Spring Annual Report 2021

VOL 3 | SPRING 2021

WHY WE ARE HERE

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Table of Contents KNOWLEDGE IS CONFIDENCE

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WHY WE ARE HERE

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Strategic plan charges us to engage and inspire staff

LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD

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PART OF THEIR MINISTRY

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A LIVING LEGACY DONOR

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Nutrition, exercise classes help women find better health during recovery

‘Love and a sense of community’ keys to our clients’ success

Monthly donors ‘trying to be people God wants us to be’

A BORN PROBLEM-SOLVER

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Hahn’s passion for puzzles and accounting help Lifeline find funding solutions ASSIGNED BY GOD

Peeler’s mother willed money to keep her daughter’s good work going

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Volunteer board member’s ministry aims to equip clients for a ‘better life’ OUR ROLES IN OPIOID CRISIS

JANUARY 1- DECEMBER 31, 2020

Thank you to our 2020 donors!

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Good intentions, poor oversight and deception create tragic combination THE LIFE CHANGER

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A GREAT VALUE

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AFFIRMATION OF EXCELLENCE

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JANUARY 1- DECEMBER 31, 2020

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Fees adjusted to meet rising costs

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After 2 other rehab stays, Mayfield woman finds new direction at Lifeline

New state licensure reflects high standards Thank you to our 2020 volunteers!

Barry Smith and Missy Eckenberg, a Lifeline board member, present a $2,500 check from Rotary Club of Paducah to Lifeline executive director Ashley Miller and board chair Steve Powless. The gift will provide a mist sanitizing machine to clean our facilities as part of our COVID safety precautions.

Seven staff members earn certification as peer support specialists, using their experience and expertise to help our clients. They are (front) Kim Cooper, Billie Preston, Ashley Miller, (back) Elic Whited, Cody Church, John Cox and Joey Evitts.

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KNOWLEDGE IS CONFIDENCE

Strategic plan charges us to engage and inspire staff Lifeline Recovery Center IS OUR PEOPLE

– the 15 employees, along with some six

dozen volunteers, who are committed to helping our clients.

Almost all of our employees and many of

our volunteers are in recovery themselves, most of them having benefited personally

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ashley Miller

2014 Graduate of Lifeline

from the program here.

According to Destination Hope, one of the

nation’s leading Joint Commission accredited treatment centers, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the most effective counselors are those in recovery: “Recovering addicts can offer a degree of

empathy and understanding that is not only unmatched in those who have never experienced addiction, but can also be very important in the counselor-client relationship.”

Our strategic plan recognizes the value of our staff and charges us to engage and inspire them to carry out our mission.

That charge to inspire is echoed by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods: “If you are lucky enough

to be someone’s employer, then you have a moral obligation to make sure people look forward to coming to work in the morning.”

We have been working for the last several months to offer training to accomplish that objective – training that gives our staff more confidence in helping their clients reach their goal. Our staff recently completed 30 hours of continuing education; 14 participated in weekly training, and seven completed courses to become peer support specialists (see photo, opposite page).

Billie Preston, director of the women’s campus, said the peer training has helped her and

her clients. “A Peer Support Specialist can help give hope to others struggling with the same

problems they once faced,” she said. “Many of our clients have never set goals for themselves.

A client needs to start small, have faith in her goal, accept, and let go of the fear she may face because of setting that goal,” Billie said.

Training has boosted the staff’s expertise beyond the empathy derived from their own experience.

Program coordinator Joey Evitts said the clinical training enhanced his understanding

and broadened his perspective. “I will integrate it in the Celebrate Recovery class,” he said, regarding the 12-step program.

Kim Cooper learned many tools to help her be an active listener with clients, and she also learned what NOT to do. “Do not tell them what to do,” she said, “but help them come to a decision on their own by asking them open-ended questions.”

Knowledge is confidence, and confidence is an attribute that helps us all want to go to work in the morning.

Ashley Miller, Executive Director

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WHY WE ARE HERE ‘Love and a sense of community’ are keys to our clients’ success “If you come together with a mission, grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.” – The late John Lewis, Georgia congressman and civil rights activist The “Program & People” initiative in Lifeline’s strategic plan helps us make the impossible possible for the 125 to 150 people who seek our services each year. It’s the element of our plan that captures the essence of our mission to provide Christ-centered treatment for addiction recovery.

Love and a sense of community, as Rep. Lewis said, are keys to our success.

Our clients often describe their journey here as the time when Lifeline staff “poured love” into them, sometimes loving them before they could love themselves. Inspired

by God’s love for them, our staff loves our clients and embodies our Christ-centered mission.

We also demonstrate a strong sense of community.

About 75 volunteers teach classes, drive clients to appointments and serve the organization in other ways. Conversely, our clients spend 10,000 hours per year volunteering at community organizations, such as Community Kitchen and Midtown Alliance.

Our graduates are well-equipped to re-enter their communities to make a positive impact.

