Exploring Opportunities for Employment
Our Members attended a job fair hosted by One Community Family Resource Center to explore opportunities for reentering the job market. Employment is the gateway to independence. That’s why one…
James Presents at Employment Dinner
This is James who is giving a presentation at our Employment Dinner for the purpose of showing other Members what he does for his work. In addition to sharing his…
Sheriff’s Office Advocates For Recovery
Sheriff Chad Scott and Captain Chris Sims who visited the GOC for the purpose of raising awareness and building stronger connections with our community. Visits like this help promote inclusion,…
Bridge Between Community Safety and Recovery Support
Sergeant Shelley Postle, Officer Sarah Reeves, and Clinician Allison Mendoza from the Gainesville Police Department and Meridian Healthcare co-responder team visited the GOC. This unique team pairs law enforcement with…
Brett Buell at Clubhouse International World Conference
We are so proud of the GOC’s Developement Director, Brett Buell, for speaking during a workshop at the Clubhouse International World Conference (St. Pete Beach, FL) about the benefits of…
New Culinary Operations Whiteboard
Today we made excellent progress on our new culinary operations whiteboard. Look at all of those neatly written task labels! Lots of activities to do and skills to learn for…
Making the GOC Safe for All
Thank you to First Federal Bank for funding our new security cameras and to Crime Prevention Security Systems for the expert installation! Because of your support, the Gainesville Opportunity Center…
Getting Organized for Work
We are setting up our new operations whiteboards to display what tasks and activities need to be completed each day at our Clubhouse. Members and staff work together running the…
Superheroes at the GOC
$13,400 and counting. We did it! Thank you to all that donated for the Amazing Give. We had a wrap up evening to celebrate and thank some of our donors.…
Amazing Give is Here!
We’re breaking stereotypes—and we need your help to keep going! At the Gainesville Opportunity Center, Members don’t just receive services—they help run the Clubhouse! From cooking and clerical work to…