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Jonathan Starts Work at Fred Meyer's
    (Continued from Home Page) Jonathan grew up in Seattle and has been a member of Wallingford House for more than three years. He has his own apartment in Greenwood where he can walk to the #48 bus on 85th and take it straight to work. During his free time, Jonathan likes to go watch movies at El Rey in Belltown after lunch with his friends at Wallingford Clubhouse
The Clubhouse Story, Then . . .
     (Continued from Home Page) First Lady Rosalyn Carter, who was head of the national mental health division. I remember how Wallingford House blossomed at that time. There were five units operating from morning to mid afternoon. They included a newsletter unit, maintenance, The Groom Room Thrift Shop and food service, which made lunch and dinner for a minimum cost. Funds began to dwindle over the years and Wallingford House diminished into a drop-in center. But not before CPC became the largest housing system in the country providing for the mentally ill. 
 -- by Don Dias
 
. . . And Now
     The Wallingford Clubhouse began as an idea in the mind of Nick Codd, WCH’s current Manager. Back in of January 2006, Nick spoke with a Director of the Community Psychiatric Clinic, Mike Nielsen, and the two of them designed two proposals which they presented to DVR and the Mental Health Division. The proposals were accepted and the initial grant money was rewarded for the founding of Wallingford Clubhouse. That March: Nick, Eden Berge (the clubhouse’s first supervisor), and Charmiane Cooley (WCH’s first club member) attended ICCD Clubhouse Training at the Gateway House in Greenville, South Carolina.
      With the staff and membership already forming, it was necessary to prepare the clubhouse. The space designated for the clubhouse had been. a drop-in center This was shut down and remodeled during the months of April and August. In September WCH opened with Eden supervising a three-person staff: Teresa Vela in the office unit, Peggy Bailey in the kitchen unit, and Rose George overseeing Transitional Employment. During the past 6 months, there has been good, steady progress.
     Members have been making the transition from dropping in and hanging out to showing up and working. Now, in February 2007, the Wallingford House will soon have a new supervisor, Damaris Eustice. Anticipating the future, in May, the ICCD will come to certify the clubhouse as an official member of the national network. And so we are all working and preparing for this. -- by David LaMay
 
             

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