Restored Relationships: Lydia’s Story
After a year at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, Lydia Gallimore will graduate July 22, committed to a relationship with God. Her addiction to alcohol, cocaine and heroin brought her to the facility for help. “I really was lost and hopeless and I’d been to rehabs before, but nothing worked for me,” Lydia, 24,…
Graduating to a New Beginning: Jenifer’s Story
Jenifer, 39, will graduate from the year-long program at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley on July 22, ready for a new start. “I was an alcoholic and I had gotten into drugs and I ended up in jail and I had to have rehab,” Jenifer said. A friend who had gone through the ATCOV…
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Moving to Restoration: Christopher’s Story
Christopher, 41, will graduate June 17 from the year-long program at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley. The Youngstown native, who spent most of his life in Florida, plans to either return to his home in Florida where he worked for 23 years as an electrician, or stay with family in the Youngstown area until…
Staff Spotlight: Justin Covan
Justin Covan, 33, has come a long way since he first walked through the doors of Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley about seven years ago. He entered as a client, staying on as an intern and then a staff member, now working in admissions. Since then, he’s realized profound changes and blessings both professionally…
Total Transformation: Marie’s Story
Marie, 34, will graduate May 13th, from the year-long program at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley/Hope Counseling. She plans to enter a sober living house in Cleveland, her hometown, and that facility will help her find a job and a place to live. She dreams of being a chef. Marie came to ATCOV/Hope Counseling…
Long Road To Salvation: Bryan’s Story
After a year at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, Bryan will graduate on May 13th. Bryan, 35, will work as an intern at ATCOV after graduating. After completing his internship, Bryan plans to continue to serve the Lord. “I am called to world missions and also hope to serve as a worship leader while…
Forging a Relationship with Jesus: Alexandra’s Story
After her May 13 graduation from Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley/Hope Counseling, Alexandra Rouse plans to enter a sober living facility and ultimately return to college. “I was in nursing school so I do plan on returning to that and finishing out my degree,” she said. Alexandra, 20, is originally from Blackstone, Va., and…
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New Beginnings: Robert’s Story
After a year at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, Robert Cummings will graduate this month. “I feel excellent,” he said. “Overall, more complete, like more wholesome.” He’s also more hopeful, ambitious and driven than when he entered the program a year ago. At that time, Robert, 40, was drinking excessively and experiencing seizures and…
Healed in Body and Spirit: Jamie’s Story
Jamie will graduate on March 18th from the year-long Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley program and plans to stay with the organization as an intern. “I just thought it would be a good direction for my life to give me a little more of stability for a little bit longer and continue to grow…
Staff Spotlight: Nathan Zavatsky
Nathan Zavatsky, 30, works in Direct Client Care and Education at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, after completing a six-month restoration program. Restoration is for clients who complete the year-long program but return at a later point, needing more help. “My first time through the program was back in 2011,” Nathan explained. He returned…
A Long Journey to Healing: Tommie’s Story
Tommie arrived at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley in August 2022 from Long Beach, California. He was at a church service in California when he realized he didn’t want to continue living the way he had been, using drugs from the time he was 17, hanging around with gang members, living on the streets.…
A Restoration: Jacob’s Story
Jacob is working as an intern in janitorial and environmental services while helping with outreach at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley after returning through its six-month restoration offering. Restoration allows people who have completed and graduated from the year-long program to return if they need more help. “You come back into the program and…
Staff Spotlight: Jedidiah Hill
In November 2022, Jedidiah Hill started working in outreach at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, connecting with the drug courts in Mahoning, Columbiana, Stark and Summit counties. Through the courts, Jed works with first-time, non-violent offenders, getting them into treatment for substance abuse, in lieu of conviction. He also pastors, but this wasn’t his…
Alumni Spotlight: Dakota
It wasn’t Dakota’s choice to come to Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley in 2019, but everything that’s good in his life more than three years later started because of it. Dakota, 29, originally from Tennessee, is clean, newly married, has a new job and maintains a strong relationship with God. Before enrolling at ATCOV…
A Client’s Life Saved: Jamie’s Story
Jamie struggled with opiates for about 18 years. She got help and used suboxone for about eight years to supplant the opiate addiction, but she relapsed on fentanyl about two years ago. “I ended up in the hospital on life support in March,” Jamie said. Her brain was swollen and bleeding and she was on…
Faith Reinvigorated: Robert’s Story
Robert arrived at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley in March and will graduate in five months. “I was basically drinking a lot, drinking in excess,” he said. “My health was deteriorating and my lifestyle was deteriorating.” The excessive drinking continued for about five years and then Robert, 39, started experiencing seizures and problems with…
Staff Spotlight: Zane Cook
Working in direct client care at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, Zane Cook provides guidance to clients, ensuring they get to where they need to be. Zane has been in his position for about four months after completing the year-long program as a client and then working for 11 months as an intern. “I…
Staff Spotlight: Laura Squibbs
Laura Squibbs is a case manager at HOPE Counseling, a position she’s had for two years. Laura, 40, who’s been sober for 11 years, started working at Adult & Teen Challenge through her husband, Greg, who’s worked at the organization for about 11 years. “He would always tell me wonderful things about Teen Challenge,” she…
Relationships Restored: Margarette’s Story
Margarette arrived at Adult & Teen Challenge in December 2021 and will graduate this December. The Central Ohio native’s parents found out about the organization and persuaded her to go after she had struggled for years with alcohol and later, crack cocaine. “My mom knew that I believed in God and that this was a…
A Life Renewed: Aaron’s Story
Aaron, 29, a Massillon, Ohio, native, came to Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley in August 2021 at a relative’s suggestion. He was drinking a lot and using cocaine. “I just knew it was time to find the help that I needed,” he said. And now, he’ll graduate this month. At first, it was a…
Staff Spotlight: Reuben Winston
Reuben Winston is a Direct Client Care worker at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, a position he’s held for nearly five years after coming to the agency as a client in 2016. “I just love working with addicts and people who were like me,” he said. “I love working with them.” Reuben, 45, a…
Forging a New Life in Christ: Albert’s Story
Albert, 36, was an intravenous drug user for about seven years. After the mother of his two children, ages 5 and 3, died from complications of an infection, his use intensified. The mother of his late significant other implored Albert to get help at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley. He hesitated at first and…
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Staff Spotlight: James Tonecha
James Tonecha, an admissions officer at Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley, works in the agency’s call center, interviewing potential clients, providing information about the program and sharing details about the services offered with outside organizations.Not so long ago, he was one of the people who came to ATCOV looking for help. James, 24, a…
New Beginnings: James’ Story
James, 34, came to Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley last October and will graduate in October 2022. His struggles with alcohol, starting when he was 21, led him to seek help from the organization. “I caught a third DUI and then I came here before anything happened — before I went to court, before…
Staff Spotlight: Holly Dennis
Holly Dennis started working as Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley’s financial coordinator four years ago after working in the banking industry for 24 years. Despite her success in banking, which included reaching the top 4% of her company while working in management, one day the company told her they no longer needed her. “A…
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