Blog Category Suggestions Needed
As we get this Meeting Place blog off the ground, it will need to be categorized. You know, categories such as:
- Improving the Facility
- News
- Events
- Etc.
If you have any suggestions for categories, please send them here:
info@GoldCoastRecoveryCenter.org
Posted by the GCRC Board
The Meeting Place Building for Sale
Ok. So we’ve all noticed the “Available” sign tacked up to the front of The Meeting Place building. The building has been for sale for quite some time. The Board has know about it, and we have been in constant communication with the landlord.
The Landlord assures us that he will not lease the building to another tenant. We can stay where we are until the property sells and the new owner asks us to leave, which will probably not happen in the near future…
We are actively raising funds and searching for a new long-term facility.
You can help by becoming a GCRC sponsor. Click the following link to find out more:
http://www.goldcoastrecoverycenter.org/?p=30
Posted by the GCRC board.
For more info: Email us at: info@GoldCoastRecoveryCenter.org
Or
Call: 805-830-6500
New N.A. Blog at The Meeting Place
The Meeting Place has started this blog for Narcotics Anonymous members . This blog is moderated, meaning that you must join the blog to comment on posts. Blog membership is also moderated. Once your first comment is approved, you can then post without restriction.
Posted by the GCRC Board.
New GCRC Community Blog
The Meeting Place has started this blog for recovering sponsors. To post to this box, you must be a GCRC sponsor.
You can find information on becoming a GCRC sponsor here:
http://www.goldcoastrecoverycenter.org/?p=30
Posted by the GCRC Board.
Recovery at The Meeting Place
Welcome to The Meeting Place, West Ventura County’s center for recovery from substance abuse. We are managed by Gold Coast Recovery Center, Inc. (GCRC), a non-profit group dedicated to promoting recovery in Ventura County. The Meeting Place provides low-cost meeting facilities for 12 Step and other recovery-oriented groups. We also provide a safe and positive environment for recovering people to meet, hang out, and work on their recovery. We are the alternative to bars and street corners for newly recovering people.
Literally hundreds of recovering people come to our facility each month. We host at least three 12-step recovery meetings nearly every day. And, when meetings are not in session, recovering people meet and fellowship in our coffee bar or on the patio.
The Meeting place is centrally located in downtown Ventura, at 291 Santa Cruz St.
Click “Donate” to help support The Meeting Place.
For more information, you can contact us at:
805-830-6500
or
info@GoldCoastRecoveryCenter.org
See you at The Meeting Place.
Community Sponsorship Plans
We have seen literally hundreds of addicted people come to The Meeting Place and find help. And, of those that don’t find recovery the first or second time they come to our facility, many eventually return and begin their journey to a new life. The Meeting Place is like a beacon of hope in downtown Ventura. It stands ready to receive and assist all who want to find freedom from substance abuse. Many of those substance abusers who are still out there living destructive lives and disrupting the community know about The Meeting Place. And, they know that we are here waiting to help them when they’ve had enough. You can help us help them.
Initially, The Meeting Place was established and run by one member of the Ventura recovery community. Recognizing the facility’s value to the recovering community and West Ventura County at large, several recovering people with many years of abstinence from substance use and recovery from the disease addiction have established Gold Coast Recovery Center, Inc., a non-profit corporation, to promote and develop the facility. The Meeting Place is a refuge for newly-recovering and long-time recovering people in our community
The GCRC Board believes that The Meeting Place performs a valuable and much-needed service to not only the recovery community, but to the local community at large. When an addict stops using and begins the process of becoming a productive member of society, everybody wins. Armed with this philosophy, GCRC is asking the community, especially the business community, for assistance in maintaining and developing this resource.
The Gold Coast Recovery Center provides affordable meeting facilities for recovery-oriented programs. The facility itself and GCRC are not affiliated with any particular recovery group. The goal of the corporation and the The Meeting Place is to assist these organizations and fellowships in facilitating and promoting their efforts to provide recovery solutions.
Community Sponsorship Plans
We have developed the following plans for community businesses and individuals who want help us with tax-deductible donations.
