Improving Accessibility to the GOC
At the GOC, we are proud to make sure our Clubhouse is accessible to everyone. And while we love our new Clubhouse location, it still needs work. Our new addition…
Labor Day Fun at GOC
Those who live with chronic mental illness often spend the holidays alone. That does not happen at the GOC. GOC Members are not only receiving services here, they are performing…
Culver’s Brings Our Friends Out
How do you recover from Mental illness?You do it with new friends and a smile on your face. The GOC had a Friend-Raising event at Culver’s, the site where some…
Paramedics come to GOC
Thank you so much to our community partners at the City of Gainesville, FL – Government. Their Gainesville Fire Rescue CRP team came out to the GOC to explore referral…
Shoebox Budgeting at GOC
Breaking tasks down into simple steps is one of the ways we help our Members. We are now learning about Shoe Box Budgeting. You keep every receipt, stick it in…
Community Partners Visit GOC
Who supports adults living with mental illness? We all do! It takes a community to make a community. This week dedicated members of our partner agencies visited to see how…
15 years of GOC
May 14, 2022. Our fifteen year anniversary of the GOC. Can you believe we have been here for 15 years? We had a Founders Luncheon to celebrate. Many of the…
Welcome Mary!
GOC is happy to welcome our insurance agent, Mary Bambrick, of Hub International. She takes care of our our property, professional, and liability needs and has been providing the GOC…
Rotary Dictionary Drive Comes to GOC
The Gainesville Opportunity Center hosted Rotarians from all over Gainesville for the Rotary Annual Dictionary Drive. We labeled and boxed enough dictionaries so every third grader in Alachua County will…