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TEXARKANA, Texas – A Texarkana non-profit dedicated to helping parolees find a higher purpose is expanding its facility.

Since opening in 2020, Restoration of Hope has helped 1500 men off the streets and out of prison. There’s currently 65 men in their facility and care homes.

Founder Danny Stone says they’ve just opened a new chapel and are adding 24 more beds to the facility.

“We teach them financial classes, budgeting, we help them repair their credit. Whatever the devil stole from them in their addiction, we’re here to restore it through the love of Jesus Christ,” said Stone.

See the video at KTBS.com.

TEXARKANA, Texas– “Turning a mess into a message” is the motto the men at Restoration of Hope live by and also the same words plastered on the walls of the new transitional home.

On Wednesday, Restoration of Hope held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil Hope Chapel, its new bunkhouse facility at 1116 Walnut St. The ceremony brought out Mayor Bob Bruggeman; Denis Washington, CEO of Texarkana USA Chamber of Commerce; and other officials and residents.

Read more at the Texarkana Gazette.

TEXARKANA, Texas – Figuring out life after prison can be difficult to navigate, especially without any guidance or resources.

That’s why a new christian ministry in Texarkana, Texas is stepping up to help parolees, not only get back on their feet, but change their lives.

The Restoration of Hope House has received many letters requesting to be part of their new upcoming program.

Read more and see the video at KTBS.com.

TEXARKANA, Texas – Helping those men recently released from prison and mentoring them to become devoted to God is the mission of the Restoration of Hope Center, soon to open on Hazel Street

The center, at 1217 Hazel St., served for about 30 years as the Hazel Street Recovery Center for addicted and troubled youth before it closed in 2017. Now it’s being renovated for men who have been, or will soon be, paroled from prison – men who are now looking for a higher purpose in life.

“We like to say that we aren’t a halfway house,” said the center’s director, Danny Stone. “We are an all-the-way house for Jesus Christ.”

Read more at the Texarkana Gazette.