Community of Support
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Resilience
What do you need in your recovery to better cope with mental health?
Alleviate these worries, regain stability in your life, and learn resilience through shared work and meaningful relationships.
Become a member today and start building resilience
Membership never expires. It carries with it four guaranteed rights:
- A place to come
- Meaningful relationships
- Meaningful work
- A place to return
When you join Breakthrough Clubhouse for mental health recovery, you become a valued member. Clubhouses are built upon the belief that every member has the potential to sufficiently recover from the effects of mental illness to lead a personally satisfying life as an integrated member of society. If you or someone you love could benefit from membership, call or visit us today. Start building resilience now.
Change a life today
Get in touch today and make a difference.
For members:
- Community meeting: Mondays at 1 p.m.
- Meal planning meeting: Tuesdays at 2 p.m.
- Socials: Thursdays after hours 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., 1 Saturday a month 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Wellness Social: Move It Monday, Mondays 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
- Advisory Board meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Building resilience one community at a time
Resilience represents inner strength. Resilience is also crucial for recovery, and it’s what we focus on at Breakthrough Clubhouse.
Breakthrough Clubhouse is a social and vocational program that builds resilience and reduces isolation for those living with severe and persistent mental illness, providing support for their recovery.
With members and staff treated as equals, Breakthrough Clubhouse builds a unique environment supporting recovery. It’s the peer support that separates Breakthrough Clubhouse from other programs.
These accomplishments inspire members to stay on their path to mental health wellness, and they know they’re not alone in their efforts. We’ve also found that being part of a community helps members be more invested not only in their own recovery but in that of others. Members and staff share responsibility for all aspects of day-to-day operations. By sharing responsibility, members are more motivated to come in regularly.
We’ve helped hundreds of people take meaningful steps in their recovery, become more resilient, and live healthier lives.
Meet the Breakthrough Clubhouse Staff!
SHAUN SCHERMERHORN
Program Director
LAUREN ROBERTSON
Assistant Program Director
ROBIN MARIN
Transportation Coordinator/ Social Practitioner
ADISON WENDT
Career Development Unit/Social Practitioner
BRENDA WASHINGTON
Driver/Social Practitioner
KALEN GRANT
Wellness Coordinator/ Social Practitioner
ABAGAIL MAVAREZ
Education & Young Adult Coordinator/ Social Practitioner
CHAR EHRMANN
Wellness Coordinator/ Social Practitioner
RUTH BAILEY
Wellness Unit Lead/ Social Practitioner
What is a Clubhouse?
A Clubhouse is organized to support people living with mental illness. During the course of their participation in a Clubhouse, members gain access to opportunities to rejoin the worlds of friendships, family, employment, and education, and to the services and support they may individually need to continue their recovery. A Clubhouse provides a restorative environment for people whose lives have been severely disrupted because of their mental illness, and who need the support of others who are in recovery and who believe that mental illness is treatable.
How long do I need to stay at the Clubhouse?
It’s up to each individual member, however, the work of the Clubhouse cannot be done without member involvement.
How often do I need to attend?
Membership is voluntary and without time limits. There are no agreements, contracts, schedules, or rules intended to enforce the participation of members.
What kind of support can you expect from Breakthrough?
Clubhouse members are considered colleagues with one another and staff. Staff assist Clubhouse members in operating the Clubhouse units, such as the business unit and health and wellness.
We have educational scholarships available, opportunities for employment ranging from just a few hours to full-time, and re-housing support. Your experience in the Clubhouse is as good as you make it. But we’re here to help you get started. We recognize the need to recover and support that process.
How do I become a member?
You can find an application on the website. Referrals can be made by family members, clinicians, and others in the community. Referrals can be by the person themselves as well. Walk-ins are welcome.
What do I do at the Clubhouse?
When you arrive as a new member, other members will help you get adjusted to the work-order day. Each member can choose a way to be helpful that day in the operation of the Clubhouse. If you come in but don’t feel well enough to participate, you are welcome to stay and find some peace in the midst of the activity. In the business unit, there are numbers to be collected, people to call, transportation to schedule and events to plan for. In the wellness unit, the members prepare and serve lunch, order food, make a plan for educational moments with other members in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and contribute to the community conversations when planning events.
How much does it cost to be a member?
There is no cost. Clubhouses are privately and publicly funded.
Change a life today
Get in touch today and make a difference.
Your donation changes lives
Thank you for choosing to support resilience. We are grateful for your gift.
Our members share their experiences
Being a part of the Clubhouse has kept me out of the hospital since 2005.
When my life fell apart, the Clubhouse gave me a reason to start over again.
Special funding is available for scholarships to help you reach your educational goals.
Apply today!
