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Op-Ed: The time is now for NJ to embrace the Clubhouse Model

with AMY KENNEDY, RICH AMBROSINO Community-based mental health care is proven to work and is cost-effective. Think for a moment about what’s important to you and your family. Is it a nice community to be part of? A good job? Good friends? A strong support system?...
Opening Night Reception for Art Exhibit a Success!

Opening Night Reception for Art Exhibit a Success!

The opening reception for the Annual “The Art of Recovery” exhibit was held on Friday, April 8, 2022. After exhibiting in libraries and township art spaces the last few years, the show returned to our home at 266 Broadway in Long Branch NJ. The doors opened at 5PM and...

Beacon of Hope 2022

Beacon of Hope 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpZpKGKUDNE Our 12th Annual Beacon of Hope fundraiser was an unmitigated success on all levels. It was, as always, about celebrating those who have committed to and supported our mission of mental wellness. "I’d like to acknowledge our...

2022 St. Patricks Day Parade – Photos and Highlights

2022 St. Patricks Day Parade – Photos and Highlights

We had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day here at Shore House. We were honored to be named the Rumson St. Patricks's Day parade beneficiary this year and marched proudly there on March 13 in green with our banner and van. We wish to thank the Rumson Parade committee,...

Shore House Names Rich Ambrosino Executive Director

Shore House Names Rich Ambrosino Executive Director

Shore House has named Rich Ambrosino as Executive Director of the Long Branch-based nonprofit devoted to empowering and restoring hope, independence and self-worth for people living with a mental illness. Ambrosino’s appointment comes on the heels of an extensive...

Shore House Kicks Off Mental Health Awareness Month

Shore House Kicks Off Mental Health Awareness Month

Shore House member and Board member Albert Rocky is presented with a certificate from Susan M. Kiley of Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners declaring May 3 Shore House Day. Local Dignitaries Join Together in Long Branch to Help Increase Awareness Long...

Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade Raises Funds for Programming

Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade Raises Funds for Programming

Shore House members and supporters shown marching in the 2020 Rumson St. Patrick's Day Parade. Long Branch’s Shore House Named Beneficiary of Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Funds Raised Will Support Programming in Wake of Pandemic Long Branch, NJ, March 5, 2021 --...

NASW 2021 Emerging Leader Award Winner!

NASW 2021 Emerging Leader Award Winner!

Congratulations to our Executive Director Susan on receiving the 2021 Emerging Leader Award from the National Association of Social Workers in recognition of her significant service and contribution to the profession and her demonstrated leadership potential.

NJ Race for Recovery 2020

Our inaugural Virtual Race for Recovery was a resounding success and we are thrilled to share that we surpassed our fundraising goal of $20,000! We are so grateful to all those who registered, raced, biked, danced…particularly those who set up personal fundraisers!! The funds will be so helpful as we get ready to re-open and welcome our members back to Shore House! THANK YOU!

Shore House Offering Mental Health Services to In-Need Locals

Shore House Offering Mental Health Services to In-Need Locals

While medical intervention and psychological counseling are standard practices for responding to diagnosed mental illness, there is an innovative approach called the Clubhouse Model. In 1948, a group of former psychiatric patients in New York City felt…

From Mental Illness to Mental Wellness:  The Shore House Experience

From Mental Illness to Mental Wellness: The Shore House Experience

At Shore House in Long Branch, mornings begin as they do in countless offices across the country, with staff meetings, list-making, task assignments, coffee breaks and camaraderie. The work is the work of many offices: phones to be answered; visitors to be greeted;...

Welcome to the Club

Welcome to the Club

In Long Branch, there’s a place where adults living with mental illness are needed—and wanted. Kerri Zeblisky Wanted to Feel like a person again. She had spent years after her mental illness diagnoses in medically modeled support programs that, while helpful, left her...

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