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Welcome to Serenity House Communities!
Serenity House Communities (SHC) is a recovery community organization founded in 2015 by Tara Moreno-Wallen as a substance use disorder prevention & recovery support service. SHC provides substance use and co-occurring disorder support for men & women in Lapeer & Genesee counties. Services are conducted utilizing a Community Resiliency model that meets participants in their current stage of change and empowers them towards a path of recovery. SHC provides a wide spectrum of services including advocacy and educational events to reduce stigma, recovery coaching and recovery support groups. The organization specializes in the delivery of holistic medicine approaches that range from Recovery Reiki to Yoga & Acupuncture. SHC is committed to promoting change and awareness, reducing stigma and shame by providing a better understanding of recovery. All services and projects conducted by SHC take place in a strategic planning framework that includes attention to assessing the needs of our participants; assessing and building capacity for the benefit of our participants, researching, and applying evidence-based and culturally accepted healing approaches and using outcome and evaluation to drive services, as evidenced by the results of our data collection and analysis. SHC is aware of cultural diversity and provides cultural competency awareness that helps those who are affiliated with SHC to effectively operate within different cultural contexts with sensitivity toward members of other ethnic or cultural groups. This project is part of a growing trend to establish RCO’s across the country. The formation of a Recovery Community Organization also supports peer development, within a Recovery Oriented System of Care framework.
Meet the Team
Founder & Executive Director
Tara Moreno-Wallen, M.A., ADS, holds a Master’s Degree in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s in Telecommunications from Michigan State University. Tara worked as a news reporter for four years before becoming the founder and executive director of Serenity House in 2015. Her inspiration came from her own recovery journey. She trained in Recovery Coaching through Genesee Health Systems in 2016 and is a member of the Genesee County Prevention Coalition. She also sits on Genesee County’s Family Against Narcotics advisory board. Other networks also include Faces & Voices for Recovery and Mobilize Recovery, national organizations geared at eradicating addiction stigma and unifying people in recovery. Tara is also a certified Reiki Master Teacher, developer of Recovery Reiki, and a certified Acudetox Specialist.
Ms. Moreno is experienced in non-profit board development and recruitment, strategic planning, and budget crafting and implementation. Her role includes developing, leading on, and managing project strategies and work plans; managing and supervising staff and directing tasks on individual projects; providing strategic guidance of varying substance to staff on a wide variety of issues; directing stakeholder interactions, including facilitating meetings, calls, presentations, and conferences; contributing to planning and new outreach development, including drafting proposals for potential clients. Tara collaborates with individuals and/or organizations such as law enforcement, health care and other community resources and systems in Genesee County and other regions in the state of Michigan to establish working relationships and systems of referral and engagement with recovery coaches and recovery support services.
Todd Fowler > Director of Recovery & Wellness Services
Todd Fowler > Director of Recovery & Wellness Services
Todd Fowler > Director of Recovery & Wellness Services
Todd Fowler has been in recovery for over three years. He lived in active addiction for 28 years. Todd says, the disease of addiction took away all his hopes and dreams, till he became clean and started his journey in recovery. Todd is a CCAR trained Recovery Coach & now our Director of Recovery & Wellness. He has been working hard within
Todd Fowler has been in recovery for over three years. He lived in active addiction for 28 years. Todd says, the disease of addiction took away all his hopes and dreams, till he became clean and started his journey in recovery. Todd is a CCAR trained Recovery Coach & now our Director of Recovery & Wellness. He has been working hard within the organization to provide services for men & women in recovery. Todd uses the practice of meditation and acudetox to sustain his recovery. He has a weekly men’s meditation group (Thursday's @ 5pm) he facilitates at Serenity House in Flint.
Darci Pickett > Community Development Coordinator
Todd Fowler > Director of Recovery & Wellness Services
Todd Fowler > Director of Recovery & Wellness Services
We are excited to welcome Darci Pickett to the Serenity House family! Darci graduated with her BA from the University of Michigan-Flint and has been helping others from a young age, volunteering at nursing homes, soup kitchens, and clothing closets in her hometown of Clio.
