R Place Peer Center

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

🌿 R Place Peer Recovery Center March 2026 Activity Calendar🍀

💚 Open Monday–Friday, 1–5 PM
R Place is an entirely peer-run, low-barrier drop-in mental health wellness center.

🧘 Gentle Yoga with Mary Pogge
2nd and 4th Friday of each month
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

🍀 Potluck Party @ R Place
March 25th, 1–5 PM
Celebrate March birthdays and a belated St. Patrick’s celebration with all things green! We’ll celebrate a year of good luck and good fortune.

🎓 Lunch & Learn Topic
Dr. Doobay, PhD, Director of Clinical Services
Nurturing Healthy Minds: The Scanlan Center for School Mental Health’s Systems Approach to Making Mental Health Accessible
📅 March 18th (Wednesday)
🕛 12–1 PM
💻 Available on Zoom

👉 Register now at: tinyurl.com/NAMILLMarch 👈

🤝 Remote Peer Support

Did you know we also offer Remote Peer Support?
📞 Call or text 319-855-1966
🌐 rps@namijc.org
to learn more or sign up.

03/04/2026

Click to open March R Place Newsletter https://conta.cc/4udyP7m

Email from National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Johnson County R Place has peer specialist ready to assist YOU! RSVP Kick Off Luncheon NAMIWalks Registration Peer to Peer Registration National A

03/02/2026

✨ NAMI Peer-to-Peer is back! ✨

Looking for a space where you’re truly understood? NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, 8-session recovery-focused course for adults living with mental health conditions—taught by peers who get it, because they’ve been there too. 💙

🧠 What to expect:
- Free & confidential
- Meets weekly for 2 hours
- Led by trained peers with lived experience
- Learn about mental health, recovery, and self-advocacy
- Built on respect, understanding, encouragement, and hope

📅 March 18 – May 6, 2026
🕕 6:00–8:00 PM | Wednesdays
💻 On Zoom
💸 Free class (materials provided!)
📌 Registration REQUIRED

🗣️ “Life-saving and eye-opening.”
🗣️ “I became my own advocate—and a better friend.”
🗣️ “Seeing my peers’ strength in recovery was so meaningful.”

👉 Sign up now!
📲 Scan the QR code
📧 Or email: mary.issah@namijc.org

Hosted by NAMI Johnson County in partnership with R Place Peer Recovery Center 💛
📍 702 S. Gilbert St. Suite 111, Iowa City
📞 319-354-3455
📩 rplace@namijc.org

💙

02/23/2026

Hope can happen, but not by accident.

We prevent su***de by talking about it. By checking in. By staying when it’s uncomfortable. By knowing the number.

Call or text 988
Chat at 988lifeline.org

You don’t have to have the perfect words. You just have to reach out.

02/01/2026

01/30/2026

♻️ Turn Your Cans into Kindness with Canshed!
Did you know you can donate your bottle & can redemption funds directly to R Place at any Can Shed location? It’s a super easy way to support local peer recovery while keeping the planet clean 🌎💚

📍Drop off your recyclables at:
🔸 Iowa City: 611 Hollywood Blvd.
🔸 Cedar Rapids: 4121 16th Ave. SW
🔸 Marion: 370 44th St.
🔸 Hiawatha: 2112 Robins Rd.
🔸 Manchester: 1207 E Main St.

🕘 Hours vary slightly by location, but most are open:
Mon–Fri 9 AM–6 PM
Sat 9 AM–4 PM
Closed Sunday

Just ask to send your redemption to R Place — and know your recycling is making a difference. Every nickel adds up! 💙🌟

01/26/2026

Thank you NAMI.