Darlene Owens

Detroit, MI — The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM) is proud to announce its 2025 Weekend of Healing Summer Camp, a transformative and therapeutic experience designed to support youth whose parents have died due to opioids or parents who have experienced an opioid overdose in Metro Detroit through grief recovery, life skills development, and emotional healing.

The Weekend of Healing Camp is open to young people (12-16) from Wayne County and will take place over (2) three-day weekends, gender-specific, at Wildwood Ranch in Howell, MI.

Girls’ Camp: June 20–22, 2025

Boys’ Camp: July 18–20, 2025

Location: Wildwood Ranch-Howell MI

Cost: Free to all participants

Register at: https://drmm.org/services/weekend-of-healing/

Transportation provided

This immersive, weekend-long camp will offer complimentary services and experiences for all campers, including:

Training in Narcan use, first aid, and CPR

Basic survival skills and hands-on learning activities, such as horseback riding

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and emotional support sessions led by licensed DRMM clinical staff

Conflict resolution, coping strategies, and life skills development

By interacting with animals and nature, participants will explore new paths to peace and healing. The camp aims to help youth process grief and loss in a safe and supportive environment, rediscovering a sense of purpose, confidence, and connection.

Spaces are limited. Early registration is encouraged. Register now and secure your spot.

For more information contact Darlene D. Owens 313-263-0077 ext 4013 or email Dowens@drmm.org.

The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries is a 116-year-old, Christian faith-based mission with the goal of easing the burden of homelessness, addiction, chronic unemployment, mental health struggles, and other situations through treatment, housing, and various levels of support and engagement.  

There are no words grand enough, no tribute deep enough, to capture what a mother truly is. She is life’s greatest miracle—a quiet warrior whose strength is unmatched, whose love is unconditional, and whose sacrifices are often unseen but never insignificant.

Today, as we mark Mother’s Day, I find myself reflecting with a whole heart on what it means to be a mother. It is more than a title—it’s a sacred calling. It’s the daily decision to put someone else’s needs ahead of your own, again and again, even when you’re tired, even when your own heart is breaking.

A mother’s love is not a love of words—it is a love of action. It is felt in the sleepless nights, in the whispered prayers when no one is listening, in the thousands of little sacrifices she makes without complaint. She is the one who stays behind the scenes, making sure everything and everyone is cared for. She carries burdens that others cannot see, and she does it willingly—because that’s what mothers do.

Her sacrifices are woven into every part of who we are: – The meals she made when she was too tired to stand. – The comfort she gave when her own heart was breaking. – The dreams she set aside so we could chase ours. – The countless moments she swallowed her fears to be our source of courage.

We often don’t realize, until much later in life, just how much she gave up—how much of herself she poured out, piece by piece, to build something better for us. And yet, ask any mother and she will tell you: she wouldn’t trade it for the world.

To all the mothers reading this—whether you are a biological mother, an adoptive mother, a stepmother, a foster mother, a grandmother, or a woman who has stood in the gap with a mother’s heart—you are extraordinary. You are the unsung heroes of the world, holding families, communities, and futures together with love that defies understanding.

And to the mothers who have experienced loss, to those who have longed for children but could not have them, to the grandmothers and mentors who have filled the role of “mom” in someone’s life—you are seen, and your love is no less powerful.

For those of us who have been shaped and saved by a mother’s love—whether she is with us today or remembered in our hearts—we carry her sacrifice within us. And the greatest way we can honor her is not just with flowers or cards, but by living lives of kindness, of integrity, of courage, just as she taught us.

Her love is her legacy. Her sacrifices are our foundation. And even though we can never fully repay her, today we pause, with humility and tears of gratitude, to say: Thank you. Thank you for everything.

Happy Mother’s Day to every woman who has ever loved and sacrificed like a mother. Today, we honor you with full hearts, and we stand in awe of the miracle you are.

“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. Her children rise up and call her blessed.” – Proverbs 31:26,28

With deepest gratitude and love,

Chad Audi

President & CEO, Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries