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 The Work-Ordered Day

Yahara House is about community and work.

The daily activity of a Clubhouse is organized around a structured system known as the work-ordered day. The work-ordered day is from 8:30 to 4:30, on Mondays through Fridays. Members and staff work side by side, as colleagues, to perform the work that is important to our community. All of the work in the Clubhouse is for Yahara House and not for any outside agency or business. There are no clinical therapies in the Clubhouse. Members are not paid for clubhouse work, nor are there any artificial reward systems. Members volunteer to participate as they feel ready and according to their individual interests. 
 

At Yahara House, members and staff work in three departments. All of the work is both purposeful and entirely for the running of the Clubhouse. This work helps people in their recovery and with building and maintaining skills.

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The three departments that members can participate in are as follows:

Two colleagues sitting across from one another at a large table in the Biz department
Two colleagues sitting across from one another at a large table in the Biz department.
Two colleagues sitting across from one another at a large table in the Biz department.

Biz

Biz is short for business and in this department we calculate total number of hours that members come into the clubhouse and into the different departments. We also have FIZ which stands for financial independence zealots which helps members by creating a budget, helping them with their bills, and giving out weekly budgeted money.  

          Biz

Colleagues, Sonja, posing at an apple desktop in the member and communication department.
Colleagues, Sonja, posing at an apple desktop in the member and communication department.

MC

Membership and Communication -- AKA “MC” helps with orientation for new members and tours, creates video news, manages our Facebook and Instagram, makes cards for members and staff outreach, and produces a monthly newsletter. MC also organizes the Merc which sells gently used clothing and shoes for members for 50 cents to a dollar. 

MC

Colleagues, Brent and Tyler, in masks working in the cafe department.
Colleagues, Brent and Tyler, in masks working in the cafe department.

Cafe

Café provides homemade lunch Monday through Friday for 90 cents. We also bake cookies for the Tuesday house meeting and bake a dessert for Thursday lunch for 40 cents. We plan the lunches, order the food, organize the food for daily lunches, and do daily cleanup after lunches. Also café hosts Catfish Café on Friday afternoons, which is a time for members and staff to perform and have fun! 

Cafe

Members are welcome to come and stay for any length of time from 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday. Typical department times are held in the morning from 9:30pm to 12:30pm and in the afternoons from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. 

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