Why this Building? There are lots of buildings. Lots of meeting halls. What is it about this building? Why only one Alano Club of Salt Lake? For me, and the hundreds of thousands of others who have walked through these doors, there is a unique and individual reverence for this building.
I knew I needed to stop drinking years before I found the Alano Club. I had tried multiple times and multiple ways. I talked to professionals, Psychiatrists, Doctors, Priests, and my family. I had been through treatment programs, church retreats, meetings with others and even other Alcoholics Anonymous meetings…not one of these gave me Hope, Community or Purpose that was greater than the addition to Alcohol.
The first day I walked through the doors of this old Church Building it was different. I recognized in this old meeting house a sense of the “possible”, I sat in these old rooms, felt the presence of spirit, the maturity of others who had walked these halls, listened to the experience that came from the voices sitting with me in this edifice and I knew I had a chance.
We all have these experiences in our lives. There are most certainly different for each of us. As different as there are souls on this world. There is not really a way to explain or quantify it, to measure it like you would a bank ledger, but we all have these experiences. At least if we are able to sit somewhere and listen.
Sitting in this grand old building gave me, and thousands of others, that feeling of Hope, the presence of Community and a sense of Purpose!
Fred R.
Salt Lake City
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- EIN 87-6126842
- (801) 261-9287
- 5056 South Commerce Drive Murray UT 84107 USA
- https://alanoclubslc.org/
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: The Mission of The Alano Club of Salt Lake, Inc. is to provide Salt Lake County and surrounding environs a facility for substance use disorder meetings, typically Alcoholics Anonymous, Alanon Family Groups, and Narcotics Anonymous, that provide those in recovery a sense of Hope, Community and Purpose. We do this by providing a social gathering space that allows those with long term sobriety to foster growth through mentoring, education, and creating the opportunity for life long sobriety.
Results: The Alano Club of SAlt Lake, Inc hosted over 70 meetings a week with an average attendace of 20 individuals. The equates to an impact on more than 72,000 people! We are open 6:30 AM to 10:30 PM, 7days a week, 52 weeks each year.
Target demographics: Those in recovery from substance use disorders.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 72,000 attendees.
Geographic areas served: Our area of influence is Salt Lake County and the State of Utah
Programs: Meeting space, mentoring and education