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It is early Saturday morning at The Extension, and the guys are waking up and looking forward to a hearty breakfast provided by the Bible On Tap Men’s Ministry. Led by Joe Paonessa, Bible On Tap started serving at The Extension in 2018 after they came out to build out the stage in the AA…
FUMC of Marietta Feeds The Extension During COVID -19 Standing together in a crisis The Extension 1507 Church Street Extension Marietta, GA 30060 www.theextension.org Contact: Renee McCormick, Director of Community Relations reneemccormick@theextension.org, 770-590-9075 First United Methodist Church of Marietta has donated over 1,000 meals to feed the residents at The Extension during the COVID…
Getting by with a Little Help From Our Friends Longtime community partner brings COVID -19 relief to The Extension The Extension 1507 Church Street Extension Marietta, GA 30060 www.theextension.org Contact: Renee McCormick, Director of Community Relations 770-590-9075, reneemccormick@theextension.org, CenterState Bank has been a friend and supporter of The Extension for many years.…
Two million dollars. That’s the fundraising goal Tyler Driver, the executive director of The Extension, has as we enter 2021. Part of the residential recovery program’s new “Capital Campaign,” these dollars will go toward the work the nonprofit does with homeless men and women who suffer from addiction. This includes continuing the construction of an…
The Extension awards The Karl Steinichen Award for Volunteer Service and the Dr. Judith A Hoyt Award for Community Leadership Last year was like no other, The Extension faced challenges we could have never imagined, but strong community partnerships helped us successfully navigate the storms of 2020. Every year, The Extension gives out two awards…
The Extension Welcomes Cher Randall as our new Women’s Director. Cher Randall has worked with The Extension for over ten years and holds a B.S. in Education from Georgia State University. Before moving into her current role, Cher served as the Assistant Director of the men’s program and the Director of Quality Control and Compliance…
I am 32 years old and have suffered from a heroin addiction for the better part of my adult life. I sacrificed anything meaningful or life-affirming that I had to continue to feed and maintain this habit. I thought that I would end up dying in my addiction, becoming just another statistic. Thankfully, God had…
My name is Dan and my story starts out one beautiful and sunny day in March of 2012. I say my story starts there because that’s when my life changed and became a story worth sharing. For transparency’s sake though let’s go back to the early days. My formative years weren’t all that unusual or…
Handyman McKinney’s I came to The Extension in September of 2017. I was in desperate need of help. I needed a change. All the wrong choices in life brought me to The Extension. It was “the last house on the block” as they say. I got started in construction right out of high school around…
As some of you may know, May is Mental Health Awareness Month; most likely you are seeing things on social media, hearing about it on the radio, etc. Given the devastating health crisis of the past 18 months, it is more important than ever to be aware of mental health. Unfortunately, many of us are…