Stockings From Victor

10/15/2026

This memory popped up today. How things have changed! It's been a journey that continues to evolve everyday. So grateful for the support along the way!

From the start Stella Maris Cleveland, The Ed Keating Center locations, and Hitchcock Center for Women. Thank you for your loyalty! 🙏🏻

We've lost some people along the way, facilities that didn't make it, contacts that made career changes, we streamlined products donated, added campaigns, tried new marketing strategies, engagement models, and growth initiatives...but there was one thing that stood out the most to me as I looked back...

We kept showing up. We kept moving forward no matter what, and kept finding ways to keep giving back...

That's the heart of Stockings From Victor. ❤️

Ten years later, we're still here, still growing, and still finding ways to bring hope, kindness, and encouragement to individuals in recovery.

And we're just getting started.

10/13/2026

🎄60 DAYS TO GO!❤️

Our 11th Annual Christmas Stocking Stuffing Event is getting closer! With 800+ stockings to fill, we need our community’s help to bring hope, encouragement, and a little Christmas joy to individuals in recovery.

Want to make a difference? Sponsor, donate, or volunteer with us!

Visit www.stockingsfromvictor.org
to learn how you can help!

To spread hope to those in recovery at Christmas time and through out the year. With the thought that they may not have any family left to provide them with concern and love during the holidays, we want everyone to know and feel that there’s someone who still cares. If we can save at least one per...

10/11/2026

THIS WEEK’S VERSE & VICTORY
"You Haven’t Been Forgotten!"

After you drop the rope and begin learning how to let go, there comes another question:

“What now?”

Recovery can sometimes feel like starting over. You may have lost relationships, opportunities, trust, time, or even pieces of yourself along the way.

There may be moments when you wonder if anyone still sees you, or if your past has become the only thing people see.

This week's Verse Exodus 3:16 reminds us of something different.

God tells Moses to gather His people and reminds them that He has seen what has happened to them. He knew their struggles. He knew their suffering. He had not forgotten them.

And maybe that's the reminder someone in recovery needs today: Your past may explain where you've been, but it doesn't have to determine where you're going.

God sees the person you're becoming, not just the person you used to be.

You may be rebuilding trust.
You may be repairing relationships.
You may be learning who you are without drugs or alcohol.
You may be taking things one day at a time.

Don't mistake a difficult journey for a forgotten one.

You are still here.
You are still growing.
You are still becoming.

And sometimes the next step isn't about knowing exactly where you're going.

It's simply trusting that you've been seen and taking the next step anyway.

Your Victory: Don't let your past convince you that you've been forgotten.

You've come too far to turn back now. Keep walking.

This week's question: “Now that you've let go and realized you're not forgotten, what are you being called to do with this new chapter?

Take care and God bless!

10/10/2026

Today is: World Mental Health Day!

At Stockings From Victor, we believe a little kindness can go a long way. Recovery is about more than overcoming addiction—it’s about healing, hope, and knowing someone cares.

Today, let’s break the stigma, spread encouragement, and remind others they are never alone.

You never know how much a simple act of kindness can mean to someone who is struggling.

10/09/2026

Want to make a huge impact on the community this holiday season?

Secure your sponsorship level today!

Visit www.stockingsfromvictor.org to donate and make sure to include your company or family name/email address so we can reach out to obtain the logo you want on event materials.

We have 800+ stockings this year!! Your continued support means more than you know!! Thank you so much!! ❤️✨️🙏🏻

10/04/2026

THIS WEEK’S VERSE & VICTORY!

After Dropping the Rope… How Do You Really Let Go?

Sometimes we know we need to let go.
We finally drop the rope, walk away, and tell ourselves we're done.

But why can our hands, hearts, and minds still feel like they're holding on?

Because letting go isn't always a one-time decision. Sometimes it's a process.

Acts 2:5–7 describes people from many different places coming together, hearing something they didn't expect, and being amazed by what was happening around them.

They had to stop focusing on what they thought they understood and pay attention to what was happening right in front of them.