Bronze = 100 per month = small plaque in coffee bar area specified for bronze sponsors and listing on website on “Sponsors” page of website.
- Silver = $200 per month = larger plaque in coffee bar area specified for silver sponsors and listing on website on “Sponsors” page.
- Gold = $350 per month = medium-sized laminated sign in coffee bar area specified for Gold sponsors , listing on website on “Sponsors” page and small rotating banner on Website.
- Platinum = $500 per month = Large laminated sign in coffee bar in strategic areas throughout facility , listing on website on “Sponsors” page and large rotating banner on Website.
The Meeting place is centrally located in downtown Ventura, at 291 Santa Cruz St.
For more information, you can contact us at:
805-830-6500
or
info@GoldCoastRecoveryCenter.org
See you at The Meeting Place.
Recovery Meeting Schedule
The Meeting Place currently hosts over twenty-five 12-Step meetings monthly, as well as various service committees for Ventura County recovery fellowships. Recovering people, or people seeking recovery, are welcome to attend any and all meetings at the facility. You are also welcome to start your own recovery meetings at The Meeting Place. All substance abuse recovery-oriented organizations are welcome. Feel free to contact us about how we can help you get a meeting started at The Meeting Place.
The Meeting Place Event Schedule
(Hover your mouse cursor over a calendar listing for details about the event.)
Calendar developed and supported by Kieran O'Shea
If you have a meeting or event at The Meeting Place that is not listed here, feel free to send us an email to inform us about the event.
Info@GoldCoastRecoveryCenter.org
Recovering Member Sponsorship Plans
The Meeting Place is a non-profit facility supported by the recovering community and the community at large. If you are in recovery, we invite you to become a Gold Coast Recovery Center, Inc. sponsor. We have developed several sponsorship plans, some based on providing monetary donations, others based on volunteering time at the facility. The Meeting Place belongs to all of us in the recovering community. Please help how ever you can.
Click here to download Sponsorship signup form: Sponsorship Signup
When we receive the form and first month’s fee, we will send you an email receipt. You can use it to pickup your Sponsorship punch card at The Meeting Place. Or you can just drop the form and fee off at The Meeting Place and pickup your Sponsorship punch card at the same time.
Here is a list of our Recovering Member Sponsorship Plans: (all donations are tax deductible)
Bronze – $10.00/month
- Free soda, coffee or water 2 per month
- Free pool
- Free ping pong
- Free membership in GCRC blog
Silver - $20.00/month
- Free soda, coffee, water 4 per month
- Free pool
- Free ping pong
- Free membership in GCRC blog
- 2 hours free use of facility computers and Internet
- Free access to WiFi for laptops and/or PDA
Gold - $50.00/month
- Free soda, coffee, water 8 per month
- Free pool
- Free ping pong
- Free membership in GCRC blog
- 4 hours free use of facility computers and Internet
- Free access to WiFi for laptops and/or PDA
- Use of facility for recovery-related events – (Twice per year & coffee sodas/waters must be purchased from snack bar – schedule permitting)
Platinum- $100.00/month
- Free soda, coffee, water, energy drinks 12 per month
- Free pool
- Free ping pong
- Free membership in GCRC blog
- Unlimited hours free use of facility computers and Internet
- Free access to WiFi for laptops and/or PDA
- Unlimited use of facility for recovery-related events , schedule permitting – (Coffee, sodas/waters must be purchased from snack bar)
Volunteer Sponsorship Plans (Duties determined by Management Team)
- 4 hours monthly volunteer time = Bronze membership
- 8 hours monthly volunteer time = Silver membership
- 20 hours volunteer time = Gold membership
- 30 hours or manager position = Platinum membership
Click here to download Sponsorship signup form: Sponsorship Signup
When we receive the form and first month’s fee, we will send you an email receipt. You can use it to pickup your Sponsorship punch card at The Meeting Place. Or you can just drop the form and fee off at The Meeting Place and pickup your Sponsorship punch card at the same time.
For more info: Email us at: info@GoldCoastRecoveryCenter.org
Or
Call: 805-830-6500
