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Image Gallery

Janet Boring, right, watches television at The Gathering Place in Athens while Mary Watt, 7, plays with crafts she made at a local kid's festival.

Mark Knuth, a paranoid schizophrenic who lives in the Athens Behavioral Healthcare center, walks up the stairs to The Gathering Place.

Danille Hunter wipes her son, Travallion's, nose at The Gathering Place. Hunter is a recovering drug addict currently living in The Timothy House, a home for the rural homeless.

Mike Sapp watches an off-campus college party from the back porch of The Gathering Place. The Gathering Place is located just off the Ohio University campus, mixed in amongst college housing.

Credits

Producer: Christina Paolucci
Photography, audio: Andrew Spear
Editing: Andrew Spear, Christina Paolucci

Place

The Gathering Place

Surrounded by college housing on Athens' west side of town, The Gathering Place is a community-based support organization for adults living with mental illness. The Gathering Place is open everyday for its members, who gather and enjoy one another's support in an encouraging and pressure-free environment.