Starting in January, the Ann Arbor-based nonprofit Fresh Start, will open its doors to more people experiencing mental health illnesses in Washtenaw County.
Ann Arbor-based adult rehabilitation nonprofit gets fresh start during pandemic
Fresh Start Clubhouse serves members with serious mental illness
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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Director Summer Berman at the Fresh Start Clubhouse in Ann Arbor on Jan. 28, 2020. (Meredith Bruckner)
ANN ARBOR – When Summer Berman realized in March that it was only a matter of time before the coronavirus would arrive in Michigan, she and her staff began to scramble.
As the executive director of Fresh Start Clubhouse, a psycho-social rehabilitation center for adults with serious mental illness, she knew daily gatherings would cease and worked quickly to come up with virtual programming for the Clubhouse’s members.