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Our Mission

 Mission Statement

"The objective of this corporation is to provide a temporary home or homes for alcohol and/or drug dependent persons primarily from the Martha's Vineyard community who need a sober, stable and mutually supportive transitional environment in which to find health and independence."

Board & Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2010

 Mark Jenkins, President

Dawn Bellante-Holand, Co-Vice President

John G. Early, Co Vice President

Brian Mackey, Treasurer

Pat Gregory, Clerk

Bill Croke

Tim Dobel

Janina Kean

Sheila Shapiro

Beth Toomey   

HONORARY DIRECTORS
Clarence A. Barnes III,  Barbara R. Jordan, 
The Honorable Ann Brown, Julie W. Norman, Richard Olsen

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Operations Manager

Kathleen Ferland

 Manager Men's Houses
  Charles Tucy, Manager

Resident Manager VH2
Gary Murphy     

Resident Manager VH3
Tabitha Foote

Case Manager
Dianne MacKellar, LHMC, CADAC 

Capital Campaign Manager
Karen Rankin

Newsletters

 Vineyard House published newsletter annually. Click below to view newsletter.

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Vineyard House, Inc. provides safe and structured housing in the local community, for those men and women of Martha's Vineyard who need a safe living environment while they are in the early stages of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, and who need support while renewing responsibilities to themselves, their families and the community. Currently, we operate three houses, two for men and one for women.

Vineyard House was founded in 1997 by a group of dedicated and caring volunteers who saw the need in the community for recovery support of people after they detoxify, in their home community on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. It continues today, mostly through the work of volunteers in both the areas of running the residential program and in raising funds to support the program.

Although there is a fee paid by residents, it does not cover the entire cost of the program. Most other funding has come from private donations, although Vineyard House has also received some institutional grants.

We do not solicit grants from state or federal agencies as this would require that we open our programs to non-Island residents, and we decided early on that we wanted to focus on the specific needs of Martha's Vineyard.

Vineyard House is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization, registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and with the Federal Government, EIN 04-3374-934.