The group gathers in the Patio Room just inside the front door and to the right. We also have the option to meet outside around a firepit. When people arrive, they help themselves to coffee, water and light snacks, and they make a nametag. Whitney True-Francis and Jennifer Prusa are there to greet everyone.

We sit at a table or around the fire and introduce ourselves. Then we begin an activity that helps us discover self-care and access tools for coping, healing, and hope. You can share and contribute as much or as little is as comfortable for you. Survivors have found the conversation to be helpful, hopeful, and validating.

Yes. That person can participate in the group, listen, or sit outside the room. Whatever works for you.

HJ’s Community Center, 6425 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64113

HJ’s is located in the Brookside neighborhood on the east side of Wornall Road, just south of Meyer Boulevard. It is adjacent to the Harry Wiggins Trolley Track Trail and south of the blue Meyer West Condominiums tower.

Parking is readily available in the HJs Community Center lot.

If you want to become comfortable with the space by looking at a few photos, please CLICK HERE, and scroll to the bottom of the page for photos and a virtual tour.  Our event will be held in the West Patio Room and, if attendees would like, around the firepit. HJ’s is a facility provided by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church; the community center is not a traditional church building.