News & Observer: Blue Devils Helping TROSA Net Gains

By Bonitta Best

When Jolene Nagel took over as Duke’s volleyball coach in 1999, she had heard a thing or two about the TROSA program in Durham.

TROSA – Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers – is a multi-year residential program that helps people turn their lives around through rehabilitation, vocational training and education.

But it wasn’t until TROSA founder and CEO Kevin McDonald gave her a tour of the facilities that Nagel understood the extent and depth of the challenges that residents battle for a second chance at life.

That’s when she knew she had to get involved.

To read the full article, visit: http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2014/02/03/3588505/blue-devils-helping-trosa-net.html

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News & Observer: Blue Devils Helping TROSA Net Gains

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