HOPE Welcomes Prevention Coordinator Ronele Myers
March 9, 2022, Fostoria, Ohio – The Board of Directors for HOPE in Fostoria is pleased to announce the hiring of Ronele Myers as the Prevention Coordinator. In this role, Ronele will coordinate and oversee prevention activities in Fostoria and Seneca County. She will...
HOPE Welcomes Director Shelly Biggert
The Board of Directors for HOPE in Fostoria is pleased to announce the hiring of Shelly Biggert, LPCCs, as the Community Prevention Coalition’s Part-Time Director. In her new role, Shelly directs and oversees HOPE, with support from an active board of volunteers, as...
Operation: Street Smart Ohio
This program is designated to educate parents, teachers, social workers, community partners, medical providers, law enforcement and other adults about current drug trends, technology and paraphernalia. This event will take place Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Neeley...
Breaking the Stigma
The Wood County Addiction Task Force presents speaker Tony Hoffman: Breaking the Stigma, His Journey from Prison to the Olympics. Event is Wednesday, June 8, from 5-7:30 p.m.
Free Drop-In Narcan Training and Kit Distribution Program
HOPE is partnering with the Seneca County Health District to offer a Free Drop-In Narcan Training and Kit Distribution Program at the Fostoria Learning Center. On the second Tuesday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon, trained representatives will be available as a...
Join Our Team! Hiring Part-Time Director
We are excited to extend our reach and make a more significant impact in our community by adding a part-time director for HOPE in Fostoria. Established in 2017 by a group of concerned citizens, HOPE is a grassroots effort to address the heroin and opioid epidemic in...
Use Your Kroger Loyalty Card to Earn Money for HOPE
DID YOU KNOW … you can support HOPE’s mission when you use your Kroger Loyalty Card? Follow these 5 simple steps to earn money for HOPE in Fostoria today! Log in to your Kroger account online. Click on My Account by selecting the down arrow next to your name at the...
Alcohol, Pain Meds Put Woman on Path to Addiction (part 1 of “Journey through Addiction” series)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a five-part series about one woman’s journey through addiction to drugs and alcohol. By LINDA WOODLAND MANAGING EDITOR She had it all. A good job, a nice home, a husband and two beautiful children. And then she lost it all to drug...
Drugs Push Family To Brink: Endanger Lives of Children (part 2 of “A Journey through Addiction” series)
Heroin takes grip on woman’s life EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second installment in a five-part series about one woman’s journey through addiction to drugs and alcohol. By LINDA WOODLAND MANAGING EDITOR Stephanie Smith was prescribed pain pills after having a C-section...
A Substance Free Life (part 5 of “A Journey Through Addiction series)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth and final installment in a five-part series in the Review Times about one woman’s journey through addiction to drugs and alcohol. By LINDA WOODLAND MANAGING EDITOR After years of trying and failing to stop using drugs, Stephanie Smith...