Chamber ribbon cutting celebrates one year

The Huntington County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting at Renovate Counseling Services on Thursday, July 27 to celebrate their one-year anniversary of serving clients in Huntington County. The business is located in the Hope Rising Church, 1131 Etna Avenue. Shown in the photo, from left, are Terry Miller, Terry Miller Realtor – Century 21 Bradley, Gwen Burns, Everwise Credit Union, and both Chamber Ambassadors; Abby Haskett, Renovate Counseling Services; Lane Sander, owner, Renovate Counseling Services; Tim Gilleand, site supervisor Renovate Counseling Services, Huntington; Michelle Korporal, Kaitlyn Lawrence, both from Renovate Counseling Services and Mayor Richard Strick. Middle row, from left, include Rachel Farmer, State Farm Insurance, Janet Branham, Community Foundation of Huntington County, Steve Godfroy, Official Insurance Solutions, Brittany Brown, MidWest America Federal Credit Union, all Chamber Ambassadors and Angela Spangler, pastor, Hope Rising Church. Back row, from left, are Charles Chapman, City Council, 1st District; Drew Parrett, Arrow Insurance Group and Chamber Ambassador; Bob Caley, RE/MAX Results and Chamber board of directors and Christian Behling, Hope Rising Church.

Renovate Counseling Services, 1131 Etna Avenue, celebrated their one-year anniversary serving clients in Huntington County with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, July 27. Renovate Counseling Services is owned by Lane Sander and Tim Gilleand is the site supervisor.

Renovate started in Bluffton, Indiana almost seven years ago by Lane Sander. Renovate expanded into Huntington in July of 2022. Since then the Huntington location has expanded to helping over 40 clients per week and having six therapists working out of the location. In its first year, Renovate Huntington has helped over 100 clients.

Sander mentions that in Bluffton it took much longer to reach that milestone. Tim Gilleand steps in at this time to help with a growing need. Gilleand is a licensed therapist and will in addition to having a caseload of his own, help with supervision of other therapists as they work towards full licensure.

Gilleand and his family moved to Huntington seven years ago to pursue a career in mental health, and is excited to now be working close to home helping clients in his own community. Gilleand brings a passion to help clients see full restoration and healing. Gilleand says that he loves taking clients on a journey through forgiveness therapy and is trained in EMDR for deeper trauma.

Renovate Huntington operates out of Hope Rising Church on Etna Avenue. Although a Christian organization, Renovate Counseling accepts all people regardless of faith affiliation, and also serves many people who seek them out for faith-based services. They accept all forms of commercial insurance and are excited to be another local option for clients with Medicaid/HIP/Medicare. For those without insurance, they offer low-cost options including working with interns.

Renovate Counseling can be reached by calling (260) 355-5100. You can also visit them on the web at renovatecounseling.org or Facebook.