Mental Health Recovery Matters!

I’m proud to serve on the Board of Cowtown Clubhouse, an organization that has become important to me because mental health illness and recovery is real and ongoing. My connection to the Clubhouse began in 2023 when a friend introduced me to their mission. Looking for a way to utilize a Foresters Community Volunteer grant, I could channel my passion for community service and mental health advocacy.

Cowtown Clubhouse serves adults living with serious mental illness through a simple but powerful idea: people recover through relationships, purpose, and belonging. At the Clubhouse, members aren’t treated as patients or defined by a diagnosis. Instead, members and staff work side by side to run the Clubhouse, prepare and share meals, build friendships, pursue employment and education, and contribute their talents to a community where they are genuinely needed.

One of the things that has made the greatest impression on me was the excitement in members who wanted to shop and plant with me, and use the produce they grew in their daily meals. Hearing about their delicious meals and seeing the proud smiles on their faces was heartwarming.

That’s why I’m supporting Cowtown Clubhouse this North Texas Giving Day.

Your gift helps provide the everyday things that make this community possible: a welcoming place to belong, nutritious communal meals, employment and education support, wellness opportunities, and staff who build meaningful relationships with members. Most importantly, your support helps ensure that adults living with serious mental illness don’t have to face recovery alone.

I’m hoping to raise $3,000 for the 3 years I've been a Board Member.

Will you join me this North Texas Giving Day with a gift to Cowtown Clubhouse? Every contribution, at any level, helps build a community where people are known, needed, valued, and empowered to create meaningful lives.

Thank you for supporting Cowtown Clubhouse!