Welcome Jesuit Volunteers! We are proud to introduce to you the new Jesuit Volunteers joining us at Recovery Café! Samantha Walshak will support our operations team as Radical Hospitality Coordinator and Emily Tormey will recruit, lead and retain volunteers as Volunteer Coordinator. Both were selected for their high levels of compassion for others, integrity, and
Letter to an Intern
A significant ingredient of Recovery Cafe’s healing community is the love, support and passion brought by our interns. Typically our interns come from counseling degree programs at Seattle University and the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. Dave Shull heads up our interns program and serves as their wise, deeply seasoned, committed and caring
GiveBIG 2016 Exceeded Goals!
THANK YOU! Through your generosity, Recovery Café raised over $29,000 through the Seattle Foundation’s 6th annual GiveBIG! Thank you to our Finance Committee and former Board members for offering a stretch match to everyone that supported us and thank you to every Change Maker who supported recovery by making a donation to us via GiveBIG
Recovery Café Network Launched!
Last week, five groups from Washington State and California came together at Recovery Café in Seattle to launch the Inaugural Recovery Café Network Cohort with the goal to open Recovery Cafés in their cities. Groups from Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver (WA), Everett and San Jose (CA) joined the charter two-year cohort. Each group brings dedication to
40 Years Ago the Unthinkable Happened
By Greg D. Williams, M.A. (first appeared in Huffington Post on May 9, 2016) Forty years ago today, on May 9, 1976, an unusual press conference was held at the old Shoreham Americana Hotel in Washington, D.C. The story grabbed the attention of national media cameras and the next day appeared in many newspapers across