Mayor Matt chats with Ora Smith and Afet Kilinc of the Freedom Center in Mount Vernon. The Freedom Center provides quality behavioral healthcare, and prevention education for children, adolescents, and adults.
Addiction and mental health are two issues that are interrelated. Persons experiencing trauma on top of these other two issues requires a community to come together for solutions.
Recently, the Freedom Center purchased a building downtown in Mount Vernon and plans to move therapy and education sessions to that location while renovating their current location to a recovery house. To do so, the Freedom Center is accepting tax-deductible donations to cover a matching pledge up to $300,000 for the costs.
Interested parties may visit https://freedomctr.net to make donations.
Mayor Matt Starr visits with different community leaders in Mount Vernon, Knox County, and within the State of Ohio to discuss issues relevant to the quality of life and the economic, social, and cultural sustainability of the community.