A Permanent Home for Recovery
For nearly 60 years, the Olympia Alano Club has provided a welcoming space where people in recovery can find support, connection, and community.
Why This Matters
A Place to Belong
Recovery doesn’t happen in isolation. It grows through connection, routine, accountability, and community. The Olympia Alano Club provides a welcoming space where individuals and families affected by substance use disorders can find support, attend meetings, build friendships, and maintain healthy recovery-focused routines. A permanent home would ensure this vital community resource remains available for generations to come.
Why a Permanent Home
Help Secure a Permanent Home for Recovery
For nearly six decades, the Olympia Alano Club has operated from rented or temporary locations. Rising costs, building closures, and unexpected relocations have repeatedly disrupted services and created uncertainty.
A permanent home would provide:
- Stability for the recovery community
- Space for meetings and fellowship
- Long term sustainability
- Greater accessibility
- A lasting Thurston County asset
Our Current Campaign
Gatehouse Foundation is building the community support, partnerships, and financial resources needed to help the Olympia Alano Club secure a permanent home.
Together, we can create a place where recovery, connection, and hope continue to thrive.
A Legacy of Recovery Since 1965
The Olympia Alano Club was founded in 1965 by members of the local recovery community who recognized the need for a stable place to gather, attend meetings, build friendships, and find support.
Built through volunteer effort, donations, and community commitment, the club grew into an important recovery resource for individuals and families throughout Thurston County.
Over the decades, the club has endured relocations, rising costs, a devastating building fire, and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through it all, it has remained a welcoming place for people seeking recovery, connection, and community.
Today, Gatehouse Foundation is working to help the Olympia Alano Club achieve something it has never had: a permanent home.
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A Place of Connection, Support, and Hope Since 1965
For nearly 60 years, the Olympia Alano Club has been a place of connection, support, and hope for people in recovery throughout Thurston County.
Founded in 1965 by members of the local recovery community, the club began in a modest downtown space made possible through volunteer labor, donated funds, and a shared commitment to helping others. Over time, it grew into an essential community resource, providing meeting space, fellowship, and recovery-centered activities for thousands of individuals and families.
Its history is one of resilience and determination. The club has weathered multiple relocations, rising costs, the loss of a building to fire, and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through every setback, the recovery community came together to ensure the club remained a place where people could find support, accountability, and connection.
Today, the Olympia Alano Club continues that legacy of service. Yet after nearly six decades of helping others, it has never had a permanent home.
Gatehouse Foundation is working to change that by building the partnerships, community support, and financial resources needed to help secure a lasting home for recovery in Thurston County.
Our History
The Journey to a Permanent Home
For nearly 60 years, the recovery community behind the Olympia Alano Club has created a welcoming place for support, connection, and resilience.
Olympia Alano Club is established
Local recovery community volunteers establish the Olympia Alano Club, creating a dedicated place for connection, support, and fellowship.
A central gathering place takes shape
The club grows into a trusted gathering place for recovery meetings, fellowship, and community connection.
First major relocation
The club relocates from its original downtown location and continues serving the recovery community in a new space.
The building is lost to fire
A devastating fire destroys the club building, but the recovery community continues operating while working to find a new home.
Another move becomes necessary
The club must relocate again after its building is condemned, requiring the community to adapt once more.
Enduring the COVID-19 pandemic
Through the challenges of the pandemic, the club continues working to remain a source of stability, support, and belonging.
Still serving — and building toward permanence
After nearly 60 years of service, the club remains an essential recovery resource and is working toward its first permanent home.