About Us
Mission Statement
Anchor Homes, Inc is a 501c3 non-profit corporation that operates a faith-based recovery program. Our mission is one of great priority. We believe in helping people of all races, nationality, social class, religion, gender, and language, with recovery programming and housing. We believe that the answer to addiction is Jesus Christ. Whether people accept Jesus Christ as their savior, does not affect their needs, and will not affect our actions. It is the action of loving one another as Jesus loves us, that will open the door to their hearts for Jesus to walk into.
THE DUNBAR TRAINING CENTER
This is a project that has been in development for over two years. It is our vision to have a vocational school that will teach basic appliance repair, automotive repair, HVAC refrigeration, Electrical and Plumbing. Many of our participants have never had an opportunity to learn skills that can support them legally and abundantly, without the perils and interactions that come with addiction and criminality. By teaching these skills, then we give them a true opportunity to recovery from a life of crime and drugs.
GIVE HIM PRAISE!!
Give Him Praise, continues to be the greatest night of the month. As we are blessed to have a recovery meeting that gives our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the Praise and recognition for our sobriety. We come together and fellowship. We hear and give testimonies. We listen to a message from God, on recovery. We worship together. We celebrate our clean time and the participant's completing various phases of their treatment.
Meet our Leadership
Executive Director Justin Withrow, VP, BSN
Mr. Withrow, BSN serves as our Executive Director for Anchor Homes. He has varied experience, from being a nurse in a busy Hospital Emergency Room, to being a Peer Support Specialist at The Rock Ministries. He rebuilt The Rock Ministries after there was a change in middle management, he had been tasked with supervising our Huntington Sober Homes. He continued to climb the leadership ladder all the way to Executive Director. He is currently serving as Pastor of The Anchor, Family Worship Center. He is an inspiration to many, with working his way from entry level to the top, balancing work, spiritual, and family life, and continuing to grow personally, accepting new challenges daily and making himself available to his peers and staff.
Property Director Joshua Sowards, VP,PRSS
Mr. Sowards serves as an Assistant Director of Anchor Homes. He is a testament to the effectiveness of the program. He worked the program to the letter of the contract and is a good role model because he doesn't ask the participants to do something that he hasn't done or wouldn't do. He is devoted to the program and to Ten Up Ministries Church. He teaches his guys how to be self-sufficient and shows them the Love that Jesus teaches us to show. After graduating the program, Mr. Sowards accepted a position as a specimen technician, where he has worked his way up the ladder and in a multitude of positions to become Assistant Director for the Anchor Homes Residential Recovery Program. He also serves a dual role as Fleet Manager, responsible for care and maintenance of over 20 vehicles.
Residential Director Mark Alderman, PRSS
Mr. Alderman serves as an Assistant Director of Anchor Homes. He is a product of the typical struggle with addiction. Sometimes you have to just keep getting that white tag and keep getting that white tag until it holds. He knows all the paths of recovery, and has spent many years of doing it wrong, so now he knows how to do it right. He does a great job of leading the participants by example. He has experience at Anchor Homes as a participant, Recovery Point, Oxford House, and others. He has been with Anchor for over 2 years. First as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist with our Prep Program. Then he switched to the Long-term side. He quickly earned the title of Head Coach. Anchor is lucky to still have his dedication and dependability.
Capacity Manager - Heather Alderman, SC, PRSS
Heather started her path in recovery at Recovery Point. She worked in the Peer Mentor office. This is where she realized that she wanted to help others to get what she has been given. She started at Anchor over 2 years ago. She has served in several administrative roles as well as roles that she was providing services to clients. No matter what she sets her mind to, she masters' it.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - ANTHONY DOOLEY, PRSS
Dooley is the newest member to the management team. He brings experience, genuine desire to help people, and a positive demeanor that cannot be surpassed by anyone. He is a blessing to the agency and to the guys entering recovery at our Kenova, WV MAT Prep facility. office. Dooley's experience includes Recovery Point and Harmony House. He has proven himself to be a driven hard working, man of God that leaves every place that he goes, a better place than it was.
ADMINISTRATOR - LINDSEY LANHAM, PRSS
Lindsey started her history with Anchor, as a participant. She did not technically graduate, although she was in the program long enough to be considered for graduation. She left Anchor Homes to move into a program that allowed her children to be at the property. After she acquired sufficient time without a reoccurance of use, to become a recovery coach, she started working for Anchor Project Center as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist. She was one of the first coaches to start the Huntington region's program. Lindsey's next placement with the company was at the PREP unit in Cross Lanes. She did such a good job working with the females as they enter recovery, that she was later promoted to Shift Leader. She has been the Leader of the female Prep unit for next to two years. While in this position, she has purchased a home and solidified her own recovery by achieving the "American Dream" of home ownership while leading newcomers into recovery by setting an example and being the role model, that Anchor Homes female population needs. #anchorstrong
