by LaMara HunterKelly | Jan 22, 2016 | In The News
Sunday, January 24, 2016
(Published in print: Monday, January 25, 2016)
Mr. Michael Lewis is no stranger to the RECOVER Project. Born and raised in Western Mass, Michael’s early adult life took him across the country, serving as a Marine, owning a business and various other jobs including being a baker and truck driver. He eventually returned to this area where he attended Greenfield Community College and earned his social work degree from Elms College. While enrolled at Elms, Michael worked for GCC, interned and then worked under a short-term funded grant for the RECOVER Project…
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by LaMara HunterKelly | Jan 11, 2016 | In The News
By CHRIS CURTIS
Recorder Staff
Thursday, January 7, 2016
(Published in print: Friday, January 8, 2016)
GREENFIELD — Looking back on seven years with the Greenfield peer-to-peer addiction recovery community and 33 years in recovery, Linda Sarage sees changes in herself, in the community and in what might be termed the philosophy of addiction.
Sarage is retiring this month after serving as executive director of the RECOVER Project for seven years. She took the job after an early retirement from the Greenfield Public Schools to take care of her dying mother, and when she was offered the job by a friend who knew she was in recovery. Sarage said she had kept her addiction and recovery private, and knew that would end if she took the post. …
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