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Racine Friendship Clubhouse
Racine Friendship Clubhouse, Inc. is a non-profit organization that integrates people with mental illness who are in the process of recovery into the economic and social community by expanding employment opportunities and increasing each participant's self-reliance and self-esteem. We are open daily offering members friendship, community and meaningful daily activity which combats isolation thereby reducing relapse rates and hospitalizations.
Description:
We are a day program open 8:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday with evening and weekend recreational activities. Volunteer opportunities are available to the members who assist with reception, word processing, meal preparation, outreach calls, and maintenance of the building. A delicious, warm meal is served at noon daily for $1.00. Van service is available for members for $1.50 a ride.
We are a partner provider of the United Way.
History:
Our organization started in 1990 with a Board of Directors and a vision. We opened for Members in 1994 and we currently serve approximately 100 individuals each the year.
The Clubhouse movement started in 1948 in New York city; there are Clubhouses in over 30 countries with 55,000+ Members.
Contact person: Jo Ann Rodriguez, Executive Director, (262) 636-9393, (email)
Office fax number: (262) 636-9084
Address:
Web Site: None specified
Directions:
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Three blocks east of Taylor and 17th and one block north of Racine Human Services/Workforce Development |
| Last updated on October 12, 2009 |
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Racine Friendship Clubhouse
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Overall Experience
Volunteering at the Racine Friendship Clubhouse has been amazing!
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I am volunteering at the Racine Friendship Clubhouse as a Computer Instructor. My experience has been very rewarding. I am always greeted with a smile, people know me by name and are very welcoming. I am in a very safe environment and am allowed to spend one-on-one quality time with the members. The best gift I have received is a smile on someone's face after I helped her send an e-mail to her daughter! Something so many of us take for granted, yet for this person it meant so much. This is what volunteering is all about!
posted by sheila1 on March 19, 2009 |
Racine Friendship Clubhouse
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Overall Experience
This is a wonderful group of members and volunteering for 4 years has be a fun and rewarding place to volunteer.
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Each one of us knows someone with mental illness. The people with mental illness are the same as we meet on the street each day. Helping these people makes them be able to do many things they would not be able to do without the Friendship House. The clliend friends I have made at the Friendship House are happy and smiling as they open the door and they know I am there to help the Club house be a better place for them to spend the day.
posted on March 9, 2009 |
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