Bedding For Oxford House Event (Photo) -03/19/25

ROSEBURG, OR – H.O.P.E. Drug Court graduate phase participants collect needed bedding and pillows for local Oxford Houses in Douglas County and have scheduled an event.

The Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court program is preparing for their 109^th graduation on May 13, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Cascade Hall building.  Graduate hopefuls Catherine Silva and Kristy Parham are seeking assistance with collecting new or gently used bedding for twin and full sizes, and new unused pillows for local Oxford Houses, and have now scheduled an event at Bobalou Billiards on April 22.

This is the second phase of the current bedding drive project for the local Oxford Houses.  Pool tables are reserved for an event at Bobalou Billiard’s on April 22, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  The first 80 people will be able to play pool for free for the 2-hour event.  Patron’s entering after the first 80 will pay the standard $16 a table.  Silva and Parham have secured sponsors, Wenatchee Praise Center and Sleonard Construction, to hold this event and will provide free food, drinks and have a 50/50 raffle. 

A donation box to drop off items is located at Bobalou Billiards at 1028 NE Stephens Street.  Bobalou’s aims to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for individuals of all ages and skill levels to learn, play, and compete in various billiard games. To learn more, go to www.bobalou-billiards.com.  Another drop-off donation box is located at the newly opened Painted Horse Recovery at 1941 NE Stephens Street.  Painted Horse Recovery provides culturally specific peer support services to those seeking recovery and will turn no one away who needs support.  To learn more about Painted Horse Recovery, go to www.paintedhorserecovery.org/douglas-county. Collections for both drop-off locations will be available until April 22, 2025. 

Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court, with Honorable Judge Robert B. Johnson, operates under the jurisdiction of Douglas County Circuit Court. The structure is designed to reduce recidivism, address substance use disorders and provide the opportunity to look beyond the criminal act to consider the larger context of their life and future.  Graduate Community projects take place during the final phase of the program and are a time for participants to show their personal growth, societal development, and an internal shift that pushes them to reach a higher potential.

Graduate flyers are placed on the Douglas County website through the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) under H.O.P.E. Drug Court, go to https://douglascountyor.gov/851/HOPE-Drug-Court.  

Bedding For Oxford House Project (Photo) -03/13/25

ROSEBURG, OR – H.O.P.E. Drug Court graduate phase participants collect needed bedding and pillows for local Oxford Houses in Douglas County.

The Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court program is preparing for their 109^th graduation on May 13, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Cascade Hall building.  Graduate hopefuls Catherine Silva and Kristy Parham are seeking assistance with collecting new or gently used bedding for twin and full sizes, and new unused pillows for local Oxford Houses.

The first Oxford House was opened in Silver Spring, Maryland in 1975.  Since then, Oxford House has expanded to over 3,400 houses, over 20,000 beds, 44 states and in 5 countries.  Year after year, the number of Oxford Houses has continued to increase. More than 580,000 individuals recovering from alcoholism, drug addiction and co-occurring mental illness have found that Oxford House living has contributed to their long-term recovery. The time, peer support and disciplined participatory democracy that underlies Oxford House gave each of them time to re-invent personal behavior from a life of chaos into comfortable long-term recovery without relapse.   Each Oxford House is autonomous and holds a weekly democratic house meeting to assure the smooth operation and financial viability of the house.

Many people starting out in an Oxford House locally might have nothing or not much, and bedding is the first necessity needed for a fresh start.  Silva and Parham both lived in an Oxford House during the beginning of their program and know the importance of having bedding.  Both have transitioned to different housing but want to help others to provide  hope, comfort, and to make a positive impact for the overall well-being of others starting out in recovery.

A donation box to drop off items is located at Bobalou’s Billiards at 1028 NE Stephens Street.  Bobalou’s aims to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for individuals of all ages and skill levels to learn, play, and compete in various billiard games. To learn more, go to www.bobalou-billiards.com. 

