Petoskey Club is an internationally accredited Clubhouse model program where people living with mental illness come together to promote wellness, recovery, employment, and advocacy.

 

When you walk into Petoskey Club, located in beautiful Northern Lower Michigan overlooking Lake Michigan’s Little Traverse Bay, you may be greeted with the sweet scent of a meal being prepared, of onions sautéing on the stovetop or a dessert baking in the oven. You’re certain to be met with a warm hello and the sight of lush green plants growing in pots at the entrance. Walk into the dining area full of bright natural light and see members hard at work creating posters for an advocacy event, joining together for a Decisions Meeting, or signing up for the day’s work.

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Club is a place where relationships are created and maintained, good, healthy meals are shared, and ownership and responsibility are valued. Club members take pride in their work, whether meal planning and preparation in the Club’s licensed commercial grade kitchen, cleaning and maintaining the building, planning and community outreach, or any number of other tasks that are part of the Club’s – day. On a given afternoon, you can expect to find members working with their hands in the soil of the Club’s raised garden beds where ingredients for the daily salad bar are grown, in the kitchen cooking vegetables for a delicious lunch or heading out to gain work experience in a transitional employment position. Club members describe Petoskey Club as a place to find purpose, friendship, and support in becoming more healthy, active, and aware.