Our staff embodies our mission, with most of them having gone through recovery themselves and, therefore, offering our clients unique empathy and understanding. We are working to enhance their skills through unprecedented training. (See executive director Ashley Miller’s column on page 3 for details.)

We also just added a new position, Clinical Services Supervisor, to oversee programming for a top-notch client-centered addiction treatment program.

All of these efforts are focused on one goal – success for our clients as they work to break the bonds of addiction. Currently, 63 percent of our graduates remain sober a year after completing the ninemonth program. Our goal is to increase that rate to 70 percent.

Every number represents a life saved, a family mended or a community transformed, as you see in

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FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

Steve Powless Chairman and CEO of CSI

their stories in each issue of The Lifeline.

This issue features Ali Berry (see page 8), who, like many of our clients, had tried other rehab programs before finding success here. “From the moment I pulled onto the property, I knew they loved me,” she said.

Now, sober since December 16, 2019, she is sharing that inspiration with new clients. “It’s my connection to Lifeline that keeps me doing so well. They are my friends and my mentors,” she said. “I didn’t think I could live without drinking, but I tell these new girls, God is not a respecter of persons. What He did for me, He can do for you. It’s miraculous.”

Those miracles, dear Lifeline friends and supporters, are why we are here.

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES Our success in realizing our mission will be measured by the extent to which we achieve the following:

PROGRAM & PEOPLE

Enhance and deliver a client-centered addiction treatment program that achieves favorable outcomes and meets the current and growing needs of our community

AWARENESS STABILITY PARTNERSHIPS In future issues, we will discuss each of our strategic initiatives. To read the full strategic plan, please visit LifelineRecoveryCenter.org.

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A BORN PROBLEM-SOLVER

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

Hahn’s passion for puzzles and accounting help Lifeline find funding solutions Luckily for Lifeline, Doreen Hahn is a problem solver.

“I’ve always loved solving crossword puzzles, reading mystery novels and putting together jigsaw puzzles,” she said. “In college, this trait drew me to Doreen Hahn major in accounting because, in accounting, there’s always a right answer.”

Three years ago, Doreen came to Lifeline looking for that right answer and has since become an invaluable member of Lifeline’s growing family of volunteers and donors.

Her service began after a conversation with Lifeline’s former executive director Terrye Peeler, when Doreen discovered quite a puzzle developing at Lifeline. She describes it: “Lifeline couldn’t get funding to improve its buildings because its buildings needed too many improvements. Lifeline needed accreditation to bill insurance carriers for providing treatment, but the facilities were too shoddy to pass inspections.”

Doreen knew the best way to tackle the problem was to break it into smaller pieces and address each element individually. She spent hours researching addiction, treatment methods and Lifeline’s processes. She shared her growing knowledge with husband Bruce, also a CPA. Together, they learned the staggering addiction and overdose statistics, studied the unconscionable costs to families and society and brain-stormed ideas to help Lifeline.

Unlike in accounting, however, they found no single, right answer to Lifeline’s funding conundrum.

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problem, it’s a business problem and it’s a government problem,” she said.

They concluded it was imperative for our community that Lifeline not only survive, but also thrive with broad and diverse support. She helped Lifeline develop a strategic plan and raise community awareness to address the funding and facility challenges.

Today, they continue to support Lifeline with prayer, funding, accounting expertise and moral support for staff and volunteers.

“During this process, we realized finding a way to fund addiction treatment wasn’t just Terrye’s problem, it’s our problem, it’s our neighbors’ problem, it’s a business problem and it’s a government problem.”

DOREEN HAHN

Lifeline Volunteer & Donor

Certainly, her skills and support have blessed Lifeline.

However, Doreen said she’s been blessed, too.

“Lifeline blessed me far more than I ever helped them. What started as a way to help a friend solve a problem turned into a series of life-changing events.

I thought I was going to help save Lifeline, but they ended up saving me from lukewarm Christianity and from thinking that treating addiction was someone else’s problem.”

From Doreen’s intense involvement at Lifeline, she has seen clearly the reason for its success. “I am firmly convinced that God’s healing hand is the reason for the success of Lifeline,” she said.

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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

ASSIGNED BY GOD Volunteer board member’s ministry aims to equip clients for a ‘better life’

Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt

The Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt has served area churches and community organizations much of her adult life, but her last five years as a Lifeline board member have provided a unique opportunity for her personal call to ministry.

“Our mission at Lifeline helps me fulfill multiple assignments on my life by God – to glorify Him, edify His creations directly or indirectly, and encourage others to do the same, including clients who successfully complete their journey at Lifeline,” she said. “I boast about our clients’ accomplishments as a way to motivate giving and community support.”

Bernice, one of 11 community board members, is part of the larger group of about 75 volunteers serving Lifeline.

Executive director Ashley Miller said volunteers keep Lifeline going and growing. “This is a team effort,” she said. “Not one person can do it alone.”

In particular, the community board plays a vital role, Ashley said. “When you have a strong, engaged board, you are better equipped to achieve success.

