Exodus Homes "We Do Recover" Inside Outreach Brings Hope to Ridgeview

The Exodus Homes and Exodus Missionary Outreach Church "We Do Recover" community outreach event drew a packed crowd of 300 people to the Brown Penn Gym in Ridgeview on Saturday. The event included free HIV testing by the Aids Leadership Foothill Alliance (ALFA) plus outreach from the Hickory Police Department DAVID PACT unit, and the Hickory Fire Department. Free clothes, food, groceries, furniture, hair cuts and manicures were given away to those who came for hope and encouragement that recovery from addiction, incarceration or any traumatic life experience is possible. Sgt. Mike Beam of the Hickory Police Department is seen holding Jalil Smith with Amber Jones and Keisha McClem who attended the outreach event.