We had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Bob Bilbro and his wife, Carol, to dig deeper into the why behind their twenty years of giving. And even though it was more than 20 years ago, the two shared stories of the early days of building Healing Transitions like it was yesterday. “At…
When you sit down to hear the stories of Healing Transitions’ early days, one story comes up over and over again. Each founder interviewed for this year’s anniversary stories said, “You have to ask Barbara about the time we met with WakeMed.” And then they would laugh. Naturally this was the first question we asked…
When Maria Spaulding started her career, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, but she knew she did not want to have anything to do with “disadvantaged people or people who had a lot of problems.” You can hear her laugh as she tells this part of her life story. “I wanted to…
You can almost hear the smile spreading on Evelyn Barber’s face when we start talking about her late husband, Fred, and one of the biggest joys of his life – his work at Healing Transitions. “Healing Transitions became the greatest passion of Fred’s life,” she said. “And I felt the same way. We lost…
In a world that feels constantly connected, it’s hard to imagine a time when “just Google it” didn’t bring you the answers you were looking for. But for Linda Strother, a retired public health nurse in Wake County, it wasn’t that easy. “For several years, we’d been working hard to address the rising homelessness…
Before I came to Healing Transitions, my life was screwed up because of drugs and alcohol. My using caused me to go to prison for a little while. Then, even after I got out, I kept using. I just didn’t know how to stop. The night I went to Healing Transitions is one I’ll…
My name is A.J. and I am Silver Chipper #10 at Healing Transitions. I completed the program in 2007, and if it wasn’t for Healing Transitions, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I was in a very dark spot, and the program gave me a way to find healing and recovery. I am…
Before I came to Healing Transitions, I was living in a rooming house and was behind on the rent, facing eviction. The place was really a crack house because of all the drugs being used there. My last day using was January 23. I used that entire night and wound up going to Shepherd’s Table…