Recovery Café

Mission

We are a community of people who have experienced trauma and the results of trauma such as homelessness, addiction and other mental health challenges coming to know we are loved and that we have gifts to share. We provide ongoing recovery support to those seeking to transform their lives.

Description

Recovery Café is an alternative, therapeutic, supportive community founded on the truth that every human being is precious and worthy of love regardless of earlier trauma, mental and emotional anguish, and addictive behaviors. Since 2004, the Café's drug-and-alcohol-free space and loving community has anchored our Members in sustained recovery needed to gain and maintain access to housing, social and health services, healthy relationships, education, and employment. 

GiveBIG 2025 Campaign

This year for GiveBIG, we are directing funds to our School for Recovery. This program offers enriching classes led by staff, volunteers, and Members.

A core component of the Recovery Café model, the School for Recovery gives people the chance to grow, heal, discover, take risks, and surprise themselves by doing and becoming what they never thought possible.  Each class is designed to provide support, wisdom, and companions for the hard work of making healthier choices as we live with whatever it is we are recovering from. Classes cover a variety of topics, including yoga, meditation, writing, life & recovery skills, and more!

Participation in the School advances the recovery journey in a number of ways:

• Attending classes gives people meaningful things to do with their time and gets them out of their heads
• Offers them ways to build deeper relationships with people who are serious about recovery
• Provides mentors who are committed to their healing and growth
• Introduces them to new ideas and experiences that can take them on life-giving paths they’ve never imagined
• And most importantly, the School for Recovery is about letting yourself get passionate about something and diving into it in creative, healing ways

Your support during GiveBIG 2025 will help us continue offering these transformational opportunities to our Members and the larger Seattle community. Thank you!

GiveBIG 2025 Match from a generous Recovery Café Board Member

We are excited to share that one of our wonderful Recovery Café board members will be MATCHING UP TO $10,000 during GiveBIG 2025. This will help launch us to our overall goal of $20,000 to support our School for Recovery program. We are so grateful to our generous board member, and to all of our supporters' ongoing commitment to the health and well-being of our Members and the entire community!