This week’s fun event for National Recovery Month is GlowGa in partnership with MobileOm and Pinot’s Palette Alamo Heights. What is GlowGa? It’s yoga under dark lights with florescent paint! Help us “shine a light” on the need for a community effort to battle addiction during National Recovery Month with this special Glowga class. You’re…
This week Panda Express, located at 1803 Vance Jackson, is donating 20% of you purchases to Alpha Home when you show your support! It’s simple, show them a paper or electronic version of the flyer below, and 20% of your lunch and/or dinner, all day, goes toward our mission to offer a pathway of help,…
Thank you to everyone who dropped off their donations for our annual Back to School Supply Drive! Although we didn’t meet our goal to supply 100 kiddos with their needs, the alumnae group were able to collect additional funds and provide 77 backpacks to kiddos. The group assembled the backpacks and supplies to ensure the…
Save the Date for National Recovery Month Each September, those in recovery and the professionals who support them, come together for National Recovery Month. The month is designated to honor the path from addiction to recovery so many have taken. And the month is also a way to affirm that, with the right supports,…
No child wants to show up to school empty handed. We shouldn’t let them. Each year our alumnae group hosts a Back to School Supply Drive for children of clients and alumnae in need. They work together in this effort and receive donations from the community. They host a backpack stuffing night and ensure that kids…
Make dinner a selfless act by joining us for a fundraiser to support Alpha Home. Just come into the Chipotle, located at 3928 Broadway (across from the Witte Museum) on Tuesday, June 19th from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Mention this post, show it on your phone, or tell the cashier you are supporting the…
Alpha Home is so proud to be able to partner with fellow nonprofit, Latched, to help our Family First clients by offering a monthly breastfeeding class. The class is offered for free to registered participants and helps families offer their babies the healthiest start in life. Latched offers a multitude of services designed to support…
Congratulations to our amazing Admissions/Outpatient Program Director, Melissa Dobbertin, for recently celebrating her 19-year work anniversary at Alpha Home. Melissa has helped so many clients throughout the years and we’re incredibly thankful for her service.
Last week, Gemini Ink – a literary arts nonprofit – stopped by Alpha Home to host a creative writing workshop for staff. For the past year, Gemini Ink has been extending their services to Alpha Home Residential clients during their Writers in Communities workshop. The workshop produced a set of poems by clients: https://soundcloud.com/gemini-ink/sets/alpha-home Gemini Ink is a local…
We’re ready to start music therapy! Thanks to Sam Ash Music Stores for donating music makers to Alpha Home to help our clients heal and grow! Most recently, Alpha Home received a scholarship to attend a Drum Circle Facilitator’s Training Playshop, where Alpha Home staff gained techniques and concepts to facilitate a drum circle with…