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Winchester will play host to a Rally4Recovery Event for the ninth consecutive year. 

This year, a few items have changed. 

The Rally4Recovery event will take place on Friday, September 20, at College Park, located at 30 Wheeler Avenue, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

In recent years, it occurred along Main Street. 

There will also be a Run4Recovery the following day at 8:00 a.m. – with signup at 7:00 a.m. – at Kroger Youth Soccer Complex at 2583 Van Meter Road. 

“It’s honoring and celebrating those in recovery and also mental health,” said Juanita Everman, a volunteer with Celebrate Recovery and former executive director with Achieving Recovery Together. “I think [it’s] great because it often goes hand-in-hand.” 

The event will include multiple speakers, including Steve and Kim Jernigan, as well as Brandon Sorrell. 

Dickie Everman, who serves as chair of the Clark County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy (ASAP), will also speak. 

Disc jockey Todd Chaney will perform throughout the night, and a kids zone and more will be present for those who bring small children. 

City Manager Bruce Manley will be present, once again creating a variety of balloon animals for the attendees. 

Plus, numerous organizations will be set up to promote positive care that can be afforded. 

Those who have attended previous events include Recovery Community Center, Clark County Community Services, New Day Recovery Center, Kentucky Rural Healthcare Information Organization, Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, KYNect Health Coverage, New Vista, New Beginnings, Pinnacle Treatment Centers, and the Clark County Homeless Coalition. 

“I’m excited that we have [so] many,” Everman added. “You can go around and talk to everybody and get all the information you need to help you along your journey to recover.” 

As is tradition, the event will also include cardboard testimonies, which servservea way of ofor others to recognizeir recovery journey and showshow they’ve been impacted in apositivelyrior cardboard testimonies have seen individuals showcase their recovery journey using slogans, photos, and more. 

This year will also feature a color walk, dousing others with colored powder. 

For Everman, the event serves in part as a reminder. 

“I never want to forget where I was at,” she said, noting a desire to help others. “I know I’ve got a better life now. I’ve changed my life…but I think about that, and that’s one thing we say [is] you never want to forget where you came from.” 

Everman hopes the event will connect with others, too. 

“I hope they find what they’re looking for. I hope they ask questions. I hope they really reach out to somebody and connect with somebody,” she said. “That keeps you going and gets you on the right path.”