Recovery Programs

Refresh Collective has been working with the New Directions Youth Rehab center in Pepper Pike, Ohio, for over a decade. During the course of a week, our teaching artists work with youth who are struggling with substance addiction, helping them transform their struggles into lyrics. During this program, students get experience with lyric-writing, recording, and performing their song on the final day of the program to the whole facility. For many students, this is the first time they have created music or art focusing on anti-addiction themes.

Our work with New Directions has been credited with helping students discover an outlet, reflecting on their journeys so far, and aspiring for a more positive lifestyle after they leave the facility. The length of our partnership with New Directions is a testament to the strong relationship we have built with them and the youth they serve.