They bring stability and teamwork to the table.

The board is like the steering wheel of the ministry, leading and guiding us every step of the way.”

Bernice became familiar with Lifeline through her involvement several years ago with the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce. “It’s remarkable how life works,” she said. “Soon I was serving these men and women who count on us to lead, guide and strengthen them to a better life.”

improvements in recent years – interior improvements to meet standards and codes; new buildings to provide more living space and improve morale; and additional personnel to improve workflow and allow the executive director to focus more on her responsibilities and future goals for the organization.

“I pray all who have a heart for giving will help us in building, or rebuilding, these precious human beings who simply need both hope and help, until they can stand firm and confidently on their own feet.”

REV. DR. BERNICE BELT Lifeline Volunteer

The growing community awareness of Lifeline’s work brings great pride, she said. “It gathers the community into a warm place in their hearts as they learn all about us.”

Ashley said Bernice’s passion to help people struggling with addiction guides her service. “She is one that keeps the clients at the forefront,” she said.

Bernice said she hopes her passion is contagious.

“I pray all who have a heart for giving will help us in building, or rebuilding, these precious human beings who simply need both hope and help, until they can stand firm and confidently on their own feet. Real ministry builds up people who become equipped to add to the community in positive ways.”

Bernice has been particularly proud of Lifeline’s

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MEDICAL SPOTLIGHT

OUR ROLES IN OPIOID CRISIS Good intentions, poor oversight and deception create tragic combination Everyone knows about the opioid epidemic, but do you realize the role prescription, or legal, drugs play in this dilemma?

JOHN W. BRAZZELL, M.D.

Misuse, abuse and diversion of prescription drugs are significant contributors, especially when users turn to other means after their prescriptions run out.

If they suffer withdrawal symptoms, they may look for other relief, including heroin. In fact, 80 percent of heroin users started with a prescription drug.

Medical director at Kentucky Care, Paducah

Here are a few other disturbing facts: • The U.S. has 5 percent of the world population, but consumes 80 percent of all opioid medication.

• The U.S. consumes nearly 100 percent of the world’s total hydrocodone (LorTab) and 80 percent of oxycodone (Oxycontin).

• The number of prescriptions written by practitioners in the U.S. reached a peak of 282 million in 2014, but still stood at approximately 150 million in 2020.

• Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing auto accidents and falls, with overdose from prescription drugs accounting for almost 70 percent of all drug overdoses.

Many have played a role in this crisis.

Inadequate research and aggressive marketing by pharmaceutical companies opened the door many years ago. Our Food and Drug Administration approved powerful and addictive drugs for longterm use based on evidence of short-term efficacy and safety.

Physicians and practitioners wanted to relieve pain and suffering, but prescribing addictive medication was not the answer.

Our society’s mindset of instant reward contributed to the desire of immediate relief of all pain. This, of course, is not achievable.

Volunteer Medical Consultant at Lifeline

Thankfully, we have made progress. Physicians and practitioners have changed prescribing habits and recommended alternative therapies to relieve pain.

Pharmaceutical companies have admitted their wrongdoing, and, in some cases, pleaded guilty to criminal charges for misleading marketing of these drugs as safe.

Prescription drug monitoring programs, like KASPER (Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting), now identify patients vulnerable to prescription drug abuse and diversion.

Consumers are better educated about the potential for addiction to prescription opioids and more receptive to alternative treatments, such as injections, nerve blocks, topical medication, anti-inflammatory medication, physical therapy, meditation and spiritual enhancement.

What else can you do?

• Be more proactive in your care.

• Be honest about a personal or family history of addiction.

• Be specific and persistent about medications you want to avoid.

• Be accountable, and ask a friend or family member to check on you frequently.

We all must communicate and work together to solve this national epidemic.

In short, our opioid crisis is a result of a tragic combination of good intentions, deception and reckless oversight.

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT

THE LIFE CHANGER After 2 other rehab stays, Mayfield woman finds new direction at Lifeline

Ali Berry, 29, of Mayfield, had a charmed childhood.

She was a junior deacon at her church, a high school cheerleader and a gifted and talented student who earned five academic scholarships.

“I decided then I would never do drugs,” she said.

“Instead, I turned to alcohol, which is almost worse because it’s legal. It led me to the same terrible places that my friends on pills went.”

As she discovered, that background proves “chemical dependency holds no prejudice.”

Those “terrible places” included jail and three rehab centers.

“It’s my connection to Lifeline that keeps me doing so well. They are my friends and my mentors. I didn’t think I could live without drinking, but I tell these new girls, God is not a respecter of persons.

What He did for me, He can do for you.

It’s miraculous.”

ALI BERRY

2020 Graduate

Indeed, she spent the next decade addicted to vodka. “I drank whenever I was awake. I drank all day. I drank when I put my child in a car seat to go get more vodka.”

Her addiction led to what she calls a “season of trauma,” even after she had seen firsthand the devastating effects on a friend.

