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His Ministries' 2nd Annual RecoveryFest Southwest was Great Success!
On October 24, His Ministries of Big Stone Gap VA held its 2nd Annual RecoveryFest Southwest, as part of National Recovery Month. This is a festival of activities for the entire family with live music and food.
Peter Shinholser of the McShin Foundation, Virginia’s leading full-service Recovery Community Organization will Emcc the event.
The Choir of the Appalachian Teen Challenge in Athens, West Virginia with Brad Rose, Preformed and each gave their testimony of how they overcame their life controlling problems.
Guest speakers included..
--Mark Mitchell of Tri-Cities Recovery Center, Bristol VA
--Donnie Trent of New Beginnings, Dryden VA
--Mike Edwards Founder of S.O.B.E.R., Galax VA
--Rose Holms with CoDa, Big Stone Gap, VA
--Joe Olinger of Point of Break, Big Stone Gap, VA
Singers and musicians for the event:
--The Teen Challenge Choir of Athens West Virginia
--If Birds Could Fly, Big Stone Gap, VA
Great music, good food and wonderful people always bring out the people. More than 130 attended the day's event. Also, human service agencies and organizations from the community provided information tables. It was s a festival of activities for the entire family. The event is co-sponsored with Occupational Enterprise Inc, and The McShin Foundation.
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