About Team Recovery

How We Got Our Start

In October 2015, Matt Bell was in detox and decided that he HAD to do something different. On October 17th, 2015, just a few days clean and sober, he named the organization • Team Recovery, made a commitment, and began having late-night meetings with some other teammates to discuss their grand plans for what they thought their community needed. After experiencing treatment in Northwest Ohio over and over, they noticed a lot of significant gaps in the services that were offered. Therefore, they began to plan how they would fill those gaps. They put pen to paper, and put their boots on the ground. Their philosophy of “a new approach to an old problem” was born, and the spark of their grassroots agenda turned into a flame. None of them knew at the time that that flame would turn into a wildfire that their city desperately needs. The mission that Team Recovery is carrying out is so important that the city of Toledo’s mayor has officially declared October 17th as “Team Recovery Day” in Toledo each year. Team Recovery’s goals have shifted and evolved to continue to meet the needs of their community, but their philosophy has always remained the same…

“A New Approach To An Old Problem”