Recovery Cafe Jefferson County

Who Are We?

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Recovery Cafés are communities. We’re local people who have lived with and beside addiction, homelessness, mental illness, and other life challenges. We’re people who care about one another. We’re people who are learning to know ourselves as loved. We’re your neighbors.

The Recovery Café model began in Seattle and has been acclaimed nationally for its unique success at anchoring people in sustained, healthy recovery. The Recovery Café Network continues to grow and there are now more than a dozen Recovery Cafés from coast to coast and in between.

A lot of practical work goes on at the Recovery Café. We provide tools and guidance so that Members can access housing, education, employment, and social and health services. We learn together how to create and sustain healthy relationships.

At the Café we welcome people wherever they are on their journeys, recognizing that there’s a wide spectrum of care and honoring multiple pathways to recovery. We emphasize both short and long term management of mental and physical health, which could explain why so many Recovery Café Members around the USA have been able to maintain long-term sobriety.

Believing that belonging to strong communities is essential to full living, we work to form lasting bonds. We celebrate as individuals reclaim their lives and see themselves as worthy of giving and receiving love.

What Do We Do?

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE IN THE RECOVERY CAFÉ?

The Recovery Café works because it’s a lived expression of the belief that every life matters; if you believe this, you have a role to play here, whether as a Member or as a Community Volunteer.

Membership
As in healthy families, every Member is valued and every member is expected to do their part. Members commit to:

Having 24 hours of sobriety when they come through the door
Participating in one Recovery Circle per week
Contributing their time and talent to the community

Community Volunteer
There are many opportunities to volunteer including:

Cafe Companion
Recovery Circle Facilitator
School for Recovery
Sharing professional services
Assisting with social activities
Kitchen Help
Administrative Assistance
Fundraising/Events
Maintenance/Repair
Landscaping & Gardening

HOW DO I GET INVOLVED?

Join
Contact us to become a Member at developmentrc@dovehousejc.org or 360-821-1985. We are currently offering "hybrid" in-person/virtual Recovery Circles, tele-support, and some in-person opportunities to Give Back. Our New Member Enrollment form is here.

Events & Tours
Check out our events calendar below or schedule a COVID-safe tour of our building by contacting us at 360-821-1985.

Volunteer
- Join us at our monthly volunteer trainings, held every third Friday of the month via Zoom. Register here. You can view recordings of past volunteer trainings here.
- Join our Food/Kitchen Group! This volunteer group manages our equipment & supply inventory, recipe book, and food service operations. Contact us to join, developmentrc@dovehousejc.org.
- Join our Advocacy Group! This volunteer group focuses on addressing social justice issues that affect the recovery community. We meet once monthly via Zoom. Contact us to join, developmentrc@dovehousejc.org.

Donate
It takes support from our whole community to sustain Recovery Cafe. Please consider donating below or by sending a check to Dove House at 1045 10th Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 with “Recovery Café” in the memo line. If you have other items to donate, please contact us at developmentrc@dovehousejc.org or 360-385-5292.

STAY INFORMED!
Subscribe to our email list. For more frequent updates and volunteer opportunities, check the Volunteering box. For only major news and updates, leave the box unchecked.

DOVE HOUSE & RECOVERY CAFÉ NETWORK

Recovery Café Jefferson County is a program of Dove House Advocacy Services, a non-profit organization based in Port Townsend. We are an Emerging Member of the Recovery Café Network, a cohort learning model providing mentorship, materials, expertise, and facilitated learning experiences for groups seeking to start recovery communities based on the Recovery Café model.

As an Emerging Member, we receive training and support from the Network over two years to start programming, build recovery capital in our community, and prepare to become certified as a Full Member of the Network. Full Recovery Café Network Members are granted a Recovery Café Network license to open and run a Recovery Café in their community.