• We are creating the WMARI Recovery Campus in Norway.

• The campus will unite The HILLS Recovery Center with a new 10-bed women’s recovery residence.

• Construction and painting are already underway!

• The HILLS is expected to move into its new space by November, with the women’s recovery residence hopefully opening early in the new year.

• Donations will directly support the extensive renovations needed to bring this space to life.

• Follow along with our construction progress on Facebook!

• Together, we can give women a safe place to rebuild their lives surrounded by support, connection, and hope.

Five years ago, recovery in Western Maine looked very different.

Today, our community has made remarkable progress. Treatment options have expanded. Recovery support services have grown. Community attitudes are changing. More people than ever are finding recovery, rebuilding their lives, and giving back to their communities.

The Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative (WMARI) has been proud to help lead that transformation.

Founded in 2015, WMARI was created to bring communities together to prevent substance use, expand access to treatment, strengthen long-term recovery, and educate the community. In April 2023, we opened The HILLS Recovery Center, a peer-led recovery center that provides free recovery coaching, support groups, transportation assistance, family support, harm reduction services, resource navigation, and opportunities for connection and purpose.

But as our community has grown stronger, one critical challenge has remained.

For many women, finding recovery housing is one of the greatest barriers to lasting recovery. Too often, women complete treatment only to discover there is nowhere safe, stable, and recovery-focused to continue rebuilding their lives. Without supportive housing, even the strongest commitment to recovery can be undermined by isolation, instability, and a lack of ongoing support.

That is why we are building the WMARI Recovery Campus.

The Recovery Campus will bring together The HILLS Recovery Center and a new 10-bed women's recovery residence, creating something truly unique in Western Maine. Residents will have immediate access to peer recovery coaching, recovery meetings, educational programming, transportation, employment support, pro-social activities, volunteer opportunities, and a welcoming community of people who understand the recovery journey. Recovery will not simply be where they live. It will become part of everyday life.

What makes this project especially meaningful is that it is being designed by people who have lived it.

Our Executive Director is a woman in long-term recovery who lived in nearly a dozen recovery homes during her own journey. Every member of our staff is a person in recovery, and the vision for this campus has been shaped by countless individuals with lived experience who understand both what works and what is often missing. Every design decision is rooted in firsthand experience and guided by the voices of people who have walked this path themselves.

Your investment will help transform an existing building into the WMARI Recovery Campus through extensive renovations that will create welcoming living spaces, recovery programming areas, meeting rooms, offices, and gathering spaces designed to support healing and connection. Every dollar invested helps build an environment where women can find stability, rebuild their lives, and become part of a recovery community that will walk alongside them every step of the way.

This is more than a construction project.

It is an investment in people, families, and the future of Western Maine. Together, we can create a place where hope grows, recovery flourishes, and women have the opportunity not only to survive, but to thrive.

We invite you to become part of this vision. Whether you are an individual, a business, a foundation, or a community partner, your support will help build a lasting legacy of hope, healing, and recovery for generations to come.

Hope Has a Home

Help build the WMARI Recovery Campus, a permanent home for The HILLS Recovery Center and a 10-bed women's recovery residence.