The testimonials of area residents in long-term recovery from substance use will inspire crowd members in early recovery and others during the most popular of Butler County Community College’s Hope Night events, a BC3 administrator said.

About 100 guests are expected to attend BC3’s Stories of Hope from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Butler Art Center & Gallery, 344 S. Main St., Butler, according to Ken Clowes, the college’s community initiatives center assistant.

The event is free and open to the public.

Mallory Bole, Garret English, Cora Franceschi and Justin Moore are among scheduled speakers.

Bole, 35, of Butler, says her life was “filled with trauma” and is now “filled with resilience and hope.” She says that in sobriety she has been able to regain custody of her son, earn a bac

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