CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For nearly a century, the Charlotte Rescue Mission has provided free residential treatment programs for people struggling with substance abuse. Now, they are the ones who need help.

The Charlotte Rescue Mission is raising money to build a new campus for its program “Rebound for Men." The campus would have living spaces, medical offices and the counseling space to serve more than 100 additional men each year.


What You Need To Know

  • The Charlotte Rescue Mission is raising money to build a new campus for its program “Rebound for Men."

  • The new campus would allow them to offer substance abuse help for more than 100 additional men each year.

  • As of October 27, The Charlotte Rescue Mission has raised just under 50% of its $25 million fundraising goal.

Zach Keller struggled with an alcohol addiction that started in his teens and continued into his 30s.

“I had to stop. I was probably going to die. I mean, most likely going to die. I had family members that passed away from alcoholism, and it is no fun way to go. I just had to stop,” Keller said.

He entered the Rebound for Men program in July of 2020 and was given the chance to stay in a halfway house if he went back to school or went through the Charlotte Recuse Mission's job training program.

“I applied to UNC Charlotte and they accepted me with academic forgiveness, which was amazing. It basically turned my whole life around,” Keller said.

Keller said the Rebound for Men program changed his life, and it can help many others if the new campus is built.

"Hey, you can go back to school. Hey, you can do whatever you want to do. It just takes some work and just take it one day at a time," Keller said.

So far, Charlotte Rescue Mission has raised just under 50% of its $25 million fundraising goal.