Another drop off donation box is located at the newly opened Painted Horse Recovery at 1941 NE Stephens Street.  Jesse Spain, Douglas County Regional Director, stated, “At Painted Horse Recovery (PHR), we are deeply committed to empowering the recovery community in Roseburg and helping individuals achieve their goals. Building and strengthening community partnerships is at the heart of our mission, as we believe that working together creates a stronger, more supportive environment for recovery.  We are dedicated to making a lasting impact on the recovery movement, ensuring that people know they are not alone—that we are here, and that recovery is possible. The recovery community in Roseburg is not only strong but growing every day, and we are honored to stand alongside those on this journey. Together, we are building a future where healing, hope, and connection thrive.”  To learn more about Painted Horse Recovery, go to www.paintedhorserecovery.org/douglas-county.

Collections for both drop off locations will be until April 22, 2025.  Silva and Parham are planning an event at Bobalou’s Billiards to celebrate the program and to provide another option to help Oxford House on April 22 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., a separate flyer will be provided at a later date.

Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court, with Honorable Judge Robert B. Johnson, operates under the jurisdiction of Douglas County Circuit Court. The structure is designed to reduce recidivism, address substance use disorders and provide the opportunity to look beyond the criminal act to consider the larger context of their life and future.  Graduate Community projects take place during the final phase of the program and are a time for participants to show their personal growth, societal development, and an internal shift that pushes them to reach a higher potential.

Graduate flyers will be placed on the Douglas County website through the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) under H.O.P.E. Drug Court, go to https://douglascountyor.gov/851/HOPE-Drug-Court.  

Nurturing Tomorrow’s Hope Project (Photo) -03/11/25

ROSEBURG, OR – H.O.P.E. Drug Court graduate phase participant collects needed backpacks and age 3-5 activity items for the Family Development Center Relief Nursery.

The Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court program is preparing for their 109^th graduation on May 13, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Cascade Hall building.  Graduate hopeful Miguel Betancourt is seeking assistance for his project to obtain backpacks and youth activity items, including books for ages 3-5. 

The Family Development Center, located at 300 NE Jerry’s Drive in Roseburg, is a local nonprofit who uses the Relief Nursery Therapeutic model, providing a unique combination of individualized classroom and home-based developmental experiences for children 0-5 years of age.  All aspects of the program focus on the specific issues of children from multi-stressed families who have experienced trauma, abuse, stress, or are at-risk for such experiences.  The therapeutic program facilitates learning experiences and healing emotional support for these children and adults.  When discussing what might be needed to assist this program, Nikole Fishel, Community Outreach and Prevention Supervisor, explained their organization tries to prepare each outreach child and child in the classroom a small kit that can be utilized while they are at home with their families and siblings.  When teachers and direct service providers have time off for summer break, they are invested in their families and often this is a time where children at home may be without any access to community resources or play items.  Kits are made to include small toys, outside activity items, bubbles, puzzles, and especially books.  These items are placed in a backpack to help keep their brains active and engaged during their time off while preparing to move forward to kindergarten.

Miguel Betancourt knew he wanted to help the Family Development Center when told he was advancing to the graduate phase of the H.O.P.E. Drug Court program.  Betancourt stated, “This project is important to me because I grew up in a country that didn’t have programs like the Family Development Center.  My parents struggled financially causing them stress.  This project is aimed at alleviating some of that stress to parents who struggle financially here in Douglas County by rounding up activities for kids to do over the summer break to keep them busy and engaged in learning activities, as well as providing them a backpack to use for kindergarten.”  Betancourt has placed donation boxes at Big O Tires located at 2545 NW Stewart Parkway and in the lobby of the Douglas County Juvenile Department located at 1036 SE Douglas Avenue on the first floor of the Courthouse on the west side above Veteran Services. The collection will end by April 25, 2025.

Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court, with Honorable Judge Robert B. Johnson, operates under the jurisdiction of Douglas County Circuit Court. The structure is designed to reduce recidivism, address substance use disorders, and provide the opportunity to look beyond the criminal act to consider the larger context of their life and future.  Graduate Community projects take place during the final phase of the program and are a time for participants to show their personal growth, societal development, and an internal shift that pushes them to reach a higher potential.

Graduate flyers are placed on the Douglas County website through the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) under H.O.P.E. Drug Court, go to https://douglascountyor.gov/851/HOPE-Drug-Court.  