Maybe that's part of letting go for us, too.

For someone on the journey of drug or alcohol recovery, letting go can mean more than putting down the substance. It can mean releasing the people, places, behaviors, resentment, guilt, shame, and old ways of thinking that can keep pulling you back toward the life you're trying to leave behind.

And sometimes, even after you drop the rope, your mind reaches back for it.

That's okay. Keep choosing to let go!!

You don't have to keep looking back at what you released. You don't have to keep replaying what happened. You don't have to keep wondering whether you should pick the rope back up.

YOU DROPPED IT FOR A REASON!!

Now turn your attention toward what is in front of you.

Recovery isn't just about walking away from something. It's about learning how to walk toward something new. Which can be really scary at times.

Letting go doesn't mean you stopped caring.
It means you're no longer allowing what happened behind you to control where you're going.

Drop the rope. Open your hands. Look forward.

Your next chapter may require both hands to receive what God is placing in front of you.

Today, instead of asking, "How do I stop thinking about what I let go of?" ask yourself:

"What am I being given the opportunity to reach for now?”

One day, one choice, one step at a time.
Keep going. Your story isn't finished.

10/03/2026

Time flies!! Only 70 days until our 11th Annual Stocking Stuffing Event!

We’re looking for local businesses, organizations, corporations, and families to help us fill 800+ stockings for individuals in recovery this Christmas!

Want to sponsor or bring your team out as an employee volunteerism opportunity? We would love to have you!

Your support helps us spread hope, kindness, and encouragement throughout our local recovery communities.

Reach out to us or visit www.stockingsfromvictor.org to learn more!

10/01/2026

TODAY OFFICIALLY MARKS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE!!🎊🎉

On October 1, 2016, what began as an idea was put on paper as a proposal for a charitable initiative. That proposal became a plan to organize, gather donations, and bring the very first Stockings From Victor campaign to life!

What began from a place of loss, in memory of Victor, grew into something much bigger — a mission dedicated to helping others. For ten years, Stockings From Victor has been a source of hope, kindness, encouragement, and dignity for individuals in recovery.

We have had the privilege of packing stockings, delivering care packages, supporting recovery communities, partnering with incredible organizations, and reminding people that someone still cares.

Ten years of showing up.
Ten years of giving back.
Ten years of believing that even a small act of kindness can make a difference.

The mission has continued to grow because of the people who have supported it, volunteered alongside us, opened their doors to us, and believed in what we are doing.

Today, we honor where Stockings From Victor began, celebrate everything it has become, and look forward to all the lives we can continue to touch in the years ahead.

10 years of service.
10 years of hope.
And so much more still to come.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey.

With a grateful heart,

Kelly Markiewicz
Founder, Stockings From Victor

09/28/2026

Our Victor Points Program is such a HIT!

We are thrilled to see the kindness wave in full motion!

Our monthly Victor Points Program with Stella Maris Cleveland is about to enter its 5th month, and it continues to gain momentum! We love seeing individuals recognized and rewarded for choosing kindness and making a difference in someone else’s day. We hope these acts of kindness extend long after they finish their recovery program and they continue to be kind to others throughout their lives!

And this is where YOU can help keep the kindness going!

Your one-time, monthly, or annual donation helps us keep the Victor Points kindness shelf fully stocked so we can continue rewarding those who go above and beyond with acts of kindness. Every donation helps us put a little more kindness back into the world.

Help us keep the kindness wave moving!
Click the link below to donate today!

Your donation supports the Victor Points Program which helps Stockings From Victor supply the shelf in the donation center at Stella Maris Cleveland! Their…

09/28/2026

As we wrap up Recovery Month this week.
We are here to help not only support those in recovery, but their families as well!

By sharing our story of how we started, to volunteering opportunities, you can also reach out as a family member so we can direct you to all of the resources our partners provide for those supporting someone in recovery.

When families have access to resources, education, and support, they can help create the foundation for lifelong recovery and wellbeing.