RESTORING HOPE

 

Thursday, October 9th | 7-9 PM

First Baptist Church
401 North Second Avenue | Hopewell, VA

We are excited to come together with the City of Refuge community once again to celebrate the progress we’ve made as an organization and to share our vision for the future. We are proud of all that we have accomplished this year and can’t wait to share it with you. We have big plans for the rest of 2025 and into 2026, but none of it is possible without you! Your support helps us to continue to address the plight of addiction that Hopewell and the Tri-Cities area are facing. Join us for a night filled with great food, fellowship, and fun! Save the date!

PATRON PAC
 

WHO WE ARE

City of Refuge is a faith-based drug recovery center that desires to bring opportunity and hope to individuals and families of Hopewell, the Tri-Cities, and surrounding areas by offering supportive services, recovery, job placement assistance and connection to high quality early childhood education so that individuals will rise up to meet their potential and our community’s families will find success and hope for their future.

 ABOUT US 

 OUR PROGRAMS

CoR: Hopewell Recovery Center

 We are a Peer-led, 9-month recovery program open to anyone earnestly seeking recovery. Using a best practice model of recovery support, we lead our participants through cognitive-behaviorally based activities of self-discovery and skill building while holding them accountable and providing community supports to help them find their pathway to recovery. Additionally, we are a Court diversion program using a sanctioned system, which means we work with local court systems to provide an alternative sentencing model for those caught in the cycle and behaviors often associated with addiction.

 

STAFF

Thurman Collier
CEO
 
Kiara Lee
Administrative Assistant
 

 

Darchie Lewis, NCPRSS
Director/Lead Instructor
 
Cris Bovinette
Drug Testing Coordinator
Quinton Taylor
Peer Recovery Trainee
 
Abbey Aldana
Media Director
 
 

BOARD

Avon Miles

Chairman

 

Brenda Pelham

Board Member


Rick Newman

Board Member

Darrell Boggs

Vice Chair

 

Michael Harris

Board Member
 

Sharon Neal

Board Member

Edith Winters

Secretary

 

Addie Hall Scott

Board Member
 
 
 

We are currently seeking board applicants with professional expertise and skills in the following areas: Marketing, Strategic planning, Accounting, Non-profit Development and Fundraising, non-profit and felon legal services. If you fit this description and are passionate about our Mission and Vision, please fill out an application and return it to cityofrefugehopewell@gmail.com

GET INVOLVED

 

DONATE
Donate now or join City Lights, a monthly giving community where every dollar goes directly
towards bringing light, hope, and transformation to individuals on their road to recovery.
You can make a difference, every single month.
 
 
The Impact of Your Investment:
$15 per Month – Could provide 2 hot meals
$25 per Month – Could provide curriculum for 1 participant
$50 per Month – Could provide transportation for 1 participant for 1 week
$75 per Month – Could provide 1 week’s worth of rent at the Sober House
$100 per Month – Could provide groceries for 1 participant for 1 week
 
 
Why Invest Monthly?
 
Provides Hope
Monthly gifts enable us to
invest in specific areas of
our work, expand our
programs and innovate
within the community
because we know we have
the ongoing support of the
City Lights community.

It’s Community
Becoming a City Lights
member allows you to join
a dedicated group of
supporters who
understand the importance
of sustained commitment
to helping people in need.
 
Special Access
As a City Lights member,
you will have an up-close and personal
look at the City of Refuge mission to provide
Light, Hope, and Transformation.
 
 

PARTICIPATE

If you are a citizen who is excited and passionate about our mission and vision and would like to be a part of the solution for our city, please contact us directly at the4aldanas@gmail.com or check back periodically for more information as we figure out what it looks like to engage volunteers meaningfully and sustainably in our programming!
 
 

CONTACT US

RECOVERY CENTER:

Thurman Collier, CEO
Pastor_TC@yahoo.com
804-541-0935
 
Darchie Lewis, NCPRSS-Lead Instructor
bigcity810@gmail.com
804-295-2499
 
2300 Bluefield Street
Hopewell, VA 23860
 

BOARD MEMBERS:

 
 
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