Lifeline Spring 2021 - Volume 3

WHY WE ARE HERE

Faces of love and community that make ‘the impossible possible’

KNOWLEDGE IS CONFIDENCE

Table of Contents

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Strategic plan charges us to engage and inspire staff

WHY WE ARE HERE

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

A BORN PROBLEM-SOLVER

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

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

Good intentions, poor oversight and deception create tragic combination

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

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LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD

Nutrition, exercise classes help women find better health during recovery

PART OF THEIR MINISTRY

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Pages 8-9

Pages 10-11

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

A LIVING LEGACY DONOR

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

JANUARY 1- DECEMBER 31, 2020

Thank you to our 2020 donors!

A GREAT VALUE

Fees adjusted to meet rising costs

AFFIRMATION OF EXCELLENCE

New state licensure reflects high standards

JANUARY 1- DECEMBER 31, 2020

Thank you to our 2020 volunteers!

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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.

ASSIGNED BY GOD OUR ROLES IN OPIOID CRISIS THE LIFE CHANGER

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 program here.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Ashley Miller

2014 Graduate of Lifeline

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

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

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

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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BORN PROBLEM-SOLVER

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 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.

“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,” 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.

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.

Sally (right) with husband, Louis, and sister, Joy Lentz, at annual Barbecue on the River fundraiser.

“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

Doreen Hahn

ASSIGNED BY GOD

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

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.”

Bernice has been particularly proud of Lifeline’s

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.

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.”

Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt

“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

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?

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. 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.

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

JOHN W. BRAZZELL, M.D. Volunteer Medical Consultant at Lifeline Medical director at Kentucky Care, Paducah

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.

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

“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.”

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

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.

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.

“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.

“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

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

47 Meth

Top four addictions among 2019 clients

27 Opiates

19 Marijuana

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

9 Alcohol

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.”

Nutrition,

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.”

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!”

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

exercise classes help women find better health during recovery

LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD

“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

Faith Fit includes Bible study before exercise.

“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!”

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

Photo provided by VUE Magazine

PART OF THEIR MINISTRY DONOR

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 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

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.”

Jeff and Terri Holland

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

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.

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.

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

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

A&K Construction

Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation Trust

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

Kim & Keith Jones

Small Business Administration

Jeff & Heather Taylor, MD

Gifts of $5,000- $9,999

Karen Banister

Ron & Teresa Beavers

James & Amy Garrett

Heartland Church

Darrell & Shirley Orazine

Christian & Mary Orsborn

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

Chuck & Cindy Hall

Robert Hill

Household of Faith

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

Community Foundation of West Kentucky

Concord United Methodist

David Culbertson

Randy DeHart

W. David Denton

Faith Baptist Church

John & Janet Foster

Jenny Franke, MD

Grace Baptist Church

The Greenhouse of Paducah

Brandon Hall

Jeff & Terri Holland

Holland, Stivers & Associates

Independence Foundation

Larry Jarvis

Allen & Cynthia Jones

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

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.

Mark Riley

Shady Grove Baptist

Signet Federal Credit Union

Kathy Slaughter

Jim Smith Contracting

Luke Stinnett

Twelve Oaks Baptist Church

US Bank

Bob Wagner

William Walden

Cody Wiles

Patrick Withrow, MD

Dr. Jim & Vicki Woods

Marianne Yontz

Gifts of $500- $999

Richard & Cindy Abraham

Amazing Grace Lutheran Church

Anchor of Hope

Anonymous

Cindy Bailey

Baptist Health System Services

Bethlehem Methodist Church

Between Friends Consignment

Vicki Borden

Casey Brantley, MD

Mayor George Bray

John Brazzell, MD

Harry & Amy Brock

Bryant Law Center

CFSB

James Conn

Larry & Carol Conway

Destiny Church of Paducah

Ronald & Margaret Dunn

Gary & Kathy Eckelkamp

Kelly & Kenya Estes

Richard E. Fairhurst, Jr.

First Assembly of God

FNB Bank

Free Spirit Motorcycle Ministry

Kevin & Jennifer Gaunce

Gemini Marine

Yvonne Holsapple

H.T. Hackney Company

Italian Village Pizza

Jackson Purchase Electric

Steve Marberry

Phyllis Mohler

New Covenant Fellowship

P&L Employee Charity Fund

Brenda Robison

Craig & Susan Rothwell

Steve & Donna Seltzer

Southland Baptist Temple

Trace Creek Missionary Baptist Church

Jane Walker

H.D. & K.K. Williams

Lavonna & Lee Willingham

Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church

WWL

Wyatt Bell & Company

Tammy & Mike Zimmerman

“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.”

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.

