Hope
May 2, 2024
Becky Bolt

Hope Center director announces retirement

 

By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette

After six years leading the Hope Center, Becky Bolt is stepping down.

The executive director announced earlier this week that she will be retiring from the role effective May 31.

She said the decision was a “bittersweet” one but necessary.

“It is with great sadness that I will be leaving the people I have had the privilege to work beside,” she said in a statement. “These are some of the most loving and giving people I have ever known. This brings me comfort in knowing that the Hope Center will go on, as it was intended, even after I am gone. I have always felt when God told me it was time to leave, I would listen. It’s my tim…

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