Bright Hope program offers first of its kind support for families in recovery Unique program offers place for families in need of place to heal By Kendall McGee | May 7, 2021 at 7:32 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 7:32 PM LAKE WACCAMAW, N.C. (WECT) - The pictures are hung, the beds made, and the rooms are just waiting to be filled in the Civitan Cottage on the Boys and Girls Homes campus in Lake Waccamaw. The newly renovated cottage is for the Bright Hope program and will house children while their parents are in rehab. “You’ve got 7, 8, 10-year-olds who are parenting younger kids while their parents are using. You know, they don’t get to be kids,” said Donna Yalch, chief program officer for Boys and Girls Homes