Providing Hope & Peace Project (Photo) -03/06/25

ROSEBURG, OR – H.O.P.E. Drug Court graduate phase participant collects needed hygiene items for PEACE at Home Advocacy Center.

The Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court program is preparing for their 109^th graduation on May 13, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Cascade Hall building.  Graduate hopeful Jesse Dewbre is seeking assistance for his project to obtain hygiene items for PEACE at Home Advocacy Center. 

When reaching out to PEACE at Home, it was discovered their largest current need was for hygiene items that include soap, shampoo, conditioner, bodywash, shaving cream, razors, deodorant, feminine products, toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss and more.  The program, partnered with FARA, is working to open new programs on their campus on Douglas Avenue for a youth shelter and young adult transitional housing.  PEACE at Home is a community-based nonprofit agency serving Douglas County since 1978 and they provide options, resources, and information about how to increase safety and build a life free of violence.  They provide services to men, women, youth and young adults.  April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  This is a time to support survivors, learn more about sexual violence, and work with PEACE at Home to identify strategies to prevent it. To learn more about the program, go to https://peaceathome.com/.

Family Faith and Relationship Advocates (FARA) offers mental health services to individuals and families ensuring that children are safe using biblical principles with psychological understanding to benefit the church and the community.  Robert Miller, FARA Director, explained, “A critical component lacking in our community is the safe space for youth experiencing homelessness or struggling with current crisis or trauma, to lay their heads at night, without fear. We know youth do better when they are in consistent, loving, and stable homes or spaces. Youth thrive when positive adults are there to nurture and encourage healthy relationships and give them a space to be seen, heard, and known. Multiple agencies in Douglas County are collaborating to meet these dire needs, and one component is the “Youth Transitional Housing and Responsive Services”. In late Fall or early next year, Peace at Home, FARA, and Tasha’s House will be opening the Roseburg Youth Campus, with multiple services, supports and shelter available, to a youth in need.”

FARA will be opening Dome Spe, homes of hope, youth shelter, where not only will they provide overnight shelter for 11–17-year-old youth in crisis, but also provide daily drop-in service needs, like: 

• Drop-in Clothing Closet 

• Drop-in Food Pantry 

• Mental Health & Counseling Services 

• Mentorship for Schooling or Job experience 

• Social Connections, like FARA fun night, Affinity Groups, YES groups, Youth Influence Council/Youth Action Council and other engaging opportunities with local agencies.

To learn more about the program, go to https://www.fara4kids.org/.  

Dewbre wanted to help PEACE at Home right away when told he was advancing to the graduate phase in the program.  Dewbre stated, “Some people need help and having options for hygiene when they start over or need it most can make a difference.”  He has placed donation boxes at the PEACE at home office located at 1202 SE Douglas Avenue and FARA office located at 505 SE Main Street.

Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court, with Honorable Judge Robert B. Johnson, operates under the jurisdiction of Douglas County Circuit Court. The structure is designed to reduce recidivism, address substance use disorders, and provide the opportunity to look beyond the criminal act to consider the larger context of their life and future.  Graduate Community projects take place during the final phase of the program and are a time for participants to show their personal growth, societal development, and an internal shift that pushes them to reach a higher potential.

Graduate flyers are placed on the Douglas County website through the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) under H.O.P.E. Drug Court, go to https://douglascountyor.gov/851/HOPE-Drug-Court.  

Providing Hope Project (Photo) -02/28/25

ROSEBURG, OR -- H.O.P.E. Drug Court graduate phase participant collects needed clothing, nonperishable food and toiletries for the Roseburg Dream Center.

The Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court program is preparing for their 109^th graduation on May 13, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Cascade Hall building.  Graduate hopeful Zachary Thor Schwab is seeking assistance for his project to obtain clothing, nonperishable food items and toiletries for the Roseburg Dream Center. 

The Dream Center was started by Matthew Barnett in Los Angeles over 30 years ago.  In 2009, he came and spoke to a local church in Roseburg, and twelve people from the church went and served at the Los Angeles Dream Center on a short-term mission, and they came back wanting to see Roseburg transformed through meeting people's needs.  The Roseburg Dream Center started in the south end of Roseburg and later moved to the current location on Diamond Lake Boulevard.  Today, they offer free clothing, have a food pantry and are working to expand services in order to bring solutions to the growing needs in the community.

