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Facts of Funding:

• It costs $4,650 to treat a CLM student
• Our annual budet is over $500,000
• None of our staff receives benefits
• A typical month's power bill is $2,500
• $500 is spent weekly at the grocery
• Our equipment and office supplies lack proper adjustment at times.

What good is any of this?

I had the same question ten years ago when I entered the program at Christian Love Ministries.  I had never known God as God truly is.  The transformation in my life from selfless giving, offering, guidence and support has made me a lifelong supporter of the program at Christian Love.  Besides volunteering hundreds of hours behind the main reception desk as a weekend volunteer, I've spent hundreds more hours and dollars creating a web presence spanning multiple hosts, web affiliates, technologies and learning experiences so that the words, the spirit, the vibe, wisdom, strength and power of God's Love might find different, wider avenues to travel on the road to meet some random person- some drug addicted, worthless bon à rien with alcohol pouring out of his pours.  My skills pay $140 more an hour NOT working on this site, but the gift of giving and the hope for healing some other as I was so undeservedly keeps me here 15 to 20% of my online time.

 

P.S., and by ALL means, if PC / IT / Web Development / SEO / PHP / or scripting is your cup of tea....You have yourself a job!  Email me below.  Your help would be appreciated.  Even if all you have to offer is PC equipment, please contact me as it can be put to good use in KEEPING THE VISION ALIVE...  Mark V., CEO, Home PC Crew, Inc - Hickory/Charlotte/Los Angeles/San Diego/Baton Rouge; Microsoft Certified Partners

  Please contact me with site problems at web@christianloveministries.net

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Meet the CLM Staff

This week we feature a staff member, and the rest will be here soon!

Mick McCloskey, M.A., CACIII

• This photo was not actually taken in the 1800's, a better one will arrive soon!  Mick is the Men's Program Coordinator and Counselor.  He is no stranger to lifestyles of the poor and addicted.
• Last fall Mick celebrated four years of sobriety and is quick to note that his relationship as employee for Denny Smith (Director), and most importantly his relationship with Jesus the Christ have made this possible for him.  According to Mick the last 21 years of his life are full of highs and lows, as he puts it.  Mick was sober for 16 years from alcohol and street drugs, but in 2001 after developing an anxiety disorder, he began taking prescription medications.  With a Master's degree, a certificate as a licensed substance abuse counselor, a house, a wonderful family and so many other things sobriety had brought him over 16 years, he found out the hard way that once one is an addict, one will always be an addict. 

  Mick ended up on the streets of Santa Barbara, California.  The next he remembers he was at a low point in his life in the Intensive Care Unit at Murphy Medical Center.  He had just tried to take his own life. 

  Mr. McCloskey found his way into the program at Christian Love as a student, having no idea what God had in store for him.  After graduation and spending some time in recovery, Mick was eventually hired to the leadership role he now fills at Christian Love.  Over the years he has touched the lives of hundreds of families and individuals through the ministry.  Many students have quckly come to appreciate and respect Mick for his sincere efforts to assist recovering addicts in any way possible.  The rapport which he is able to acheive with each student could not be, were he not subjected to so much anguish and pain earlier in his life.  Thank God for Mick, and thanks to Mick for helping to carry out God's ultimate plan.

To former students:

If you had a favorite staff member, or a certain individual who reached out to you or had some positive impact on your life, please write about it on the CLM Blog.  You can click here to find yourself there.  Thank you.