R Place Peer Center

01/08/2026

🎉✨ You’re Invited! ✨🎉
Join us at R Place Peer Recovery Center for a New Year Potluck Party as we welcome the year together in community and care 🤍

🧠💭 Join us for self-reflection, wellness collages, and activities for self-enrichment!

📅 January 21
🕐 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 R Place
702 S. Gilbert St., Suite 111,
Iowa City, 52240

Happy 2026! ✨

01/06/2026

✨ January 2026 at R Place Peer Recovery Center ✨

A new year brings new opportunities for connection, reflection, creativity, and support 💙 Whether you’re stopping by in person or joining us virtually, R Place is here for you!

Throughout January, we’re offering a variety of opportunities to connect and care for yourself, including Gentle Yoga (2nd & 4th Fridays), our New Year Potluck Party with self-reflection and wellness activities on January 21, and a Lunch & Learn on January 21 (via Zoom). You’ll also find weekly games, art activities with visiting artists, music, WRAP, puzzles, and plenty of time to talk with peers.

12/11/2025

R Place Peer Center

CLOSED

Thursday, December 11

Due to weather and hazardous road conditions, the center is closed. Please prioritize your safety.

12/05/2025

Check out everything happening at R Place this December! ❄️

We’ve packed the month with activities to support your mental health, creativity, and sense of connection.

✔️ Gentle Yoga (2nd & 4th Fridays)
✔️ Holiday Open House on December 17th
✔️ Lunch & Learn: Self-Care During the Holidays
✔️ Games, arts & crafts, puzzles, WRAP, music, and peer chats
✔️ Weekly support groups for adults living with mental illness, hearing voices, or supporting loved ones
✔️ Sunday Mood Disorder Group, face-to-face

Whether you’re looking to meet new people, learn something helpful, find support, or just take a break from the world, R Place is open 1–5pm Monday–Friday

12/01/2025

https://conta.cc/3Y7dJIF

Email from National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Johnson County December is here and the New Year is around the Corner. If you need a friendly ear, resources or help, come in and see us! National

11/28/2025

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, R Place will be closed November 21, 27, and 28. We’re thankful for each of you and the support we share as a community. 🧡🍁

11/24/2025

How does depression effect people during the colder & shorter days of winter? NAMI's Dr. Ken Duckworth joins the Depresh Mode Podcast to talk about how this depression condition impacts people each season. Listen now: https://bit.ly/3Xg9ryo

Learn about Major Depressive Disorder with a seasonal pattern at nami.org/majordepressionseasonalpattern

11/23/2025

We are so thankful for the R Place food, love, and all the Peers that come out each month to celebrate and support each other in the unique and special way that we do here at R Place! You make R Place so special and we always look forward to seeing each and every one of YOU!!!

✨ R Place is your peer-led, judgment-free space for connection, support, and hope. Open Monday–Friday, 1–5 PM.

11/22/2025

Shelter House's facilities all follow a low-barrier, Housing First model, a harm reduction approach that recognizes the first step toward safety and stability is to ensure individuals have a roof over their heads.

We provide shelter, housing, and other services to guests, clients, and tenants without preconditions like sobriety, commitment to treatment, or other restrictions that would serve as functional barriers to ensuring their most basic needs are met.

Learn more at https://shelterhouseiowa.org/

Thank you to our NHHAW Presenting sponsor: University of Iowa Health Care

11/22/2025

If today was a hard day, we're here for you.

Call, text, or chat 988.

11/21/2025

♻️ 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! 💙🌟

11/10/2025

Thanksgiving Fall Festival at R Place on November 12,
Come See Us! 1-5pm