Schwab has previously used their services and decided to have his community project benefit the Roseburg Dream Center.  Besides clothing, food, and toiletry items, he is seeking sponsors and assistance to provide a meal on April 21, 2025 during a Connecting Point service day for those attending to seek help.  Connecting Point is a mobile navigation program consisting of local agency members who travel to various locations to meet people to assist with identification, jobs, housing, Naloxone, testing kits, hygiene and more.

A donation box to drop off items is located at the Douglas County Courthouse in the Juvenile Department Lobby, first floor (west side of the building above Veteran Services, Room 105A), 1036 SE Douglas Avenue.  A second box is located at Adapt Integrated Healthcare on the second floor in the lobby at 621 W Madrone.  Schwab stated, "This is a way to give back for the times I was able to use their services.  The Roseburg Dream Center has always been helpful, kind, and has never turned me away." 

Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court, with Honorable Judge Robert B. Johnson, operates under the jurisdiction of Douglas County Circuit Court. The structure is designed to reduce recidivism, address substance use disorders, and provide the opportunity to look beyond the criminal act to consider the larger context of their life and future.  Graduate Community projects take place during the final phase of the program and are a time for participants to show their personal growth, societal development, and an internal shift that pushes them to reach a higher potential.

Graduate flyers are placed on the Douglas County website through the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) under H.O.P.E. Drug Court, go to https://douglascountyor.gov/851/HOPE-Drug-Court.  

Recovery Bound With Hope Project (Photo) -02/26/25

ROSEBURG, OR -- H.O.P.E. Drug Court graduate phase participants collect needed books and medical equipment for the Douglas County Jail.

The Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court program is preparing for their 109^th graduation on May 13, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in the Cascade Hall building.  Graduate hopefuls Robert Nichols-Wood and Norbert Huntley are seeking paperback books and medical equipment items for the Douglas County Jail. 

While incarcerated or in the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program in the Douglas County Jail, providing access to books and educational materials can have a transformative effect on individuals and promote rehabilitation. Books have long served a bridge to the outside world and allow a person to engage with thinking and ideas that can open their mind.  Wellpath, the jail medical provider, utilizes medical equipment when available and necessary during  discharge planning for clients in need of assistance at the time of release.  There are a number of mobility reasons a person may need a cane, crutches, walker or wheelchair. 

Nichols-Wood and Huntley are taking this opportunity for their community project to ask for new or gently used items.   Nichols-Wood noted, "Books help keep my mind quiet and were the stepping stones to the beginning of my recovery journey.  Seeking medical equipment was an added bonus for the jail which will assist others in need."  Huntley added, "There is knowledge and comfort in reading books.  It's an escape and meditation for the mind where you can relieve stress."  Per the Jail Commander, books can only be paperback and need to refrain from any sexually explicit material or photos, and no magazines of any kind or hard cover books.  Per the Jail Discharge Planner, medical equipment can be gently used or new.  To jumpstart the book drive process, the Friends of the Library already have a scheduled book sale in the Roseburg Public Library Ford Conference Room starting Thursday, February 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and continues to Friday, February 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

A donation box to drop off paperback books is located at Clint Newell Motors, 1481 NE Stephens Street.  Grove Medical will have a drop box to accept medical equipment at 2260 NW Stewart Parkway.  We thank both community partners for their assistance with this project and allowing space to receive items.

Douglas County H.O.P.E. Drug Court, with Honorable Judge Robert B. Johnson, operates under the jurisdiction of Douglas County Circuit Court. The structure is designed to reduce recidivism, address substance use disorders, and provide the opportunity to look beyond the criminal act to consider the larger context of their life and future.  Graduate Community projects take place during the final phase of the program and is a time for participants to show their personal growth, societal development, and an internal shift that pushes them to reach a higher potential.

Graduate flyers will be placed on the Douglas County website through the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) under H.O.P.E. Drug Court, go to https://douglascountyor.gov/851/HOPE-Drug-Court.