When that high school friend suffered a deadly drug overdose, Ali made a decision.

Her last rehab – nine months at Lifeline Recovery Center – ended in September 2020. She is still sober and proudly marks Dec. 16, 2019, as the start of her sobriety.

Ali looks back at how the addiction started. “I was always a partier,” she said, “and I fell in with some really rough people. I developed a co-dependency and then suffered repeated domestic violence. Then I had a terrible car wreck, so I drank more and more.”

She lost her home, her car and, worst of all, custody of her 3-year-old son. She suffered the emotional loss of miscarriage and physical injuries from domestic violence and the car wreck. Because of her pain and loss, she entered her first 30-day rehab program voluntarily.

“What else do you do? I was at rock bottom. I admitted I didn’t know how to live, my family was done with me,” she said.

Ali relapsed and was court-ordered into a second 30-day program. While she was there, the sister of her late friend helped her get into Lifeline. That turned out to be the life changer.

“From the moment I pulled onto the property, I knew they loved me,” she said. “Everything they taught me, they did themselves.”

Her attitude changed within weeks. “I felt better. I felt privileged to be there. They didn’t put up with anything, but I knew I could trust the people in charge of me to help me.”

Ali left Lifeline at the end of her six-month treatment and lived with her parents for the last three-month outpatient term. After completing the full nine months and graduating, she has moved into her own place and has her son back. She recently married.

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After a decade of addiction to vodka, Lifeline Recovery Center graduate Ali Berry of Mayfield celebrates sobriety with her son.

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Meth

Top four addictions among 2019 clients

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Opiates

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Marijuana

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Alcohol

Like many Lifeline graduates, she finds she must stay connected to her healing place, so she volunteers at Lifeline.

“It’s my connection to Lifeline that keeps me doing

so well. They are my friends and my mentors,” she said. “I didn’t think I could live without drinking, but I tell these new girls, God is not a respecter of persons. What He did for me, He can do for you.

It’s miraculous.”

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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD Nutrition, exercise classes help women find better health during recovery

Eat right and exercise.

That’s sound advice for good health for everyone.

For people recovering from alcohol or drug addiction, it’s critical.

To help meet Lifeline’s vision to “help individuals become spiritually alive, mentally sound and physically well,” our women’s campus recently added two important classes in nutrition and fitness.

“When you’re addicted, you skip meals,” said Melissa, who began treatment in January. Skipping meals deprives the body of valuable nutrients when they’re in the greatest demand to detoxify.

The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service provides a weekly class through its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Stephanie Caldwell is the instructor.

As she covers topics ranging from food safety to meal planning and budgeting, Stephanie reminds the clients: “We learn one step at a time. This is not about a diet, but about making healthy choices for the recovering body.”

“You wouldn’t even recognize us from our pictures just a month ago. The color has come back in our skin and hair, and that’s important to our selfimage. When you look good, you feel good!”

MELISSA

2021 Client

Her goal is not only to help clients while they are at the center, but also to teach them how to make better choices for themselves and their families when they go home.

For example, they have learned about the ill effects of sugar and caffeine, which produce highs and lows.

Jennifer, who also began treatment in January, said she now checks food labels. “Pop Tarts are not healthy at all,” she said, “and Nutri-Grain bars are worse. You might as well just eat straight sugar!”

Faith Fit includes Bible study before exercise.

The women attend two or three fitness sessions weekly in the exercise room, sporting new

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Photo provided by VUE Magazine

Exercise and nutrition classes help Lifeline clients become physically well during their addiction treatment.

“FaithFit” clothing and shoes.

Audrey, who also began treatment in January, said: “Everyone wants to feel good. We had been relying on drugs or alcohol for our endorphins.

Now, we’re learning we can feel good when we eat better and exercise.”

The exercise classes also relieve stress.

In just a few weeks, the classmates feel the difference in themselves and see it in each other.

“You wouldn’t even recognize us from our pictures just a month ago,” said Melissa. “The color has come back in our skin and hair, and that’s important to our self-image. When you look good, you feel good!”

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT

PART OF THEIR MINISTRY Monthly donors ‘trying to be people God wants us to be’

Jeff and Terri Holland would like to put Lifeline Recovery Center out of business by eliminating addiction. Until then, they believe it’s their Christian duty to support its work.

“We support other charities to help young people make good choices,” Jeff said, “but, realistically, we know, whether it’s from bad choices or bad circumstances, many in our community ultimately need help in breaking addictions. That’s why Lifeline Recovery Center is also one of the primary ministries we support.”

The Hollands are members of Rosebower Baptist Church, a long-time supporter of Lifeline.

“Rosebower put Lifeline in its budget many years ago,” he said, “and that got us thinking that we should do the same with our personal budget.”

Their monthly contribution is on autopay with their credit card.

“We give our 10 percent tithe to our church,” Jeff said, “but we have been blessed to be able to give more, so we can supplement other important ministries. They are all ministries out of God’s word, and we’re just trying to be the people God wants us to be.”

they are people right here in western Kentucky that you see every day – at work, in the store, at church. To hear their success is so encouraging.

