Fern House

10/10/2026

Today is , the slogan reminds us to "act locally on a global day." Awareness is important, but action creates change.
Here are 3 ways you can support your local community today:

1. 🧦 Donate Wisely: Reach out to a local shelter or halfway house to ask what specific items they need right now (new socks, toiletries, and blankets are always in high demand).
2. 🕒 Volunteer Your Time: Offer your professional skills, assist at a local soup kitchen, or support grassroots outreach teams.
3. 📢 Advocate: Use your voice to contact municipal or federal representatives and ask them to prioritize sustainable, affordable housing strategies.

Every small action helps alleviate suffering and builds community capacity. How are you showing up today?

09/25/2026

We missed the reality and the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees.
— Alcoholics Anonymous

Reflection question
What have I ruled out entirely because of the specific people who represented it to me?
Reflection
The trees are real. The book is not asking you to pretend that religious people have never done harm, and if the ugliness you saw was aimed at you, it does not stop being ugly because someone offers a metaphor.
What is being suggested is only that the failures of the people carrying an idea are not automatically an argument against the idea. That is a distinction most people apply easily to politics and medicine and almost never to this, usually for reasons that have a name and an address.

09/21/2026

Just about 20 tickets remain, get yours today!

Saturday November 14, 2026 at 9AM Fern House is thrilled to return to the Palm Beach Yacht Club for the annual Fall Brunch. Violinist to the stars, Caroline Campbell will be entertaining as we come together in support of the Fern House mission.
Tickets available at: https://bit.ly/4ifLhzO
Get your today!

09/21/2026

Reflection question
If worry took the day off, what would I do with the room it leaves?
Reflection
Notice the order of operations: first the principles go to work, then the fear leaves. Serenity is a byproduct, not a project. You cannot decide to stop worrying, but you can do the things that leave worry unemployed. Every hour spent on your own honesty, your own amends, your own actual responsibilities is an hour that fear used to have booked. The wonderful thing is not a mood that descends from nowhere. It is the slow discovery that the disaster committee in your head has less and less material to meet about.

09/09/2026

Saturday November 14, 2026 at 9AM Fern House is thrilled to return to the Palm Beach Yacht Club for the annual Fall Brunch. Violinist to the stars, Caroline Campbell will be entertaining as we come together in support of the Fern House mission.
Tickets available at: https://bit.ly/4ifLhzO
Get your today!

09/04/2026

TOMORROW NIGHT- Sat September 5, 6:00PM
The biggest comedy show in South Florida all year. Dont miss it. Click below to grab your tickets.

Join us September 5th for the Labor Day Comedython! Join Us September 5 for the Labor Day Comedython Get ready for one of South Florida’s biggest comedy events of the year. Hosted by Steve Eskow, the Labor Day Comedython brings together an outstanding lineup of performers for an evening packed wit...

08/18/2026

Get ready for one of South Florida’s biggest comedy events of the year—. Hosted by Steve Eskow, the Labor Day Comedython brings together an outstanding lineup of performers for an evening packed with laughs, music, energy, and purpose.

Featured Performers
Seetha the Comic • Perry Sak • Jim Moran • Peter Fogel • William “Rock the House” Lewis & George Orr performing Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May”

Tickets: https://fernhouse.networkforgood.com/events/102435-labor-day-comedython

08/12/2026

We have not done a Therapy Garden update in a while because the summer has not been nice to the novice gardener. We are however pleasantly surprised by the key lime tree putting out blossoms, we didnt expect any of the baby citrus trees to produce this year.

The long planned and slowly put together banana circle has been planted. The wild flower beds have sprouted and are trying to get going. New tomato, pepper and melon plants being transplanted in this week. More pictures of all that to come soon.

Go touch plants! Its good for them, its good for you, and its good for your mental health.