We are converting a historic downtown Barre building into Central Vermont’s first Recovery Residence for moms in recovery and their children. The completed project will provide shared and private living spaces that will house up to six families at a time. Due to an increase in the cost of labor and materials during the COVID pandemic, we turned to the community to help cover the funding gap for the project.
What is a Recovery Residence?
According to the National Association of Recovery Residences, “‘Recovery Residence’ (RR) is a broad term describing a sober, safe, and healthy living environment that promotes recovery from alcohol and other drug use and associated problems… At a minimum, RRs offer peer-to-peer recovery support with some providing professionally delivered clinical services all aimed at promoting abstinence-based, long-term recovery.”
Vermont Needs More Recovery Residences
Especially for Women in Central Vermont
There are currently no recovery residence beds for women in Central Vermont.
Source: Ryan, J. (2019). Housing: A Critical Link to Recovery. East Montpelier, Vermont: Development Cycles.
We Got This Project off the Ground Through
A Caring Community
When we were faced with a large budget gap due to pandemic-driven rises in cost for labor and materials, we asked our community for help. The response was overwhelming. Community members from all over Vermont — local businesses, major donors, charitable foundations and project funders — rallied to support our project. Our staff launched a crowdfunding campaign that brought in donations from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington DC, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Texas! The strong support for this project shows just how universal and important the issues of substance use disorder and recovery are to all of us.
We have a deep sense of gratitude for everyone who cared enough to donate to allow this project to move forward.
PROJECT FUNDERS
LEAD DONORS
The Hoehl Family Foundation
Thom & Karen Lauzon
Avada Fund of the
Vermont Community Foundation
MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS
The Alchemist Brewery | Anonymous (2) | Back Forty Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation | Ben & Jerry’s Foundation | beth mueller inc. | Chandler-Shreve Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey | Doherty Fund at Schwab Charitable | Bob & Kathy Elias Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia | Green Mountain United Way (THRIVE partner and lead agency of the Greater Barre Working Communities Challenge) | Hunger Mountain Cooperative Community Fund | Lawson’s Finest Liquids | Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc. | Northfield Savings Bank | Osprey Fund of Fidelity Charitable | Nancy & Steven Post | Scott + Partners | Helen Moore Von Oehsen
PROJECT SUPPORTERS
Anonymous (21)
Samantha Abare
Willow Aevery
Vinisha Agnihotri
Jim Alvarez
Jim Anderson
Michael Anderson
Nicola Anderson
Jana Andrus & Shakthi Dog
Janice Andrus
Lynn Ayer
Brenda Bailey
Erika Bailey
Danielle Ballenger
Mike & Debbie Bard
Dan Barlow & Phayvanh Luekhamhan
Timothy Barre
Linda Barth
Dona Bate
Hannah Bean
Jeremy Beebe
Lori & Russell Belding
Laura Beliveau
Colleen Boyd
Judy Brassard
Betsy Brigham & Brett Engstrom
Mollie Caitlin Brigid