To see what this community accomplishes never ceases to amaze me.”

Successful treatment mends families and strengthens our community, he said. In particular, he remembers the story of a supervisor at an auto dealership who lost his good job because of addiction. “He turned his life around here, and that dealer hired him back. That story might not have ended that way without this center.”

Jeff has been familiar with the center for years, starting with Terrye Peeler’s leadership several years ago. “What a soldier she is!” he said.

He is equally impressed with new leadership and community involvement on the board. “I am more than encouraged with the new direction – the new facilities, the staff training. It is great to have this ministry here. I wish we didn’t need it, but I am so glad we have it.”

They consider Lifeline important for our community because of its success rate – 63 percent of graduates are sober a year after they leave – and its cost. “People have a lot of treatment options, but most of them are not in our community, and most will cost them many thousands of dollars.”

Lifeline’s donor support, from the Hollands and hundreds of other individuals and organizations, keeps costs low for clients, just $2,400 for six months of residential treatment and $125 a week for up to three months of transitional care.

“We are lucky to have this resource here,” he said.

Jeff has visited the center, played often in its golf tournament and attended many Lifeline annual banquets. “If you want a ‘feel good’ moment, go listen to those testimonials from the Lifeline clients. Many of them have lost everything, and

Jeff and Terri Holland

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A LIVING LEGACY

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

Peeler’s mother willed money to keep her daughter’s good work going Anyone who knows anything about Lifeline knows the devotion and caring heart of Terrye Peeler, one of the women’s campus founders and retired executive director. She comes by it honestly.

Terrye’s mother, Jean D’Ambro, was a long-time Lifeline force behind the scenes, donating $800 a month, and then some, when needed, just to keep the electricity on.

“Mom loved me telling her stories about the clients and how Lifeline was making a difference for so many men and women,” Terrye said. “She always cried, and she told me often how proud she was of me because I took my 28-year alcohol addiction and used my story of God’s deliverance to help open the women’s center.”

When Terrye joined the board in 2005, Lifeline’s finances were in trouble. “I would share my fear of the utilities being disconnected, and she would always say, ‘How much do you need?’ “ About 10 years ago, Jean decided she wanted to leave a lasting legacy at Lifeline by including it in her will. When she died in August 2017, she left $100,000 to Lifeline, allowing it to pay off all debt for the women’s campus and contributing to a new men’s dormitory.

Jean had been a regular contributor to her church, and she willed money to her family; but she did not want to forget Lifeline, which had had such a profound impact on her only child, Terrye.

“She was my therapist,” Terrye said. “I could share all the ups and downs of what I wanted to accomplish, and how God was so instrumental in making a way over and over, where there didn’t seem to be a way.”

Now, Terrye sees her mother’s heart every time she visits both campuses.

“It is such a blessing to be reminded every day through the transformed lives at Lifeline that my mother’s legacy lives on,” Terrye said.

Jean D’Ambro with her daughter, Terrye Peeler, and their family.

Interested in leaving a legacy gift?

You can create a lasting legacy through a bequest by naming Lifeline as a beneficiary in your will or living trust, life insurance or retirement accounts.

It’s a simple process, outlined on our website. We would love to acknowledge your generous legacy intent during your lifetime, so please let us know by completing the Estate Intention Form from LifelineRecoveryCenter.org/ways-to-give.

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 DONORS! January 1 - December 31, 2020 The following donors made gifts to Lifeline Recovery Center in 2020. Your support is helping to change lives and transform communities. Thank you for your support as we serve those dealing with life-controlling addictions.

Gifts of $25,000 or more

Chuck & Cindy Hall

A&K Construction

Robert Hill

Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation Trust

Household of Faith

Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust Ken & Beth Hunt Steven & Nancy Powless United Way Gifts of $10,000- $24,000 Anonymous Faith Center of Paducah Bruce & Doreen Hahn

Joppa Missionary Baptist Church Brenda & David Lichtenberg Glenn & Terrye Peeler Natalie & Anthony Rupard Purchase Ear Technology Debbie D. Smith Todd & Pam Trimble Western Kentucky Regional

Oscar Baptist Church Boyd Lee & Sharon Pegram Rosebower Baptist Church Bill Schroeder Allan Whitaker John & Vivian Williams Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999 AAA Stowaway Brookport Church of God CSI John & Loree Eckstein James Eickholz, MD F & F Leasing The Faulkner Group First Baptist Church Grace Fellowship Church

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Faith Baptist Church John & Janet Foster Jenny Franke, MD Grace Baptist Church The Greenhouse of Paducah Brandon Hall

