Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) meetings are alumni run support meetings available to any past client of Orchard Recovery Center 1,2,3. While not a traditional AA or NA meeting, they are run in a 12 step format. Currently Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) meetings are running in Calgary and West Vancouver. In the summer of 2018 Orchard Recovery Center hopes to restart a meeting in Victoria.
If you would like to start up a Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) meeting in your city, please contact Orchard Recovery Center at 1-866-233-2299 and we can help you get started.
Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) Meeting – West Vancouver
Wednesday 7:15pm to 8:15pm, St. Davids United Church, 1525 Taylor Way, West Vancouver, BC
Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) Meeting – Calgary
Thursday 6:30pm to 7:30pm, Parkdale Community Centre, 3512 – 5th Ave NW, Calgary, Alberta
(One-story building that says “Nifty Fifties” on the double glass door. The room is directly across the hall from the entrance doors – please ring the bell if the door happens to be locked)
Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) Meeting – Victoria
Coming to Victoria in the Summer of 2018. Victoria alumni will be notified once this meeting has a home and is about to start.
1. A minimum of 24 hours clean/sober is required to attend a Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) meeting
2. Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) meetings are closed to the public and attendance is restricted to past Orchard clients, current Orchard clients and Orchard staff
3. Friends Of the Orchard (FOO) meeting in West Vancouver is facilitated by Orchard staff