By: Charlotte Smith
The Opioid Task Force has been trying to find new ways to offer treatment and support for addicts in Bladen County. Back in January, Bladen County Commissioner and Chairman of the task force, Charles Ray Peterson said he had received a letter from Albemarle Teen Challenge.
Peterson explained to the group at the January meeting the members with Albermarle Teen Challenge was requesting a meeting with the Bladen County Opioid Task Force. Since January, Teen Challenge has been raising money to apply towards the purchase of a home on Lula Long Road in Ammon.
The Bladen County Teen Challenge, is a treatment program that will be offered to women, when the group reaches their fundraising goal. Amy Munn, a leader with the task force and a member of Windsor UMC, reported that Pastor Holly with the Teen Challenge program, said, the church is still actively fundraising and still has about $20,000 to raise.
She said, “We know God has called us to come to the area to help and we look forward to serving women overcoming addiction. God is faithful and He is always on time. We are grateful for the churches, and those in the community who have been praying for us and taking an active role in helping us move forward with the procurement of a property that will soon offer hope to women in the area!”
Donations go towards the down payment of the Teen Challenge facility and the group’s goal is to have the down payment submitted prior to May 15th. If anyone would like to make a donation to Teen Challenge they may visit https://
Elizabeth City, NC 27906.
The group has to raise $20,000 more dollars to pay for the facility which is the house in the photos published in this article. Currently, Bladen County does have a treatment center for men, which is Southeastern Carolina Crossroads, however there is no facility treatment program for women in the mother county.
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