1st Annual Breakfast Fundraiser

The opioid epidemic and struggles with substance abuse have been in the headlines more often over the last five years. From discussions in congress and the state capitol, it’s becoming an issue increasingly impacting more Coloradans. “There’s a stereotype that people have in their minds I believe of who the average victim of an overdose…

In the five years that Trudy Strewler Hodges has been the CEO of Serenity Recovery Connection, clients have ballooned from 600 served when she started the job to 5,000 participants today. The demand for the peer-to-peer coaching the organization provides for people entering or in recovery is a testament to the pervasiveness of substance abuse, and…

When terrorists blew up Marine Corps barracks in Beruit and killed 241 troops, Kieth Hariston was among the sailors who volunteered to help recover bodies. The damage was severe after the Hezbollah truck bombings in the Marine Battalion Landing Team headquarters during 1983; he recalled, ” I’m talking about body bagging arms, body bagging legs,…

Springs Recovery Connection, known for training peer support coaches who help people maintain sobriety from alcohol and drugs, has a new name and a much larger office where a community recovery center with like-minded organizations takes shape. First, the new name: Serenity Recovery Connection. It’s being unveiled at a Nov. 10 open house for donors,…