Will you rise to the challenge?
The 100&1 Club is a new Teen Challenge SA initiative raising money to help people overcome addiction. It involves 100+ people raising $1,000 each (or more!) over 10 weeks. The 100&1 Club members undertake self-directed activities as an individual or team that are challenging, enjoyable and fun, such as getting fit, cleaning out your shed,…
Building faith, building fences!
One of the many battles Teen Challenge SA faced to acquire the new Strathalbyn facility was objections raised by neighbours that having people recovering from drug, alcohol and substance addiction made them feel unsafe.
Our Promised Land
It didn’t quite take 40 years – although sometimes it felt like it – but our move to Strathalbyn has certainly yielded milk and honey – and alpacas, sheep, goats, turkey, geese, chickens, ducks and guinea fowl.
You got us over the line!
In the summer 2020 edition of our newsletter, we announced that Teen Challenge had been given a God-opportunity to purchase a new rehabilitation facility in Strathalbyn and that a major partner offered support of a low-interest loan of 1.2 million dollars to see this vision of a permanent home come into being. We are pleased…
Autumn 2021 appeal letter
Teen Challenge SA relies heavily on donations within the church and the community. Please consider supporting us today. All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Donate here. Stirring waters Do you sometimes just know that you know something is going to happen? You cannot explain it; you don’t even know what it is. You…
Summer 2020 appeal letter
Teen Challenge SA relies heavily on donations within the church and the community. Please consider supporting us today. All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Donate here. An urgent and important request A Tale of Two Cities starts with, ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’. I am writing…
Teen Challenge on the radio
On Sunday 22 November 2020, Teen Challenge SA was invited to speak on 1079 Life as part of their Sunday Night Talk segment with Paul and Laureen Newsham. Two of our students, Trystram and Tavis, shared their stories on-air about addiction and rehab, and Trystram even performed a song he wrote. Our CEO Graham also…
Spring 2020 appeal letter
Sometimes you just have to choose!
New board member at Teen Challenge
We recently welcomed Pastor Greg Donald to the Teen Challenge SA board. Greg is the senior pastor of Engage Church Kadina, and he is an ordained minister with Australian Christian Churches. Before this appointment, Greg spent over ten years pastoring in the Northern Territory. In the Northern Territory, he managed four crisis intervention youth centres…
Intake procedure now online
With the onset of COVID-19, we have made some changes to our intake procedure. We now have an online intake form on our website. New applicants can make an online application, which is then emailed directly to our intake officer. The good thing about an online form is that when someone decides to consider rehab,…