For a safer community

Published 8:38 am Thursday, December 7, 2017

By Kendra Peek

Kendra Peek/kendra.peek@amnews.com Pastor James Hunn, director of Circle of Hope at the Shepherd's House Intensive Outpatient Program, shares their role in helping people coming back into the community after overcoming their addictions.
Text and photos by Kendra Peek/kendra.peek@amnews.com
Suja Shunmugavelu and Becky Turpin with Safe Communities America visited Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln and Mercer counties on Wednesday and Thursday as part of the accreditation process for the Safe Communities Coalition of Central Kentucky.
The two met with leaders of various community groups and agencies, learning about the steps the coalition had taken in attempting to make a safer community, in fighting the opioid crisis and in helping students.
A complete story of the visit will run in this weekend’s edition of The Advocate-Messenger.

Kendra Peek/kendra.peek@amnews.com
Danville Independent Schools Superintendent Keith Look talks about the district to community leaders and representatives from Safe Communities America.

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Pastor James Hunn, director of Circle of Hope at the Shepherd’s House Intensive Outpatient Program, shares their role in helping people coming back into the community after overcoming their addictions.

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Community leaders along with representatives from Safe Communities America listen to Danville Independent Schools Superintendent Keith Look as he talks about the district.

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Becky Turpin, with Safe Communities America, left, and Suja Shunmugavelu, program manager of Safe Communities America, center, listen to Stephanie Blevins, director of Heart of Kentucky United Way, the agency overseeing the Safe Communities Coalition of Central Kentucky.

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Becky Turpin, with Safe Communities America, right, speaks with Burt Piper, Boyle County task force leader, left, and Rollin Tarter, moderator of the Safe Communities Coalition of Central Kentucky.

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Suja Shunmugavelu, program manager with Safe Communities America, speaks to community leaders Wednesday morning regarding the accreditation of the Safe Communities Coalition of Central Kentucky.

 

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