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Many donors choose to make monthly or annual contributions at various levels through our secure online donation service. To make a tax-deductible donation, go to www.castrocountryclub.org and click "DONATE NOW." Or send a check to Castro Country Club, 4058 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114. The Castro Country Club is fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives

As we close out another year, we are reminded of the profound truth at the heart of recovery: no one heals alone. At the...
12/09/2025

As we close out another year, we are reminded of the profound truth at the heart of recovery: no one heals alone. At the Castro Country Club, community isn’t just what we do—it’s who we are. Every day, people walk through our doors seeking sobriety, connection, dignity, and hope. Because of supporters like you, we can say yes to every single one of them.

Your generosity powered extraordinary impact across our community this year:
🎄 12,372 cups of coffee served
⭐ 4,586 espresso drinks made
🎁 1,272 recovery meetings hosted
✨ 325 volunteers making it all possible
🕯 40,000+ volunteer hours contributed
🌟 500+ recovery milestones celebrated
🎄 20 workforce development participants trained
⭐ 15 volunteer board members providing guidance
🎁 10 different recovery fellowships supported
✨ 8 artist exhibitions showcased
🌟 76 episodes of At the CCC podcast published

Each number represents a story of transformation—someone who felt seen, welcomed, and supported in their recovery journey. This is the power of your investment in community.

As we continue the holiday season, we ask you to help us continue this vital work. A year-end, tax-deductible gift ensures that the Castro Country Club remains a safe, sober sanctuary for thousands—365 days a year.

Your gift today helps us provide:
🎁 A welcoming space where recovery can flourish
⭐ Compassion, dignity, and connection for all who enter
🎄 A community rooted in service, healing, and hope
✨ A future where no one must recover alone

Please consider making a generous year-end donation.
Your support sustains the heart of our mission—and the people who rely on us every single day.

*Any donation of $1000 or more will receive a recognition plaque on the back deck gazebo*

Happy Holidays,

Billy Lemon

Since it first opened its doors in April 1983, the Castro Country Club has helped countless people achieve sobriety by providing a safe refuge for people in recovery to help each other. A touchstone for LGBT sober people in the heart of San Franci...

The CCC and the Mascara Drag Show have both been nominated for Bestie Awards!
12/08/2025

The CCC and the Mascara Drag Show have both been nominated for Bestie Awards!

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Are you looking for a meaningful way to give back? Do you want to support a safe, inclusive space that makes a real impa...
12/03/2025

Are you looking for a meaningful way to give back? Do you want to support a safe, inclusive space that makes a real impact in people’s lives? We invite you to volunteer with the Castro Country Club (CCC) — a sober, welcoming community center and refuge for the LGBTQ+ recovery community.

The Castro Country Club is a safe & sober gathering place for all people and a home for the LGBTQ recovery community. We endeavor to be a space where all can seek wisdom, serenity, courage and joy.

Looking for a way to be of service?   Need to fill up some of your free time?  Want to help keep the CCC's doors open?  ...
12/03/2025

Looking for a way to be of service? Need to fill up some of your free time? Want to help keep the CCC's doors open? WE NEED YOU! We are looking for volunteers to help with our Saturday 7-10:30am shift, and a few other open spots on our schedule. Fill out the volunteer application in the cafe or online: https://www.castrocountryclub.org/volunteer

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11/28/2025

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Email from Castro Country Club Year End Investment Grateful for a community that supports the Castro Country Club! Make a donation to express your gratitude! Dear Friend, For so many in our communit

11/16/2025

Looking for a way to be of service this Thanksgiving afternoon?

Volunteer opportunities for "Thanksgiving Day Potluck" are now open.

Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:

volunteersignup.org/T498H

To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.

Thank you for volunteering!

Brandon Stanton
bstanton@castrocountryclub.org

11/14/2025

We are hiring!!!

email: wlemon@castrocountryclub to apply

A fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives
JOB TITLE: Café Assistant Manager, Castro Country Club
REPORTS TO: CCC Café Manager & Executive Director
STATUS: Regular, Full Time
FLSA: Non-Exempt
STANDARD WK HOURS: 40 hours per week plus some nights and weekends
PAY RANGE: $30.00 dollars per/hour