Allen & Cynthia Jones

Karen Banister

Christian & Mary Orsborn

W. David Denton

Larry Jarvis

Gifts of $5,000- $9,999

Darrell & Shirley Orazine

Randy DeHart

Independence Foundation

Jeff & Heather Taylor, MD

Heartland Church

David Culbertson

Holland, Stivers & Associates

Small Business Administration

James & Amy Garrett

Concord United Methodist

Jeff & Terri Holland

Kim & Keith Jones

Ron & Teresa Beavers

Community Foundation of West Kentucky

Lifeline Fee For The Residential Program $2,400

Average Cost Of 30-Day Treatment: $14,000 - $27,000

(National Rehabs Directory)

William Jones Damon Judd Danny Kidd LaCenter Christian Church Leeper Family Foundation Lone Oak First Baptist Women’s Ministry Massac United Methodist Church Louis & Sally Michelson Ashley & Eric Miller Ginny & Nathan Miller

Gifts of $1,000- $2,499 Jeffery P. Alford Danny & Renee Allen Animal Kare Center of Paducah Janice Bailey Bandana United Methodist Forrest & Cheryl Baugus Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt Sid & Cathy Brantley, DMD William Brigance, MD James & Brenda Brown

Anthony & Lucy Milliano Jared Morgan Tony Murt New Hope Missionary Baptist Church New Life Associates Newton Creek Baptist Church Andrea & Randy Orr Orthopaedic Institute Mark Owens Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Owsley Pryorsburg Baptist Church

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A GREAT VALUE Fees adjusted to meet rising costs For the first time in five years, Lifeline raised client fees in April.

Rates increased from $1,800 to $2,400 for the first six months, with housing fees during the last three months up from $100 to $125 a week.

Executive director Ashley Miller said the increase was needed to keep up with increased labor, utility and supply costs.

“Our client fee is just a fraction of the cost of most 30-day residential programs,” she said. “Here, clients can stay for up to nine months, still at a very affordable rate, to maximize the impact of their treatment.”

Lower client fees at Lifeline are possible because of donor support, which covers about 75 percent of the center’s operating budget.

“Our client fee is just a fraction of the cost of most 30-day residential programs. Here, clients can stay for up to nine months, still at a very affordable rate, to maximize the impact of their treatment.”

Mark Riley

Bethlehem Methodist Church

Yvonne Holsapple

Shady Grove Baptist

Between Friends Consignment

H.T. Hackney Company

Signet Federal Credit Union

Vicki Borden

Italian Village Pizza

Kathy Slaughter

Casey Brantley, MD

Jackson Purchase Electric

Jim Smith Contracting

Mayor George Bray

Steve Marberry

Luke Stinnett

John Brazzell, MD

Phyllis Mohler

Twelve Oaks Baptist Church

Harry & Amy Brock

New Covenant Fellowship

US Bank

Bryant Law Center

P&L Employee Charity Fund

Bob Wagner

CFSB

Brenda Robison

William Walden

James Conn

Craig & Susan Rothwell

Cody Wiles

Larry & Carol Conway

Steve & Donna Seltzer

Patrick Withrow, MD

Destiny Church of Paducah

Southland Baptist Temple

Dr. Jim & Vicki Woods

Ronald & Margaret Dunn

Marianne Yontz

Gary & Kathy Eckelkamp

Trace Creek Missionary Baptist Church

Gifts of $500- $999

Kelly & Kenya Estes

Richard & Cindy Abraham Amazing Grace Lutheran Church Anchor of Hope Anonymous Cindy Bailey Baptist Health System Services

Richard E. Fairhurst, Jr. First Assembly of God FNB Bank Free Spirit Motorcycle Ministry Kevin & Jennifer Gaunce Gemini Marine

Jane Walker H.D. & K.K. Williams Lavonna & Lee Willingham Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church WWL Wyatt Bell & Company Tammy & Mike Zimmerman

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AFFIRMATION OF EXCELLENCE New state licensure reflects high standards Lifeline Recovery Center has been licensed as an Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Entity by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Human Services.

We worked many years to meet this milestone!

Following an inspection, we are licensed for 29 beds at the men’s campus and 16 at the women’s campus.

Meeting the strict standards for licensure is a wonderful affirmation of our recovery program and reflects the commitment to excellence from our staff and volunteers.

Approximately 50 men and women complete their nine-month treatment each year, and a year later, 63 percent remain sober.

