LETTUCE HOPE
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Hello, I’m Alexander Kush.
I founded Lettuce Hope: The Alexander Kush Foundation when I was just 16 years old because I’ve always believed in the power of second chances.
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I grew up around treatment facilities, seeing firsthand how addiction destroys lives, but also how recovery can rebuild them. From a young age, I spent time working at rehab centers, speaking with clients, and watching counselors.
I saw the courage it takes to choose recovery, but I also witnessed the heartbreaking reality: too often, families never got the chance to begin because they couldn’t afford the first step.
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That first step is the intervention. It’s the moment when a family decides to act, when words turn into a plan, and when a loved one is given the chance to accept help. I saw families ready for that moment but unable to afford professional intervention services. And I realized, this was the gap no one else was filling.
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That’s why I started Lettuce Hope: to make interventions possible for any family in crisis, regardless of money. What began as a teenager’s vision has grown into a nonprofit movement dedicated to action, dignity, and hope.
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Today, Lettuce Hope exists to ensure no family is forced to watch addiction take their loved one because they couldn’t pay for help. Together, we can turn crisis into recovery, because everyone deserves the chance to begin again.
My Story
When I was younger, I dreamed of creating a path for people to rebuild their lives, especially those struggling with addiction.
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I saw firsthand how addiction could devastate not just individuals, but entire families. What haunted me most was the moment before help began, the moment when families cried out for change but didn’t know how to act, or couldn’t afford to.
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I researched recovery programs, spoke with therapists, visited treatment centers, and connected with organizations that claimed to help. But what I found was troubling: the first step, the intervention, was often out of reach. High-quality intervention services cost thousands of dollars, and too many families were left helpless not because they lacked love or urgency, but because they lacked money.
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Worse, I saw institutions more focused on red tape, branding, or PR than on actually saving lives. Meanwhile, families sat at their breaking point, knowing their loved one needed an intervention now, not weeks from now, not once the paperwork cleared.
That’s when I knew: if no one else would build this, I would.
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Lettuce Hope was born from that vision, not as another charity that talks about change, but as a fund that creates it. We exist to stand in the gap when families cannot. We pay what they cannot, so interventions can happen, and lives can be saved.
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What started as a passion project has grown into a movement, a beacon of hope at the most urgent moment in the recovery journey. Lettuce Hope isn’t about promises or bureaucracy. It’s about action, dignity, and second chances.
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Because everyone deserves the chance to begin again.
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