Charles Lee Knuckles
Founder
Stanley Phillip Rice
Vice President
Kent D. Henry   
President / Chairman
 




















Pastor Cheryl A. Boyd, MS
Non-Profit Advisor




















Gary Klein, PhD / Treasurer
Resident Services Coordinator

















  Javier Marrero
Outreach Coordinator
Walter Kaminski
Secretary

Head of Mentoring Committee
The Alumni Group, Incorporated

Project Description



The Alumni Group (T.A.G.) is a non-profit
organization formed in 2006 by graduates of a Christ-
centered addictions recovery program (the group was
mentoring men 5 years prior to forming as a 501 (c)(3)
organization). Empowered by their own recovery and
a vision of supporting the extended recovery of others,
the mission of T.A.G. is to mentor low-income, at-risk
men who have recovered from their addictions but
who need support in developing the life skills
necessary to reunite with their families and become
productive members of the community. T.A.G.’s
Founder and Executive Director, Charles Knuckles, is
currently the Director of Rescue and Recovery of
CityTeam, San Jose, CA Chapter, and provides
consistent and regular support for the local group. T.A.
G. President, Kent Henry, and Vice President,
Reverend Stanley Rice, are the local leaders of the
Christ-centered non-profit organization that is T.A.G.

To accomplish its mission, T.A.G. has acquired its first
home in the Chester area for transitional living. Each
home will provide living space for three residents.  
Mentors who have developed the life and social skills
necessary  for success in "main stream life" will each
be matched to a resident.

T.A.G.’s philosophy of empowering men in transition
differs from traditional halfway house approaches. In
brief, our approach derives from focusing on the
spiritual and social development of each man in the
context of becoming a strong family figure and a
positive community influence.   

T.A.G. members are eager to create the type of
communal arrangement that many of them wished
they had during the formative period of their own
recoveries, and want to mentor those who are
recovered in a home-like setting.  T.A.G. is finalizing
the finer details of the mentoring relationship, which
include selection and matching criteria and the “Exit
Plan” that will serve as a basis for each relationship.  
In brief, the Exit Plan will include employment,
education, financial savings, social and spiritual goals
established by the resident, who will be provided with
an ideal environment and social relationships to
facilitate the accomplishment of their goals.  Residents
will be granted a 6 month to two year period at the
TAG house in which to complete their goals.

It is TAG's desire that these men would go on to
become part of the decision making process of this
ministry.

If you desire to follow-up with us, you can reach our
President, Kent Henry at 610-800-2994 and kent.
henry@att.net or our Vice President/Director of
Mentoring, Minister Stanley Rice at 484-919-0402 or
stanrice09@comcast.net.


God Bless!

Our Inspiration


This group is Christ inspired and motivated to develop
social and moral productivity in men who have had
problems with substance abuse through a plan of
mentoring and housing provision.

The Alumni Group will work with men who have a
minimum of ten months of freedom from addiction in a
substance abuse rehabilitation facility or recovery mission,
a revealed potential for successful recovery, and are
moving into the transitional phase of their rehabilitation.
We are dedicated to men who truly desire a total change of
lifestyle, but need guidance developing the life and social
skills necessary for such change.

The human support and services we provide helps the
person use and refine those skills. The goal is
interdependence and productivity in “mainstream” life,
and service to their community.

Our mentoring concepts are developed and established
from biblical principles through our faith in God and His
immutable wisdom. We stand on the belief that people can
be “recovered” through freedom in
                          Jesus Christ                                       
                    
                   Minister Stanley Phillip Rice “09”


















Clifton J. Johnson
Assistant Treasurer