POSITIONED FOR GROWTH New Name, New Building, New Leadership to Help Lifeline Recovery Center Meet Growing Need
We are excited to announce a new name, Lifeline Recovery Center, to carry on our same Christ-centered mission to help people dealing with addictions. Lifeline Recovery Center offers residential substance abuse treatment for the region at two Paducah campuses – one for men and one for women. The new name merges the legacy of Paducah Lifeline Ministries, which began for men in 2004, and Ladies Living Free, which joined in 2006. Since 2013, the two together have served more than 945 people with a 62 percent success rate of sobriety one year after graduation.
“We added Recovery to our identity to capture the sense of transformation and success our target audience seeks when they come here.” “We are excited that our new name makes it clearer who we are and what we do,” said Ashley Miller, Executive Director. “We added Recovery to our identity to capture the sense of transformation and success our target audience seeks when they come here.” Past Executive Director Terrye Peeler, a founder of Ladies Living Free, said the organization has discussed for years limitations of the previous name, Paducah Lifeline Ministries. “We always had one board and
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Current and past executive directors Ashley Miller and Terrye Peeler are grateful for $250,000 in donations, mostly from board members, for the new men’s dormitory. They will host a ribbon cutting Aug. 17. one mission for men and women, but people were confused about our two names,” Peeler said. “In addition, our clients come from many counties across western Kentucky, not just from Paducah.” Board chair Steve Powless said the new name comes at the right time to grow community awareness and support. “Substance abuse is such a prevalent problem in our society that virtually everyone knows someone who is affected by it,” he said. “We are proud that Lifeline offers a