Gifts of $1- $499

Abundant Life Worship Center

John & Ellen Adrian

James Anthony

Antioch Baptist Church

Ashley Barton

Tammy Beach

Allison Berry

Beulah Baptist Church

Carl & Elaine Bivin

Robin Bomar

Ted Borodofsky

Martha Bradford

Ray Bridges

Barry Burchett

Inge Burnett

Gary & Brenda Cardin

James Michael & Mary Nell Carter

Christian Fellowship

Tiffany Clouse

Community Life Church

Mark & Dee Dee Cohoon

Bill Conyer

Kimberly Cooper

Jennifer Coursey

James & Kristina Cromeenes

Naomi Dawson

Sharon Dershimer

Lisa Driver

Berta Duncan

Nancy Effinger

Julian & Theresa Elliott

Faith Life Class

Faith Sunday Class

Michael Farmer

FBC Adult 9 SS Class

First Baptist Of Clinton

Sylvia Fleischauer

Elaine Fletcher

Freedom Center

Frontstream

Carol Gault

Barbara Gorsuch

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

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.

Charles McCue

Billy & Dawn McDaniel

Bradley & Brenda McElroy

Pauline McKinney

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

Shea Nickell

Snookie Oglesby

Danny Orazine

Judy Overstreet

Shannon Palmer

Jim & Mindy Paxton

Karen Paxton

Foster Pearson

Charles Pegram

Peniques

Billie Preston

Rachelle Schonsecheck

Dona Rains

Larry & Karren Reichert

Robert & Nancy Reynolds

Darrin B. Rudolph

Andrew Shever

Shiloh Baptist Church

Robert Simpson

Rennie & William Skinner

Jerry Smith

Matt Snow

Brenda Spees

William Spillman

William & Karen Spires

Phillip & Joni Sutton

Symsonia Baptist Church

TempsPlus of Paducah

Carol Thomas

Pat Ellen Thompson

Charles & Susan Thurman

Wanda Sue Thweatt

Magen & Darren Tinsley

Top Quality

Bob & Kathy Toy

R.B. Trigg

Trinity Methodist Women’s Mission Fund

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

Woodmen Of The World

Susan S. Wright

Arlen & Myra Wyatt

Anna Yontz

Cindy & Paul Ziegler

Gemini Marine

The Greenhouse of Paducah

H.T. Hackney Company

Holland, Stivers and Associates

Independence Foundation

Italian Village Pizza

Jackson Purchase Electric

KY-Tenn American Line

New Life Associates

Orthopaedic Institute

Peniques

Purchase Ear Technology

Jim Smith Contracting

Signet Federal Credit Union

Small Business Administration

TempsPlus of Paducah

Top Quality

United Way

US Bank

Western Kentucky Regional

Woodmen Of The World

WWL

Wyatt Bell and Company

Church Donors

Abundant Life Worship Center

Amazing Grace Lutheran Church

Anchor of Hope

Antioch Baptist Church

Bandana United Methodist

Bethlehem Methodist Church

Beulah Baptist Church

Business Donors

A&K Construction

AAA Stowaway

Animal Kare Center of Paducah

Baptist Health System Services

Between Friends Consignment

Bryant Law Center

CFSB

Community Foundation of West Kentucky

CSI

F & F Leasing

The Faulkner Group

FNB Bank

Freedom Center

Frontstream

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

Lifeline Recovery Center is Nearly 100 Percent Privately Funded

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

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

Appreciated Stocks

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.

IRA Qualified Charitable Distribution

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.

Life Insurance Policy

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.

Real Estate or Other Property

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.

Will or Trust

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

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

Oscar Baptist Church

Pryorsburg Baptist Church

Rosebower Baptist Church

Shady Grove Baptist

Shiloh Baptist Church

Southland Baptist Temple

Symsonia Baptist Church

Trace Creek Missionary Baptist Church

Trinity Methodist Women’s Mission Fund

Twelve Oaks Baptist Church

Way of Christ Bible Fellowship

Woodlawn Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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

Sarah Aitken

John Aitken

Bill Allan

Ryan Baker

Harvey Baxter

Rev. Dr. Bernice Belt

Allison Berry

Loren Biggers

Jill Body

Stephanie Caldwell

Brenda Cardin

Gary Cardin

Cody Church

Chris Combs

Roger Conner

Kimberly Cooper

John Cox

Jackie Cunningham

Toby Dullworth

Missy Eckenberg

Kathy Ecklekamp

Jim Eickholz, MD

Joey Evitts

Kevin Gaunce

Vicki Gough

Jo Graziano

Brenda Grooms

Doreen Hahn

B.J. Hale

Ron Hayden

Christina Haynes

Frank Hiemstra

Robert Hill

Garrett Hunt

Kenny Hunt

Lisa Jarvis

Guy Johnson

Cindy Jones

Jessy King

Dickie Lee

Melissa Looper

Josh Marberry

Samantha Marberry

Mallory Matthews

Chuck McCue

Shirley Orazine

Darrell Orazine

Sonia Osman

Terrye Peeler

Harold Peeler

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

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

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.

Lifeline Recovery Center

P.O. Box 7652

Paducah, KY 42002

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

Provide men and women with Christ-centered solutions to addiction

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.

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.

VISION VALUES

Help individuals become spiritually alive, mentally sound and physically well

Accountability, faith, obedience to Jesus Christ