Who Are We?

Recovery Café is a community based on the belief that everyone deserves love and belonging; and that meaningful belonging to community is essential for recovery.​ 

​We further believe that everyone is in recovery from something. We use this mantra intentionally because it expresses the inclusivity of our community, it helps to reduce stigma regarding recovery challenges, and it reminds us of our universal humanity.

​A lot of practical work goes on at Recovery Café. We provide support and connection so that Members can access housing, education, employment, and social and health services.

​​We welcome people wherever they are on their journeys, recognizing that there’s a wide spectrum of care and honoring multiple pathways to recovery. It is not our aim to “fix” anyone at Recovery Café. We are simply creating space and opportunity where you can feel safe to explore new, healthy relationships and forms of healing.

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 has value; if you believe this, you have a role to play here, whether as a Member or as a Volunteer.


Membership
Members commit to: ​
     1. Be drug-and-alcohol-free while in the community space
     2. Participate in a weekly Recovery Circle
     3. Give Back to the Café community​

What is a Recovery Circle? 
​     - A Recovery Circle is a peer support group where we share our recovery successes and challenges. This is where we foster a profound sense of connection and belonging. To build a trusted space, we expect everyone to maintain confidentiality; we enroll no more than 8 people in any Recovery Circle; each Circle is led by a facilitator; and we ask Members to attend their same Circle each week. Through consistency in sharing deeply and meeting one another with loving kindness, we experience growth and healing in our recovery together.

​Volunteer
For some, Membership in a Recovery Circle may not be the right fit right now. We invite you to join us as a Volunteer instead. Recognizing that nurturing healthy relationships requires an investment of time, we ask for a minimum commitment of a two-hour shift twice monthly. 

Some tasks our new volunteers help with include:
     - ​Kitchen Assistance
     - Morning set-up
     - Afternoon restock
     - Daily cleaning tasks on our "Give Back" board
     - Landscaping & Gardening
     - Maintenance/Repair

Empowering peer leadership is an important aspect of the Recovery Cafe community. After about 3-6 months, some Members and Volunteers may help us in additional roles:
     - Recovery Circle or Group Facilitator
     - Front Desk
     - Meal Server
     - Café Companion
     - Administrative Assistance
     - Fundraising/Events
HOW DO I GET INVOLVED?
Visit Us
 
     - Join us when we're open to meet Staff, tour the space, and get a sense of the community. Please join us for a meal or participate in one of our drop-in offerings. Explore if this community feels like a good fit for you.

     - After 3 visits, enroll as either a Member or Volunteer.

     - To enroll, every Member and Volunteer attends an orientation on Wednesdays at 10am. Inquire below or in-person if that time does not work for you.

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Donate

     - Please consider donating below or by sending a check made out 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 [email protected] or 360-385-5292

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DOVE HOUSE & RECOVERY CAFÉ NETWORK

​Dove House Recovery Café is a program of Dove House Advocacy Services, a non-profit organization serving Jefferson County, WA. We are a Full Member of the Recovery Café Network, a nationwide model of recovery peer support. As such, we uphold these 6 Core Commitments:

1. Create a community space that is drug and alcohol free, embracing, and healing
2. Nurture structures of loving accountability called Recovery Circles
3. Empower every Member to be a contributor
4. Raise up Member leaders
5. Ensure responsible stewardship 
6. Work to end systemic racism, socioeconomic inequality, and oppression of any individual or identity group by holding spaces that are profoundly loving, inclusive, and honoring of all
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE RECOVERY CAFE NETWORK:

To create a safe community in which all are valued, we will strive to:
- Connect with divine Love in ourselves and others
- Show respect
- Cultivate compassion
- Practice forgiveness
- Encourage growth
- Give Back 

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Our Space

Calendar

All events open to the public unless otherwise specified

Blue = drop-in events
Orange = require registration
Green = independent recovery groups

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Thank you for supporting this community! 
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Contact Us

360-379-6866
[email protected]

​Physical address:
​939 Kearney Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368

Mailing address:
1045 10th St, Port Townsend, WA 98368
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