Our Place Respite

05/06/2026

We had a festive Cinco de Mayo celebration at Our Place Tuesday complete with margaritas and an intense match of balloon volleyball! We are open and taking new friends Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30-2:30pm. Contact Jennifer Carlisle for more information at [email protected]

04/16/2026

We are having a fantastic week at Our Place Respite!! Applications are available now for friends to join our program!! Link below!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N50LBJzBzjpNzoFUY3eDAp0pjpx7_cpv/view?usp=drive_link

03/17/2026

Round 2 of volunteer training was a success!! Thank you to everyone who is supporting Our Place Respite ❤️

03/17/2026

Local friends!! We are looking for special guests to visit Our Place Respite friends (Dementia Respite) and share their talents! If you play an instrument, have a special talent, a trained therapy animal, know an Elvis impersonator, have a choir group, or can teach something that you think our group might enjoy...we would LOVE to connect with you!!! And if you know anyone who fits this description send them my way!!! You can send us an email at [email protected] send us a Facebook message Our Place Respite!

03/10/2026

The first volunteer training for Our Place Respite was a success!! If you missed it, be aure to aign up for the next one Tuesday 3/17!
https://www.facebook.com/share/18F11L9zRc/

03/03/2026

Our first volunteer training is next Tuesday 3/10! Who is planning to join us?

Sign up here⏬️
https://forms.gle/fZaPaobb4R2REeKDA

“The great thing about respite is respite seeks to reconnect all of the things that are missing. Respite is joyful. I found myself with a bunch of other guys...

02/24/2026

Our Place Respite is inviting compassionate individuals to join us as volunteers as we prepare to open this spring.

You don’t need experience — just a willingness to show up with kindness, patience, and presence.

🌿 Volunteer Training Dates:
March 10 & March 17

💬 Come be part of a community where connection matters and joy is reclaimed together.

Sign up https://forms.gle/fZaPaobb4R2REeKDA

01/23/2026

Tune into the The Front Porch on WAXC Friday morning to see Sue Ann McMahan and Jennifer Mann Carlisle talk about Our Place!

01/20/2026

Dementia may change memory — but it never changes a person’s worth, dignity, or ability to experience joy.

At Our Place Respite, we focus on what remains:
✨ connection
✨ purpose
✨ laughter
✨ belonging

This is how joy is reclaimed — together.

01/13/2026

We’re so glad you’re here. 🌿
Our Place Respite is a faith-centered, community-rooted nonprofit creating a warm, welcoming place for friends living with memory loss — and the caregivers who love them.

Here, every person is valued.
Every story matters.
And joy is something we reclaim together.

Follow along as we prepare to open our doors this spring.
Learn more at ourplaceal.org