Celebrating 50 Years ✩ Building the Next 50

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Athens Mental Health Inc

Athens Mental Health Inc fosters community resilience through peer support and connection, providing essential services and programming for mental health. Their mission is to create a safe space for individuals to find hope and healing together.

Your gift helps keep Athens Mental Health Inc a safe, welcoming community for people living with mental health and substance use challenges. Together, staff and members build peer support, recovery, and wellness every day. Donations strengthen peer support groups, mental health education, and recreational and wellness activities that reduce isolation and foster connection. You also help provide linkage to affordable housing, access to healthy food, and peer advocacy so members can move toward stability and hope. Thank you for standing with our community.

Your gift helps keep Athens Mental Health Inc a safe, welcoming community for people living with mental health and substance use challenges. Together, staff and members build peer support, recovery, and wellness every day.Donations strengthen peer support groups, mental health education, and recreational and wellness activities that reduce isolation and foster connection.You also help provide linkage to affordable housing, access to healthy food, and peer advocacy so members can move toward stability and hope. Thank you for standing with our community.

Pre 10/16/25 Donations

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Non-50th Donations

Be a part of The Gathering Place&#39;s legacy by joining us to celebrate our 50th birthday! 100% of each ticket sale supports us directly! See the event schedule below! Celebrating 50 Years &bull; Building the Next 50 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: A Welcome Reception featuring<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Food and Mocktails by Olive Branch Catering</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Live music from The Gatherers and Caitlin Kraus</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Five Decades of Archives Exhibition</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Historic photographs and slideshow</li></ul> 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: 50th Anniversary Program and Campaign Kickoff<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: inherit;">50 Years in Our Own Voices: vignettes and stories filmed by Susan Hilvert</li><li fr-original-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: inherit;">Special Recognition presented by Mayor Steve Patterson</li><li fr-original-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: inherit;">Words from Kerry Pigman, Executive Director of Athens County Foundation, Kelley Brar, President of the Board of Directors of The Gathering Place, and other community voices sharing why The Gathering Place matters</li><li fr-original-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: inherit;">Our Why: Celebrating 50 Years &nbsp;- Building the Next 50 presentation by Ginger Schmalenberg, Executive Director of The Gathering Place</li></ul>6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Musical Performances and Birthday Celebration<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Performance by musical guest Caitlin Kraus</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Performance by our house band, The Gatherers</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Birthday cake for The GP&#39;s 50th Birthday!</li></ul>

Athens Mental Health Inc

Athens Mental Health Inc

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