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Recovery Cafe feeds body and soul

3/19/2022

At the Recovery Cafe in Port Townsend, Nordland Garden Club members — from left, Alice Tibbals, Sandy Haynes and Leslie Watkins — established a new patio garden earlier this month. Its vegetables and berries will go into the free meals prepared in the cafe kitchen. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula Daily News
By Diane Urbani de la Paz

Haven adds kitchen garden on patio

PORT TOWNSEND — The Recovery Cafe patio, with its tables, chairs and view of Kah Tai Lagoon, looks like a good place to sit back, breathe the fresh air, and chill.

It has become that kind of place.

As of this spring, though, the patio in back of the cafe at 19th and Kearney streets is transforming into a place for work, growth and nourishment. In support of everybody who comes to the Recovery Cafe, the Nordland Garden Club and YourTinyFarm.org have established a substantial kitchen garden on the patio.

Recovery Cafe in Port Townsend holds ceremony to display new piece of Craig Rogers artwork

3/16/2022

Port Townsend Leader
James Sloan

A group of eight arrived to the Dove House Recovery Café last Wednesday to celebrate an art piece, recently given to the nonprofit by an anonymous donor.

Craig Rogers shares the inspiration behind “The Artist’s Studio” while close friend Robert Komishane holds the piece.

The painting, titled “The Artist’s Studio,” was created by local artist Craig Rogers. As an outsider artist — a self-taught creator with little influence from mainstream art and a unique personal vision — Rogers’ style of art beckons to past memories and experiences, infused with imaginative elements and bold creativity.

Read more at https://www.ptleader.com/stories/recovery-caf-in-port-townsend-holds-ceremony-to-display-new-piece-of-craig-rogers-artwork,81343

Local art collector packs big talent into small space

2/6/2022

Robert Komishane smiles with a new painting he received from local artist Craig Rogers at his apartment last week.

Port Townsend Leader
James Sloan

Port Townsend resident Robert Komishane loves art in every form.

Whether it’s the smooth sounds of hard-bop jazz, the evocative craft of poetry, or the enticing appearance of paint on canvas, Komishane enjoys it all.

In fact, he’s slowly added a substantial collection of works of art to his apartment over the years. Komishane has amassed around 80 or so paintings and art pieces, with the majority coming from local artists and artisans in the Olympic Peninsula.

Read more here: www.ptleader.com/stories/local-art-collector-packs-big-talent-into-small-space,80261

Community Welcome at Recovery Cafe

10/13/2021

Port Townsend Leader
Letter-to-the-Editor

Recovery Cafe Jefferson County is open to the public for free meals served at 12:30 p.m. Thursdays and 10:30 a.m. Fridays.

We’re a program operated by Dove House with the purpose of building community for all who need it! We believe everyone is in recovery from something.

What you’ll find here is a warm welcome, a safe and loving atmosphere, a nutritious meal, and peer support for your recovery. Come learn about membership and volunteer opportunities. We ask everyone be drug and alcohol-free. Both indoor and outdoor seating is available. Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. We’re located at 939 Kearney St., Port Townsend.

Learn more information about our program at www.RecoveryCafeJC.org or 360-385-5292. We hope to see you there!

Brian Richardson
PORT TOWNSEND

Posted at: https://www.ptleader.com/stories/community-welcome-at-recovery-cafe-letter-to-the-editor,77761

Recovery Cafe open in Port Townsend

4/27/2021

Fiddler Alea Waters, left, and guitarist Lang Russel provide free music outside Port Townsend’s Recovery Cafe last week. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula Daily News
By Diane Urbani de la Paz

Group provides resource, sense of safety for attendees

PORT TOWNSEND — The sounds of fiddle and guitar, courtesy of buskers Alea Waters and Lang Russel, floated into the warm air. Walking up to the front porch, people smiled at each other from behind their cloth masks, and then Brian Richardson invited everybody in for announcements and a free, just-made lunch.

Nonprofits ramp up outreach

11/15/2020

Peninsula Daily News
By Nicholas Johnson

PORT TOWNSEND – After more than six months of searching for an affordable place to rent, Brian Thompson and his two small dogs found themselves with no place to go June 1, more than two months into the coronavirus pandemic.

Read here: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/nonprofits-ramp-up-outreach/

Chef Troy Murrell with Bayside Housing and Services, left, hands a hot meal to Janna Hall on Sunday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds campground in Port Townsend. Hall, who has bipolar disorder, said she has been homeless in Port Townsend for eight years and currently lives in a tent at the fairgrounds. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

Hollow Moon headlines Recovery Cafe fundraiser

11/6/2020

A small crowd gathers for the Recovery Cafe’s concert fundraiser.
LEADER PHOTO BY LUCIANO MARANO

Leader news staff
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The Port Hadlock foursome Hollow Moon performed outside Dove House Advocacy Service’s Recovery Cafe Monday, Oct. 26, part of a semi-virtual fundraiser for the nonprofit’s “Deck out Recovery Cafe!” effort.

Read here: https://www.ptleader.com/stories/hollow-moon-headlines-recovery-cafe-fundraiser,72092

Recovery Cafe renovations nearing completion

9/30/2020

Peninsula Daily News
Zach Jablonski

PORT TOWNSEND — After more than nine months, the Dove House Recovery Cafe is nearing the completion of its renovations and is launching an online fundraiser during October.

Read here: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/recovery-cafe-renovations-nearing-completion/

Recovery Cafe Program Manager Brian Richardson, left, along with volunteer and advisory committee member Maura Walsch, stand behind the welcome desk of the Recovery Cafe on Tuesday as the pair and other volunteers worked to finish the last pieces of the cafe’s renovations. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

KPTZ show "Filter"

8/21/2020

Paul Rice, host of KPTZ show "Filter," interviews Recovery Cafe Program Manager Brian Richardson on the mission of Dove House during the pandemic and the upcoming Recovery Cafe.

Listen here: https://kptz.org/2020/08/21/brian-richardson/

New Building | Recovery Cafe Jefferson County

8/13/2020

Check out this blog post from one of our generous funders, Ben B. Cheney Foundation!

Talk to the Dove House staff for only a few minutes, and you’ll be impressed at the number of advocacy and support services they are able to provide. They know that nobody fits neatly in to one category when it comes to recovery, because many forms of trauma intersect and overlap. It is this breadth of knowledge that makes Dove House a perfect fit to develop a Recovery Café in Jefferson County.

Read more here: https://www.benbcheneyfoundation.org/recovery-cafe-jefferson-county-port-townsend/

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