The Boy Scouts

Provide a Warm

Welcome

To Those in Recovery from Addiction

Addiction = Shame

Even in the best of circumstances, people in recovery can feel like they are outsiders with visible marks of their past observable by everyone. They can fear rejection and experience a lingering worry that they don’t quite fit in.

Shame often keeps people trapped in a cycle of addiction and homelessness. Instead of taking advantage of the help they are offered, they retreat into isolation, where substances can be a very tempting solution to feelings of unworthiness and fears of rejection.

Dashel had an idea.

For his Eagle Scout project, Dashel decided something needed to be done to help people in recovery receive a warm welcome and experience tangible evidence of their worth and acceptance.

He gathered all the supplies he would need.

Draw string bags

FOR TOILETRIES
These bags can hold towels, soap, shampoo, and everything else needed for a shower, making it easy to get ready for showers in a home with 6 to 10 other people in recovery.
Reading Materials

BIBLES, PENS, AND RELIGIOUS TRACTS
Resilient Recovery knows that people need more than hygiene products. They need spirtual grounding and hope.
Backpacks

SOMETHING TO HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER
These backpacks are a high quality way to make sure even the thing to hold the things is a worthwhile and useful gift.
Toiletries

PLENTY OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS
Towels, toothpaste, razors, shampoo. . . this is the heart of the project, which is to give people things they really need and have let us know they want.