About the Red Tulip Project

monarch meadow house - a white ranch with black roof and shutters

Our Purpose

The Red Tulip Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit public charity. Our Mission is to provide recovery housing for women in Geauga County. We are dedicated to raising community awareness concerning addiction issues and services. We have constructed, opened, and now operate Monarch Meadow, a level 2 recovery home in Claridon Township. We assist tenants with transportation to counseling, training, employment, and meetings and provide resources to promote healing.

The purpose of The Red Tulip Project is to raise funds to construct, maintain, and operate a recovery house for women in Geauga County, to assist tenants with transportation to counseling, training, and employment, and to provide resources to promote healing. 

The Red Tulip Project (RTP), adopted the red tulip as a symbol of hope and healing.

Healing a community

An unplanned outcome from our efforts has been providing an outlet for the community to be educated about addiction and the impact of the Opiate Epidemic. It has given individuals an opportunity to contribute, no matter how large or small an amount in combatting this scourge on our society, thus diminishing their feelings of helplessness. So many people contributed as they could to make this dream a reality. The construction industry was amazingly generous in donating labor and materials. Many people in recovery donating or working on the house were humbled and honored to give back so others might have opportunity for the same positive transformation they had experienced. Families in mourning channeled their grief into something positive and beautiful.

 

Giving Back

We encourage Monarch Meadow tenants to volunteer and give back to the community on a monthly basis. Some examples of volunteering included: making food for a homeless shelter, making blankets for CASA, community festivals, a gardening project, fundraising, supporting local churches at events, sorting clothes, and helping at our main fundraiser- Pasta with A Purpose. 

Through RTP’s supportive efforts, several of our tenants have accomplished some incredible personal goals, including:

  • Regaining RN License
  • Regaining Custody of Children
  • Gaining Visitation with Children
  • Purchasing a Home
  • Getting Married
  • Moving into a Career with Benefits  
  • Graduating Drug Court
  • Graduating College
  • Expungement of Records
  • Regaining Driving Privileges
  • Moving from Disabled to Employed
  • Gaining Independence
  • Mending Family Relationships
  • Paying Off Debt

We Believe

WE BELIEVE that living “recovery” provides the essential and hopeful message that recovery is possible and that sober people can have a better future by persevering and being fully dedicated to this process.

WE BELIEVE abstinence from a substance is being sober, not living recovery.

WE BELIEVE recovery is the action part of being sober.

WE BELIEVE becoming engaged with a long-term, freely available, community-based recovery support resource like a 12-step program will help sustain sobriety.

WE BELIEVE laughter and joy are significant in recovery.

WE BELIEVE peer recovery support services and Level 2 recovery housing are vital in the continuum of care and are a launching pad for successful, healthy living.

WE BELIEVE recovery produces an entirely new outlook on life, circumstances, and others.

WE BELIEVE the Red Tulip Project helps individuals and is a benefit to our community as well.

WE BELIEVE in celebrating milestones in recovery.

We BELIEVE holistic recovery is important.

WE BELIEVE that RTP is not a sober house; it is a recovery home that provides opportunities for holistic healing in SAMHSA’s 8 dimensions of wellness: the emotional, physical, occupational, intellectual, financial, social, environmental, and spiritual parts are interconnected, one dimension building on another. RTP also recognizes that we live in a multicultural world, and wellness encompasses areas that may not be listed on this chart. Wellness is about how we live our lives and the joy, fulfillment, and health we experience from it despite where we have been. It is where we are going and embracing it positively.

Examples How RTP Can Provide for Holistic Growth

Physical
  • Ubuntu
  • YMCA passes
  • Exercise space & equipment on-site
  • Wellness Classes & literature in nutritional wellness.

Emotional
  • Peer Support and Case Management
  • Open door policy with staff
  • Listening empathetically and without judgment when someone needs to talk
  • Being physically present and a hug when appropriate
  • Validating feelings
  • Offering positive feedback and possible solutions
  • Connection to resources in the community to address mental health issues

Spiritual &
Recovery Support
  • Big Book Study
  • Life Recovery Group
  • Meditation Garden
  • Meditation room in the house
  • Peer-led morning meditation with Devotionals
  • Church connections
  • SMART Recovery Life Skills

Intellectual
  • Assist and support with getting GED or Certifications
  • College support
  • Opportunities for learning

Occupational
  • Assist in finding a job.
  • rovide transportation to/from work.
  • Connect to resources to assist in career exploration or job search.

Financial
  • Budgeting assistance with accountability
  • Financial literacy options, save for independent living
  • Paying bills on time and debt reduction
  • Subsidized rent and utilities

Environmental
  • A structured and supportive home environment
  • Vegetable garden
  • 12- step Meditation Garden

Social
  • Doing check-ins
  • Sharing information and resources
  • Sharing meals and cooking for each other
  • Taking women to meetings
  • Sober outings

Other
  • Learning to live in a group “family” setting: Sharing chores, assertive communication, time management, following routines and schedules, setting and completing goals
  • Volunteering to give back to the community

Qualified staff

We employ trained, certified, licensed peer recovery support staff to maintain high quality standards in a rapidly changing sober living industry. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Laura Christian, President
  • Terry Zion, Vice President
  • Blythe Petrella, Secretary
  • Dianne Kellogg, Treasurer

  • Barb Contorno

  • John Dorsey

  • Isabella Evans

  • Renee Molzon

  • Jerrod Ronyak

Interested in becoming a board member?

Contact us to get the conversation started, or
Download the Board Application, Fill out and mail to P.O. Box 322, East Claridon, OH 44033-0322 and we’ll contact you as soon as we’ve reviewed your application!