Kelowna recovery house expands again as needs rise

This is an article snippet from a Castanet.net article posted November 1, 2024

In the more than 20 years since Freedom’s Door opened in Kelowna they’ve helped hundreds of people achieve a sober life and plans are in the works to help more.

“We were a group of businessmen who saw what was going on in downtown with drugs and homelessness, and there was little or no help for men with long-term recovery available,” Tom Smithwick, one of the founding members said.

“We started in September of 2002 with 10 people in a rented premises and over the last 22 years we now have 10 homes and house 100 people.”

They also run a program that has helped 2,000 men in their sobriety journey, he said.

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