TriCircle History

TriCircle History

2013

Executive Director Ana Gopoian begins facilitating Hope & Support groups with the Coalition for a Better Wallingford.

2015

The first TriCircle, Inc. board meeting takes place in Ana's living room.

2016

• TriCircle, Inc. becomes a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

• We host a community Meet and Greet to introduce the organization.

2017

• TriCircle hosts our first Walk the Walk for Recovery.

• The Memorial Quilt Project begins.

Hope and Support groups start in partnership with Family and Youth Services in East Haddam.

• Our partnership with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services begins.

• TriCircle hosts our first Annual Meeting.

2018

• TriCircle's first office opens in Middlefield.

• Monthly setback games begin at Center Street Luncheonette.

• Our first annual gala is held.

2019

• The first Memorial Scholarship is awarded.

2020

• The first issue of The TriCircle Connection newsletter is published.

• TriCircle offers our first Alternative Peer Groups through Harmony Within.

2021

• TriCircle begins offering Hope After Loss groups.

• We host our first Hope After Loss and Hope and Support Annual Retreats.

• We offer our first Dialectical Behavioral Therapy group.

• We first participate at the Connecticut Barber Expo, distributing over 200 naloxone kits over 3 years of attendance.

2022

• TriCircle drops the "Inc." and becomes just TriCircle.

• We relocate to Meriden at the Women and Families Center.

2023

• TriCircle begins offering SMART Recovery meetings.

• We become a Recovery Friendly Workplace.

• We host our first annual Dinner and a Show at Mohegan Sun, featuring Foreigner.

2024

TriCircle begins offering SMART Recovery Family & Friends groups.

2025

TriCircle relocates to Wallingford.

2026

TriCircle celebrates 10 years!