Causes: Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Education, Educational Services, Job Training, Music, Youth Development - Business
Mission: The Boiler Room buildings community by providing a safe space for the growth and improvement of individuals through a volunteer-operated coffeehouse and social services hub.
Results: Today, Boiler Room Kids are students seeking high school diplomas, Associates, Bachelors, Masters Degrees and PhDs; as well as city council members, doctors, lawyers, Grammy-winning musicians, authors, parents, design professionals, contractors, social workers, therapists, dancers, independent business owners, tech company executives, artists, professional athletes, service workers, tattoo artists, theatre directors, executive directors and more!Last year, The Boiler Room:had 82 individual Volunteers, putting in 3,986 volunteer hours behind the counterprovided free access to birth control (distributing over 6,000 free condoms)held workshops addressing non-violent communication, mental health, and first aid training distributed 19,432 meals through our free food programshared volunteers with other agencies in townran a hygiene supply bank and distributed over 4,500 hygiene products to the community
Target demographics: All ages
Geographic areas served: Port Townsend, Washington
Programs: The Boiler Room offers free food, job training, workshops and classes, and a venue for expression. The Boiler Room is unique. There are no other youth organizations or businesses in Jefferson County that follow this model. Patrons are not required to make a purchase, a requirement at many other businesses prevents disadvantaged individuals from being on the premises. The patrons, volunteers and staff have become fiercely loyal to and protective of this aspect of The Boiler Room, as it allows them to do homework, meet and befriend others, wait for a ride home, play the guitar, make art, play board games, attend free music shows, listen to poetry readings and just be themselves in a safe, non-judgmental and healthy environment.
Mission: The Boiler Room buildings community by providing a safe space for the growth and improvement of individuals through a volunteer-operated coffeehouse and social services hub.
Results: Today, Boiler Room Kids are students seeking high school diplomas, Associates, Bachelors, Masters Degrees and PhDs; as well as city council members, doctors, lawyers, Grammy-winning musicians, authors, parents, design professionals, contractors, social workers, therapists, dancers, independent business owners, tech company executives, artists, professional athletes, service workers, tattoo artists, theatre directors, executive directors and more!Last year, The Boiler Room:had 82 individual Volunteers, putting in 3,986 volunteer hours behind the counterprovided free access to birth control (distributing over 6,000 free condoms)held workshops addressing non-violent communication, mental health, and first aid training distributed 19,432 meals through our free food programshared volunteers with other agencies in townran a hygiene supply bank and distributed over 4,500 hygiene products to the community
Target demographics: All ages
Geographic areas served: Port Townsend, Washington
Programs: The Boiler Room offers free food, job training, workshops and classes, and a venue for expression. The Boiler Room is unique. There are no other youth organizations or businesses in Jefferson County that follow this model. Patrons are not required to make a purchase, a requirement at many other businesses prevents disadvantaged individuals from being on the premises. The patrons, volunteers and staff have become fiercely loyal to and protective of this aspect of The Boiler Room, as it allows them to do homework, meet and befriend others, wait for a ride home, play the guitar, make art, play board games, attend free music shows, listen to poetry readings and just be themselves in a safe, non-judgmental and healthy environment.
info@ptbr.org
711 Water Street PO Box 1659, Port Townsend, WA 98368
360-379-8247
Arts & Culture
Port Townsend
