Come See Our Program in Action
Thank you to Angela from Meldon Law for stopping by the Gainesville Opportunity Center and donating this amazing gift basket for our Annual Open House Fall Festival! Our event is…
Celebrating Recovery, Community, and Partnership
The Gainesville Opportunity Center was proud to join NAMI Gainesville’s Annual Walk this weekend! It was an amazing day celebrating recovery, community, and partnership. We were joined by so many…
Honoring Our Veterans
Honoring Our Veterans at the GOC! We are so proud to share that one of our Members and one of our staff from the Gainesville Opportunity Center were recently recognized…
Santa Fe College Career Center
We took GOC Members to the Santa Fe College Job Fair this week as part of our ongoing outreach to help adults living with mental illness rejoin the community and…
Honoring Chief Ed Book
GOC Members and staff were honored to attend Chief Ed Book’s retirement ceremony! Chief Book has been an incredible leader and advocate for our community, always working to make Gainesville…
GOC on NBC
We were thrilled to welcome Darlena Cunha, Creative Services Director at WGFL-WNBW-MYME, and her talented camera crew as they came out to film a TV commercial featuring the GOC! Our…
Breaking the Cycle of Crisis
The Gainesville Police Department’s Co-Responder Team spoke at the Rotary Club of Downtown Gainesville. This incredible program pairs a police officer with a mental health therapist to respond to calls…
FACT Team Visit
GOC had a great visit today from the FACT program (Florida Assertive Community Treatment)! They provide important psychiatric services and case management services to their clientele, and we’re excited to…
Community Outreach Visit to Meridian
Brett Buell, GOC’s business development director, gave a presentation at Meridian alongside a panel of GOC Members—Susan, Akeem, and Kayla—who shared their own experiences of how the Clubhouse has impacted…
Making an Impact with NAMI
We had a great time supporting NAMI Gainesville at Blaze Pizza, helping raise funds for free mental health programs, support groups, and advocacy in our community. Joining in the fun…