROXX – Oak City Recovery Run Club.pdf
2018-04-04 WRAL – Oak City Recovery Run Club.pdf
2018-04-10 Healing Transitions 1K1M press release.pdf
2018-07-01 WNCN – Wake County program follows up with opioid OD victims to get treatment.pdf
2018-07-22 WRAL Charlie Engle.pdf
2018-12-05 WRAL – F3 provides a workout for mind, body and soul.pdf
2019-08-01 Cary Magazine – Nonprofit Spotlight Healing Transitions.pdf
2019-08-04 ABC11 – NC native Charlie Engle runs 27 hours to celebrate 27 years of sobriety.pdf
2019-08-21 Hayes Barton Living Magazine Article.pdf
2019-11-18 CBS 17 – Grant approved will help Raleigh agency combat opioid epidemic.pdf
2019-11-20 Spectrum News – Million Dollar Grant for Healing Transitions Approved.pdf
2020-05-12 ABC 11 story on offsite detox.pdf
2020-05-20 NC Health News – Offsite Detox.pdf
2020-07-03 Heroes Of The Homeless Crisis.pdf
2021-02-01 WRAL – Opioid overdoses spike during pandemic
2021-02-05 NC Health News – COVID-19 stressors fuel surge in overdoses of contaminated street drugs
2021-03-01 Walter Magazine – The Whirl: Oakwood24
2021-03-26 News and Observer – Addiction is a public health issue. Here’s what one Raleigh agency is doing about it.
2021-05-04 CBS 17 – NC opioid overdoses up 20 percent, expected to rise more after pandemic
2021-05-28 Triangle Business Journal – SECU Foundation makes major donation to Healing Transitions
2021-06-04 Credit Union Times – Credit Unions Support Hungry Kids, Teen Workers, Veterans & College Grads
2021-06-08 Spectrum News – Raleigh recovery nonprofit preparing for $16.75 million expansion
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