Bay Area nonprofit helps those whose lives are interrupted by mental illness, connecting them with education, job training and friendship.
California Clubhouse member Leslie Roberts, center, talks with Excutive Director Lisa Litsey during a break time on Oct. 15, 2024, in San Carlos, Calif. As a healthy youngster, Leslie Roberts loved spending time in her father’s grocery store in Iowa, where she excelled at stocking supplies and balancing atop crates to reach fresh lettuce.
Donations from Wish Book will help improve the kitchen, and be used to purchase small dining tables for more intimate conversations. Funding will also support new materials to help with Clubhouse’s back-to-work efforts and social outings. It is not a clinical or treatment program. It is a place where people can relearn to meet the world and where they can always return if the world feels too daunting or unwelcoming. It seeks to end social and economic isolation.
Membership is voluntary and open to adults diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder. A referral from a mental health professional is required. “You check your label at the door,” said Steven, who also asked that his name not be used. “You just show up as your authentic self.”
California Clubhouse social practitioner Jeffery Chen, center left, teaches member Nolan Ubinstein, center right, how to use a spreadsheet application on Oct. 15, 2024, in San Carlos, Calif.
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