The La Crosse Lighthouse

05/19/2026

The La Crosse Lighthouse is proud to receive a Community Mental Wellbeing grant from Great Rivers United Way. We're all about supporting them in their initiative to help strengthen mental wellbeing programs across our region. Please consider supporting their new mental health causeraiser at: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vfu/MAY26CAUSE
Trust Point is matching donations through May 22!

I'm fundraising for Great Rivers United Way. It's an amazing organization. Everybody please check out my campaign! Find out more and donate here: https://igfn.us/vfu/MAY26CAUSE

05/04/2026

This Thursday! We will be participating on the panel 😁

05/02/2026

Great River Roadhouse chose us as it's community partner for May! 1/4 of the proceeds for each pizza of the month sold will be donated to us 😃 If you're near DeSoto or up for a road trip, consider trying the May pizza and help us bring in some dough! (See what I did there??...dough?)

04/22/2026

The 2026 WI Peer Recovery Conference is now on the books! Thank you to Independent Living Resources for making these events an absolute joy to attend. We had great feedback on our presentation- Beyond the Box: Diverse Pathways to Recovery and we hope those that attended are able to use what they learned in their lives AND their work. Thank you to all the amazing individuals out there fighting to keep Peer Support authentic and speaking out against clinicalization! It's not an add on-- it's a foundation!!

04/13/2026

Next week is the 2026 Peer Recovery Conference!!!

Our Executive Director, Abigail, will be presenting with Shane from Next Steps For Change. Anyone that's heard them speak before knows we're in for an incredible ride!

04/08/2026

💙 Gentle reminder 💙

It's important for the respite to remain true to its purpose. Although we recognize the need for detox and emergency shelter, we do not provide those services. We work outside of clinical and systems based services to support individuals seeking an alternative to hospitalization and escalating crisis.
If you are looking for detox, shelter or housing resources Great Rivers 211 may be able to help.

03/09/2026

The move is complete and the respite is open!
Groups will continue to be on hold while we work out a hybrid option.
We appreciate the patience of everyone that reached out for support during the transition. Reminder that respite stays are Monday through Friday (10am departure) and warmline is available from Monday 8am through Friday 8am. We are not available after 8am on Friday through the weekend.
The number for respite inquiries and warmline is 608-519-1489.

02/07/2026

Keys to the new location acquired!

If you are interested and able to help with getting it ready, please call 608-461-5527 or email abigail.spanjers@lacrosselighthouse.com. A message here is good too.

We'll give out the address (Northside La Crosse) privately to those that plan to volunteer.

We have quite a bit to do with cleaning, minor repairs to walls etc and painting.
Our plan is to get it all done next week so we can bring in furniture.

Hours would be between Monday through Thursday from 9 to 4 or so.

Thank you for considering!!

02/04/2026

We have enough boxes! 💙 Thank you to everyone that dropped some off and to those that offered. Once we get access to the new place we will reach out to those that volunteered to help with cleaning. We're doing our best to get things up and running again. We really appreciate the support!

02/02/2026

UPDATE: We're good on boxes! We'll keep everyone posted on when we're able to offer respite stays again.

EDIT: Warmline is still running 8am to 5:30pm Monday through Thursday.

The respite is going to move and we need boxes! We are hoping the community can help us out by possibly dropping some off to us. We are working on packing from 8am to 6pm Monday through Thursday until it's done. We will also have to do some deep cleaning once we get access to the new place. Anyone willing to volunteer, please call 608-461-5527. We really need the help and appreciate anyone that's able!

01/30/2026

Hello everyone!

Respite and group supports will continue to be on hold as we address water damage, repairs and clean up at the house.

Due to these issues, our warmline hours will be temporarily changed to 8:00am to 5:30pm Monday through Thursday. Callers will need to leave a message and we will call back. Please be sure to leave a call back number.

We will update you once we are back to normal operations. We do not have a time frame yet.

We appreciate you understanding and realize that this is challenging for those in need of our support. Being the only respite option in the area only adds to the impact of us not being available and we encourage those in need of support to reach out through the warmline.