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By Gordon Weks
gordon@masoncounty.com
On Feb. 1, about 100 peo-
ple joined the nonprofitCom-
munity Lifeline in celebrating
the grand opening of the Re-
covery Café at its shelter in
downtown Shelton.
The Recovery Cafe is com-,
mitted to being a safe, drug—
free and alcohol-free space
and is designed to “help peo-
ple maintain recovery, reduce
relapse and fulfill potential,”
the agency states.
The program offers weekly
recovery circles, fun activi-
ties, health clinics, support
meetings, job readiness train-
ing and classes, and peer
support and resource connec-
tions. Membership is open to
anyone able to remain free of
Ayres calls a “soitopening,”
alcohol and drugs, including
marijuana, and attend the
weekly recovery circles.
“All pathways lead to re-
covery,” said Athena Ayres,
Community Lifeline’s execu-
tive director.
The initial hours, which
are from 10 am. to.6 pm.
Mondays, .Wednesdays and
Fridays. The goal is to even—
tually be open every day, she
said.
The goal is to provide peo-
ple in need with “a fellow—
ship and be connected with
others,” said Tammy Baci-
galupo, the program man-
ager for the Recovery Cafe.
The cafe “is also a space for
a safe setting that’s welcom-
ing, a place to just hang out,”
she said. “You don’t have to
s L4.
On Feb. 1, the Shelton-based nonprofit Community Lifeline
. hosted a grand opening of its Recovery Café. Journal photo
by Gordon Weeks '
go to a restaurant wi
sponsor.”
Partners in the program Community Health Services,
th your
Count: ‘We spend a lot of time getting people to talk’
continued from page
“We try to get as much (information)
as we can, but sometimes they refuse,”
Frazier said. .
The volunteers came bearing break-
fast burritos.
“We spend a lot of time getting peo—
ple to talk to us,” Frazier said.
Among the agencies that provided
food, resources, prizes and support ser-
vices at the two outreach fairs include
Mason Health, Love INC, the Skokom- ‘
ish Tribe, the Squaxin Island Tribe,
Shelton Timberland Library, Olympic
Health and Recovery, Mason County
Public Health, Youth Connection, Com—
munity Lifeline, Crossroads Housing,
Turning Pointe, North Mason Regional
Fire Authority, Molina, Northwest Re-
sources, Capitol Recovery, Peninsula
Health” Services, and the state Depart-
ment of Social and Health Services.
Crossroads Housing conducted
a street fair Jan. 27 in downtown
Shelton on the day of the annual
Point in Time homeless census
count. Courtesy photo
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Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 3
Community Lifeline’s Recovery Café opens
include the state Health
Care Authority, Peninsula
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CHEESESTEAKS
Medtriq Treatment Services,
WorkSource, Northwest Re-
sources, Quixote Villages and
Olympic Health and Recovery
Services.
The spacious downstairs
room that houses the Recov-
ery Café used to be the site
of meals during the day, with
cots and mats set up at night
for sleep. Now all the beds are
upstairs.
“It’s a big transformation
from what it was,” Ayres said.
The shelter now offers 35
beds each night, and they
have all been filled the past
week, Ayres said. >
For more information on
the program or to become. a
sponsor, “volunteer or facilita-
tors, contact Community Life-
line at 360-462-4439 or com~
munitylifelineed@gmail.com.