Gifts of $1- $499

Bill Conyer

Abundant Life Worship Center

Kimberly Cooper

John & Ellen Adrian

Jennifer Coursey

James Anthony

James & Kristina Cromeenes

Antioch Baptist Church

Naomi Dawson

Ashley Barton

Sharon Dershimer

Tammy Beach

Lisa Driver

Allison Berry

Berta Duncan

Beulah Baptist Church

Nancy Effinger

Carl & Elaine Bivin

Julian & Theresa Elliott

Robin Bomar

Faith Life Class

Ted Borodofsky

Faith Sunday Class

Martha Bradford

Michael Farmer

Ray Bridges

FBC Adult 9 SS Class

Barry Burchett

First Baptist Of Clinton

Inge Burnett

Sylvia Fleischauer

Gary & Brenda Cardin

Elaine Fletcher

James Michael & Mary Nell Carter

Freedom Center

Christian Fellowship

Frontstream

Tiffany Clouse

Carol Gault

Community Life Church

Barbara Gorsuch

Mark & Dee Dee Cohoon

Jeffrey & Vicki Gough

Ronald Grabowski Tommy & Brenda Grooms Belinda Hamlet Ronald & Natalie Harding Daniel & Keisha Hopkins Sheryl B. Hosick Glenn & Patricia Hughes James & Denise Humphreys Jan & James Hylko Darren & Lisa Jarvis Kelly Johnson Suzanne Johnson Bruce & Jeanna Kimbell Earl Kinchen Stephanie King KY-Tenn American Line George & Mariann Lankton Kathryn Lankton Mark & Patricia Link Loretta Maldaner Kenneth Mattox Michael McCain

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Charles McCue

Top Quality

Gemini Marine

Billy & Dawn McDaniel

Bob & Kathy Toy

The Greenhouse of Paducah

Bradley & Brenda McElroy

R.B. Trigg

H.T. Hackney Company

Pauline McKinney

Trinity Methodist Women’s Mission Fund

Holland, Stivers and Associates

Charity McManus Lauren Meek Mary K. Miller Montey Mohler Matt Morehead Mt Zion Baptist Danny Mullen Sharon & R.W. Mumford New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church

United Fund Drive of Calvert City Richard Vasseur Derek Wallace Stanley & Beverly Wallace Dwayne & Tonya Watson Way of Christ Bible Fellowship Thomas Webber Anita Williams Dick & Kristie Wilson

Shea Nickell

Woodmen Of The World

Snookie Oglesby

Susan S. Wright

Danny Orazine

Arlen & Myra Wyatt

Judy Overstreet

Anna Yontz

Shannon Palmer

Cindy & Paul Ziegler

Jim & Mindy Paxton

Lifeline Recovery Center is Nearly 100 Percent Privately Funded

Shiloh Baptist Church

Business Donors

Robert Simpson

A&K Construction

Rennie & William Skinner

AAA Stowaway

Jerry Smith

Animal Kare Center of Paducah

Matt Snow

Baptist Health System Services

Brenda Spees

Between Friends Consignment

William Spillman

Bryant Law Center

William & Karen Spires

CFSB

Phillip & Joni Sutton

Community Foundation of West Kentucky

TempsPlus of Paducah Carol Thomas Pat Ellen Thompson Charles & Susan Thurman Wanda Sue Thweatt Magen & Darren Tinsley

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Peniques Purchase Ear Technology Jim Smith Contracting Signet Federal Credit Union Small Business Administration TempsPlus of Paducah Top Quality United Way US Bank

Abundant Life Worship Center

Rachelle Schonsecheck

Symsonia Baptist Church

Orthopaedic Institute

Church Donors

Billie Preston

Andrew Shever

New Life Associates

Wyatt Bell and Company

Peniques

Darrin B. Rudolph

KY-Tenn American Line

WWL

Charles Pegram

Robert & Nancy Reynolds

Jackson Purchase Electric

Woodmen Of The World

Foster Pearson

Larry & Karren Reichert

Italian Village Pizza

Western Kentucky Regional

Karen Paxton

Dona Rains

Independence Foundation

CSI F & F Leasing The Faulkner Group FNB Bank Freedom Center Frontstream

Amazing Grace Lutheran Church Anchor of Hope Antioch Baptist Church Bandana United Methodist Bethlehem Methodist Church Beulah Baptist Church Brookport Church of God Christian Fellowship Community Life Church Concord United Methodist Destiny Church of Paducah Faith Baptist Church Faith Center of Paducah Faith Life Class Faith Sunday Class FBC Adult 9 SS Class First Assembly of God First Baptist Church First Baptist Of Clinton Free Spirit Motorcycle Ministry Grace Baptist Church

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WAYS TO DONATE One-Time Gift Lifeline is able to help about 150 people each year thanks to generous financial and volunteer support.

We currently have resources to accept only one in five applicants; with your donations and volunteer assistance, we can help more.

Monthly Gift

Life Insurance Policy

You can create a sustainable and predictable revenue stream for Lifeline. It’s a flexible and convenient way for you to help restore lives.

You can name Lifeline as a primary or contingent beneficiary of your life insurance policy. A financially attainable strategy to make a tremendous legacy impact.

Appreciated Stocks

Real Estate or Other Property

If you have appreciated stock or other securities you’ve owned for at least one year, you can receive tax benefits by donating this stock to Lifeline Recovery Center.

You can make a gift of real estate you have owned longer than one year. You can qualify for a federal income tax charitable deduction equal to the property’s full fair market value.

IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution

Will or Trust

If you are at least 70½ years old or older you can give any amount up to a maximum of $100,000 per year from your IRA directly to a qualified charity such as Lifeline Recovery Center. You don’t have to pay income taxes on this money and you can claim the gift as a tax deduction.

