Pathways | The Clubhouse - Mental Illness Recovery Programming

The Clubhouse - Mental Illness Recovery Programming

Employment, Food, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, Mental Health - Child & Youth, Seniors Services, Social / Recreational, and Youth Services

Provided by New View Society

Program for individuals recovering from mental illness.

The clubhouse offers the following programs:

Book Club: Members select a book to borrow from the library, which they read individually at home on their own schedules. Afterward, the group reconvenes to share thoughts, interpretations, and questions. Typically, each book is discussed over the course of one month.
Baking Club: The group meets to bake desserts and learn new techniques.
Dinner: Pitch-in-Kitchen: Encourages members to become involved with kitchen operations by helping out with food preparation, cooking and/or cleaning up the Friday night dinner. A busy and popular night, there are often 25 to 35 people attending. Each person chooses which activities they want to participate in, and what tasks they want to do-thus allowing everyone to work according to their own comfort level. The menu is diverse, and can vary from pulled pork to stir fries to pastas and more. Date and Time: Fridays: Prep starts at 3 pm, and dinner is served at 5 pm. Price: $4 if you help out (with prep, serving or cleaning), $7.25 if you don’t.
Coffee House: A time for members to have fun, listen to music, play games, and connect with other members.
Computers Q&A: Learn more about how to use computers, iPods, and cellphones quickly and easily.
Employment Program: The Clubhouse Employment Program provides vocational assistance and can be a critical step in helping members to access community-based employment. Job searching, resume creation, and career planning are just a few of the services offered.
Technology Support: Gain practical skills for using computers, iPods, and cell phones quickly and easily. Get answers to your questions and hands-on practice with tasks like uploading photos from a camera to a computer, setting up an email account, navigating Craigslist, and much more.
Ball Hockey/Softball: The Floor Hockey Team practices their skills and plays pick-up games during the Fall & Spring. In the Summer the activity switches to Softball. With such an encouraging and supportive team everyone has a great time getting exercise, pushing their boundaries and engaging in friendly competition. All skill levels are welcome!
Grocery Shop: Weekly grocery shop with stops at Costco and Safeway.
Open Arms Café: This hands-on program allows you to prepare food, operate commercial kitchen equipment, and learn how to cook easy, healthy and nutritious meals. Learn about food safety, gain a variety of recipes for home, and practice new skills while helping to make lunch for the Clubhouse. Cost of $3.
Muffin Socials: Running from Sept - June, this program is laid back and relaxed, with people drinking coffee, eating muffins and spending their morning conversing with the other members.
Kitchen Skills: Build your skills and confidence in the kitchen! This is a smaller group, which allows for more closer instruction as opposed to the lunch and dinner programs. Price: $3.
Wellness Mondays: This support group is designed to encourage Healthy Living and encourage positive decisions people have to make. A wonderfully welcoming and accepting group, everyone attending is looking for support and techniques to help them on their life journey and providing those very same things to others who attend. Goals are set, practices discussed, and things are learned at each meeting. Date and Time: Mondays, 1:30-2:30 PM.
Smoothie Club: Every week, with the help of her loyal smoothie groupies, the Club makes a berry banana smoothie, and one ‘outside of the box’ vegan smoothie. Participants learn about nutrition and getting the most of out a smoothie.
Self-Compassion Group: This group occurs Tuesdays 10 AM - 11 AM. The focus is to build inner strength, self-acceptance, and resilience through learning and practicing self-compassion. We talk about a new topic each day.
Young Adults Group: Oriented specifically towards people aged 19-31 years old, the Young Adults Dinner and Games program is a great place to build connections, learn teamwork, and have fun while acquiring new skills in the kitchen. Everyone works together to prepare, serve and clean up dinner before moving on the Games portion of the evening. With a diverse range of games available, these evening activities vary according to the interests of attending members. The games can range from enthusiastic rounds of Apples to Apples to relaxing while painting. The cost is $3 if you help out, and $7.25 if you don’t. .