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July 18, 2022 – The McShin Foundation, a recovery community organization in Henrico County, offered its facilities for Johnston’s stop in Virginia. The foundation provides services to recovering addicts including recovery and reentry to society programs, sober living facilities and court advocacy.

John Shinholser, McShin’s president, says speakers like Johnston are crucial to his foundation’s participants who are struggling with addiction themselves, to show them they aren’t alone in their fight.

“It’s critical for new participants to be exposed to these types of community events and the social connection that conveys a sense of hope,” Shinholser said. “Jeff Johnston is a man who had a lot of things happen to him that could have made him a bitter, angry recluse, but he chose to turn that into something positive and make a difference.”

Shinholser calls people like Johnston “hope dealers.” 

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