You can designate a particular asset or a percentage of your estate to Lifeline by including a bequest provision in your will or revocable trust. You can do this while creating your will or trust, or you can amend an existing one with a simple document.

Learn more about ways to give at LifelineRecoveryCenter.org/ways-to-give.

Grace Fellowship Church Heartland Church Household of Faith Joppa Missionary Baptist Church LaCenter Christian Church Lone Oak First Baptist Women’s Ministry Massac United Methodist Church Mt Zion Baptist New Covenant Fellowship

New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Newton Creek Baptist Church

Southland Baptist Temple Symsonia Baptist Church Trace Creek Missionary Baptist Church

Oscar Baptist Church

Trinity Methodist Women’s Mission Fund

Pryorsburg Baptist Church

Twelve Oaks Baptist Church

Rosebower Baptist Church

Way of Christ Bible Fellowship

Shady Grove Baptist

Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Shiloh Baptist Church

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 VOLUNTEERS! JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2020 The following individuals generously invested time as volunteers for Lifeline Recovery Center in 2020. We are so thankful for your heart and dedication. You are making a tremendous impact in the lives of Lifeline clients, and we simply could not provide the level of excellence and care without you.

Richard Abraham

John Cox

Garrett Hunt

Sarah Aitken

Jackie Cunningham

Kenny Hunt

John Aitken

Toby Dullworth

Lisa Jarvis

Bill Allan

Missy Eckenberg

Guy Johnson

Ryan Baker

Kathy Ecklekamp

Cindy Jones

Harvey Baxter

Jim Eickholz, MD

Jessy King

Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt

Joey Evitts

Dickie Lee

Allison Berry

Kevin Gaunce

Melissa Looper

Loren Biggers

Vicki Gough

Josh Marberry

Jill Body

Jo Graziano

Samantha Marberry

Stephanie Caldwell

Brenda Grooms

Mallory Matthews

Brenda Cardin

Doreen Hahn

Chuck McCue

Gary Cardin

B.J. Hale

Shirley Orazine

Cody Church

Ron Hayden

Darrell Orazine

Chris Combs

Christina Haynes

Sonia Osman

Roger Conner

Frank Hiemstra

Terrye Peeler

Kimberly Cooper

Robert Hill

Harold Peeler

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Glenn Peeler

Steve Powless

Sherry Reagan Michele Scott Austin Scott

Heather Taylor

Jeffrey Taylor, MD Rick Tilley

Angie Treas

Todd Trimble Anita Vance

Jonathan Walker Kelly Walsh Elic Whited

LaVonna Willingham Anna Yontz

Gloria Young Mike Zimmerman

PRICELESS Volunteer value immeasurable

The value of our volunteers’ service is immeasurable.

In dollars, the value is significant. According to the Independent Sector, the current value of volunteer time is $27.20 per hour. At the very conservative estimate of 4856 volunteer hours at Lifeline in 2020, volunteers contributed $131,112 worth of time last year.

For an organization with just 15 employees, that contribution allows Lifeline to thrive, even during the pandemic, when 50 graduates completed their treatment.

Executive director Ashley Miller said volunteers provide more than monetary value. “They contribute to the heart and soul of our mission to provide Christ-centered recovery from life-controlling addictions,” she said. “They connect with our clients, giving them someone to trust, and give them an example to emulate.”

Volunteers at United Way’s Project Day provide landscaping assistance at the women’s campus.

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NonNONPROFIT Profit Org

Lifeline Recovery Center P.O. Box 7652 Paducah, KY 42002

ORGANIZATION

Us U.S. Postage Paid POSTAGE PAID KY Paducah PADUCAH, KY

Permit #138 PERMIT NO. 1

Lifeline Recovery Center Board of Directors Steve Powless, Board Chair Ashley Miller, Executive Director Darrell Orazine, Co-Chair Shirley Orazine, Board Secretary Dr. Jeffrey Taylor, Treasurer Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt Missy Eckenberg Dr. Jim Eickholz Robert L. Hill Ken Hunt Todd Trimble LaVonna Willingham Mike Zimmerman

MISSION

FURNISHING HOPE Thanks to Leadership Paducah Class #34 for choosing Lifeline Recovery Center as its class project to support a local non-profit organization. For details on how you can support this fund-raiser, see LeadershipPaducahProject.com.

SAVE THE DATE! Annual Golf Tournament July 30, 2021 The tournament will once again be held at Paxton Park. To sign up, see

LifelineRecoveryCenter.org/golf-outing.

More info is available at 270.519.2217 or ttrimble@thegolfcomplex.com.

CONTACT LIFELINE

Provide men and women with

Christ-centered solutions to addiction

VISION Help individuals become

spiritually alive, mentally sound and physically well

VALUES Accountability, faith, obedience to Jesus Christ

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270.443.4743 P.O. Box 7652, Paducah, Ky. 42002 info@LifelineRecoveryCenter.org www.LifelineRecoveryCenter.org

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