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Castro Country Club (CCC) Café Assistant Manager is responsible for training and ordering for the day-to-day operations of the CCC Café and supporting all aspects of the mission, policies and programs of the organization as defined by the CCC Advisory Board. The CCC is a safe and sober community center for all people and a refuge for the LGBTQ recovery community. We provide programs and services that help people change their lives by supporting personal growth. www.castrocountryclub.org.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
(Other job-related duties may be assigned)
1. Café Management: Establish and maintain inventory tracking system. Conduct weekly inventory of all merchandise and supplies for café. Provide reports on a routine basis. Conducts ongoing analysis of sales patterns and oversees product development to maximize sales and reduce waste. Order merchandise and supplies, including snack and drink items, literature, and cleaning supplies, as needed. Oversee maintenance and cleaning of facility and equipment. Repair and/or purchase new equipment as needed. Ensure safe working conditions for volunteers, adherence to posted Code of Conduct among staff, volunteers, and clientele.
2. In coordination with the CCC manager, oversee volunteer coordination: Manage the recruitment, tracking and screening of volunteers to staff facility and to support all retail café needs, as well as social, outreach and fundraising events. Coordinate 45+ volunteers for 100+ hours of weekly café operations. Oversee volunteer retention and training, monitor volunteer compliance with café policies and local regulations. Supports jobs training/skills building program.
3. In coordination with the CCC manager schedule and train each new volunteer for the CCC café up to and including the completion of a volunteer training checklist to assure success.
4. Assist with the production of our monthly drag show MASCARA every third Saturday of the month.
Key Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the ability to exhibit the following competencies:
• Communication Skills: Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills: Coaches and mentors providing constructive feedback in a productive and supportive manner
• Knowledge: Possesses knowledge of substance abuse and mental health treatment modalities and public health principles required to do the job. Skill in operating various office equipment such as a calculator, copy machine, facsimile machine, scanner
• Judgment: Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; can clearly explain reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in work duties and organizational structure
• Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, works with others to solve complex problems
• Customer Service: Ability to work comfortably with diverse populations, with sensitivity to issues concerning recovery and LGBTQ community, and persons with HIV and all disabilities. Responds efficiently and cordially to requests for service and assistance
• Professionalism: Reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration; follows through on commitments; demonstrates behaviors consistent with position
• Dependability: Completes tasks on time; takes responsibility for own actions; can be relied upon
• Computer Skills: Reasonable proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Excel and social media.
• Café Skills: Proficiency with espresso and other coffee-making and light maintenance
• Professional Expectations: Demonstrated ability to fulfill professional expectations of accountability, active collaboration, commitment, communication, and diversity
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
One (1) year of verifiable full-time Café or other retail experience required. Cash-handling experienced required. Volunteer supervision in a nonprofit environment preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Ability to perform routine bending, stooping, twisting, and reaching within reasonable accommodation. Occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This position is primarily located at 4058 18th Street, San Francisco, however, is responsible for traveling to other facilities and any other locations deemed necessary for business need.
The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for personnel so classified.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:
Castro Country Club and Community Initiatives are equal opportunity employers and give consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, disability or protected veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Are you crafty?  Artistic?  Be a part of the annual CCC Maker's Fair!  Tables are for sale now.  Email Lindseytuckerdesi...
10/26/2025

Are you crafty? Artistic? Be a part of the annual CCC Maker's Fair! Tables are for sale now. Email Lindseytuckerdesigns@gmail.com for more information.

Call for stories – “A.A. for the Transgender Alcoholic,” pamphlet  Deadline: March 31, 2026, pamphletstories@aa.org In 2...
10/21/2025

Call for stories – “A.A. for the Transgender Alcoholic,” pamphlet Deadline: March 31, 2026, pamphletstories@aa.org

In 2024, there was a General Service Conference advisory action that “a pamphlet on the transgender alcoholic in A.A. be developed.” In response, the trustees’ Literature Committee has opened a call for recovery stories. The trustees’ Literature Committee is seeking stories of personal recovery from all transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, Two-Spirit, and gender non-conforming members in the A.A. structure of the United States and Canada.

Stories of recovery may include but are not limited to: ● Experience, Strength, and Hope ● Steps, Traditions, and Concepts ● Sponsorship and Service ● Experience in A.A. meetings ● Safety and Belonging through AA principles ● Sobriety and Mental Health ● Social and Medical Transitioning in Sobriety ● Diversity of Gender Identity and Expression ● Ethnic, cultural, and geographical backgrounds ● Diversity of socio-economic status ● Atheist/Agnostics ● Newcomer Experiences ● Diverse Abilities ● YPAA/Older Alcoholics

The suggested format for typed manuscripts is 500-1,000 words, double spaced, in 12point font. Handwritten manuscripts should be approximately 5 to 8 pages. Please include your complete name, address, and email/phone information on the first page of your manuscript. A copy of your manuscript should be retained for your files. The anonymity of all authors will be observed whether their story is selected for publication or not.

Instructions for submitting your manuscript: Deadline: Please submit on or before March 31, 2026. Website submissions: https://www.aa.org/submit-story-aa-for-the-transgender-alcoholic-pamphlet Email submissions: pamphletstories@aa.org Subject Line: A.A. for the Transgender Alcoholic Postal Mail submissions: Attn. Literature Assignment, General Service Office, Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163 On the envelope: The word "Pamphlet" should be written on the envelope and at the top of the first page of the manuscript. Thank you for your participation in the process!

In 2024, there was a General Service Conference advisory action that “a pamphlet on the transgender alcoholic in A.A. be developed.” In response, the trustees’ Literature Committee has opened a call for recovery stories.The trustees’ Literature Committee is seeking stories of personal recove...

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Tuesday 7am - 9pm
Wednesday 7am - 9pm
Thursday 7am - 9pm
Friday 7am - 10pm
Saturday 7am - 10pm
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