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Giving Tuesday is a day where communities come together to show support to their favorite charitable organization by helping its mission.  

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The mission of Guildhaus is to deliver conscientious, compassionate support to men establishing a solid recovery foundation, providing assistance in their transition to a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle.   

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 At Guildhaus, we work hard all year round to keep this place functioning and continue its mission. Funds generated from our annual fundraising events, like the June golf outing or our Fall 5K, help us with on-going maintenance and repair needs.  Where we fall short are extracurricular needs outside the normal treatment plans for our clients.   We believe with extra support from the community, we can provide additional opportunities for our clients in their recovery program.  These areas could include substance use prevention spiritual retreats, holistic well-being activities, additional materials for our recovery library and supplies they can utilize in their next chapter of sobriety.

• Substance Use Prevention Spiritual Retreats - Funds generated from Giving Tuesday will provide scholarships for clients to attend spiritual recovery-based weekend retreats.  These retreats help each understand what drives them to make the choices they make in small group settings combined with large group fellowship fun.

• Holistic Well-Being Activities - Group activities to help reduce anxiety and bring peace and hope back into their lives.

• Recovery Library Materials - Recovery based books to help the clients become a deeper student of their support group program.

You may be wondering why one of the options is supplies. Most of our clients come with little to nothing as far as clothing or toiletries.  For the newcomer to our house, we want to provide them with the necessary toiletry items as well as basic needs, such as socks and underwear.  We do receive clothing donations, which are fully utilized by our guys.  On the back end of their stay with us, we want them to be proud of the hard work they have endured.  We want them to regain some self-esteem.  Leaving here with personal items and something to transport their clothes in would be a big step into that next chapter of their sober life.