Family is everything to Darci. She treasures being a mom to her d
We are excited to welcome Darci Pickett to the Serenity House family! Darci graduated with her BA from the University of Michigan-Flint and has been helping others from a young age, volunteering at nursing homes, soup kitchens, and clothing closets in her hometown of Clio.
Family is everything to Darci. She treasures being a mom to her daughter and son, considering them her greatest joy. Darci is blessed with amazing friends and family, a support system she cherishes deeply.
Her extensive experience with non-profits, including the American Cancer Society and Whaley Children's Center, drew her to Serenity House. Witnessing the tangible help provided daily, from rides to peer recovery counseling, inspired her to join our team.
Having faced significant loss in the past six years, including her father, sister, and mother, Darci's personal recovery journey fuels her passion for aiding others. She feels honored and excited to be part of Serenity House, and we are thrilled to have her with us.
Joan Bovee > Office Manager
Chasity Bowers > Peer Recovery Coaching Supervisor
Chasity Bowers > Peer Recovery Coaching Supervisor
Joan is 54 years young. Wife, mother, and daughter. She lives a holistic lifestyle, and loves reiki, energy work and all holistic ways of healing. She loves to travel (she's been to 5 different countries) and experience new cultures. What drew Joan to Serenity House was the compassion everyone has for helping those in recovery. She beli
Joan is 54 years young. Wife, mother, and daughter. She lives a holistic lifestyle, and loves reiki, energy work and all holistic ways of healing. She loves to travel (she's been to 5 different countries) and experience new cultures. What drew Joan to Serenity House was the compassion everyone has for helping those in recovery. She believes the holistic ways are a much better way of healing than the traditional pharmaceutical way. She loves seeing participants smile when they leave their coach or having people thank Serenity House for all the beautiful classes they offer. She truly loves her job and what Serenity House does for those in recovery.
Chasity Bowers > Peer Recovery Coaching Supervisor
Chasity Bowers > Peer Recovery Coaching Supervisor
Chasity Bowers > Peer Recovery Coaching Supervisor
My name is Chasity Bowers, I'm a person who is in long term recovery, I've been on this journey for over 4 years. I enjoy spending quality time with my 2 sons, spending time outdoors, meditating and exploring different holistic modalities. I am thankful to be here with Serenity House Communities and to be able to help others who are on t
My name is Chasity Bowers, I'm a person who is in long term recovery, I've been on this journey for over 4 years. I enjoy spending quality time with my 2 sons, spending time outdoors, meditating and exploring different holistic modalities. I am thankful to be here with Serenity House Communities and to be able to help others who are on their own journey, no matter where they're at and what that looks like for them, as well as continue working on personal growth within myself. I'm a Certified Peer Recovery Coach and now Serenity House's Peer Recovery Coaching Supervisor! I'm so happy to be a part of this team and be part of what Serenity House stands for.
Brandon Riha/ Accountant
Psalm Bingham / Data Specialist
Psalm Bingham / Data Specialist
Psalm Bingham / Data Specialist
Candice Campbell / Communications Consultant
Psalm Bingham / Data Specialist
Psalm Bingham / Data Specialist
Cole Eckerman / Development Consultant
Psalm Bingham / Data Specialist
Cole Eckerman / Development Consultant
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Katie Crow / Doula
Katie Crow / Doula
Katie Crow / Doula
Katie is a mom to six, a wife, and a passionate advocate for women in every stage of motherhood. After spending four years involved in a crisis pregnancy center in Port Huron she transitioned into birth work. She loves to hold space for moms no matter their struggles or birth choices and empowering them in their decisions. As a Certified
Katie is a mom to six, a wife, and a passionate advocate for women in every stage of motherhood. After spending four years involved in a crisis pregnancy center in Port Huron she transitioned into birth work. She loves to hold space for moms no matter their struggles or birth choices and empowering them in their decisions. As a Certified Doula she is fun, compassionate, and knowledgeable. "I will walk with you through all the emotions of birth. Both the birth of your baby, and the birth of you as a mom."
Kara Dahlberg / Massage Therapist
Katie Crow / Doula
Katie Crow / Doula
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“During my first Reiki session I experienced something I hadn’t felt in more than a decade: I was relaxed, anxiety free, and happy.”
Serena Gunn, Addiction Counselor