Tamela Browning
Rachel Bullock
ME Mendl & Don Bushey
Mady Cantor
Josephine Carothers
Rae Carter
Jerry Caruso
Carol Casperson
Kira & John Charissakis
Heather Cipolla
Emily Clouatre
Muffie Conlon
James Conneman
Judie Copping
Wanda Craig
Ashley Cullen
Julie & Paul Curtin
Michael Curtis & Laurie Davis
Stephanie Daly
Jamie Daniel
Elizabeth A Danyew
Joanna Darmanin
Amy Davenport
Debra Davis Hunt
Rick DeAngelis
Mark Depman
Don & Marty Dewees
David Dickson
Ann L Dixon
Robin & Gordon Dixon
Sue Dixon & Dave Jonah
Cynthia Doherty
Tracy Donovan-Taylor
Maureen Dougherty
Roberta Downey
Lee & Donald DuBois
Alison Duckworth & Doug Bergstein
Pattie & Serge Dupuis
Casey Ellison
Vini KD Emery
Demetra Exarhoulakos
Peter Exarhoulakos
Joan Feierabend
Karen Fiebig & Marcy Ann Beard
Marlene Fielder
Stephen Finner
Geoff Fitzgerald & Ellen Starr
Gwendolyn Forbes
Kristin & Chad Francis
Patricia & Patrick French
Lane Fury
Liz Genge
Sheila Glaess
Katherine Greason & Jay Wiley
Denise Guilmette
Georgia Hadley
Cara Hansen
Mike Hansen
Nancy R Hanson
Sarah Copeland Hanzas & John Hanzas Jr
Sarah Hardee
Lori Leonard Hardesty
Gale Harris
Ivy Harris
Josephine Harrison
Paul Hartmann* & Barbara Conrey
Karen & Mark Hatcher
Donald W Haviland
Jeff Haviland
Kaziah Haviland
Zakariah Haviland
Job Heintz & Cristina Pellechio
Abigail Hickman
Rosalyn Hohner
Linda & David Hunter
Jonni Huntley
Ashley Jacques
Abbi Jaffe
Melito James
Jason Jarvis
Barbara Jenne
Sue & Martin Johansen
Dawn Johnson
Megan Jumago-Simpson
Claire Kendall
Paula Kerin
Kirsten Kersey
Matthew Kersey & Shefali Gladson
Michelle Kersey
Sarah Kinter & Thomas Curchin
Ariane Kissam
Robert Klein & Jean Vissering
Mary Krueger
Pete & Sally Kulis
Scott Ladwig
Gerald LaMalfa
Linda Lambert
Nancy Lawton
Mary Jane Leland
Lauren LeMunyan
Denise & Mark Leonetti
Doug Lieberman
Addie Livingston
Lara Lonon & Jim Robison
Sara Lory
Megan Lovley
David & Margaret Luce
Lisa Lundy
Kevin & Bethany Lunn
Faye Mack
Steven & Claudia Mackenzie
Wendy J Mackenzie
Nancy Mackin
Luanne & Ed Madison
Beth Maier & Robert Finucane
Daphne Makinson
Elizabeth Manriquez
Sheila Mason
Owen Daniel McCarter
Kristine McDevitt
Lee McLendon
Rachael McMillan
Anthony & Jill Mennona
Marc & Christy Mihaly
Penny C Miller
Carol & Dennis Minoli
Sue Minter & David Goodman
Mary Mitchell
Tyler Montgomery
Phillip Morse
Nancy Mosher
Cheryl & Daniel Moyer
Pegeen Mulhern & Doug Grearson
Timothy Mulhern
Mike Mullan
Delia Mundinger
Meredith Naughton
Polly Nichol & Cy Jordan
Elizabeth S O’Grady
Heidi Otterman-Wilds
Joel Page & Susan Batchelder
Eileen Peltier
John Perlman
Reenie Phillips
Edna Pilch
Jennifer Poulen
Robert Purvis & Susan Shedd
Betsy Race
Michael & Hannah Rama
Allison Randall
Joel Rhodes
Jeanne Richardson & Noah Sexton
David Riegel
Heather Ritchie
Helen Rock & Andy Jones
Kate Root
Craig & Jennifer Roy
Louis & Joan Roy
Kim Russell
Jonathon Salsbury
Sheena Saydam
Debbie Schwenger
Hillarie Scott
Sarah Seminski
Mercy Sheehan
Pat Shine
Carol Shults-Perkins
Geneva Smedley
Jason Smith
Torrey & Benjamin Smith
Connie Snow
Kim Souza
Joan Stepenske & Robert Troester
Elizabeth Stern
Peter Stroup
Barbara Thompson
Nina Thompson & Sylvia Fagin
Heather Usle
Christy Velau
William Von Oehsen
Jessica Edgerly Walsh
Meredith Warner
Amanda Whaples
Claire Wheeler
Shanda Williams
K Wilson
Melissa Zeiger
* Deceased.