Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department members served the meal provided by the department for the Mental Health Association’s August recovery luncheon: from left, Deputies Truman Purslow, Phil Lombardo, Joel Walsh, Sheriff Jim Quattrone and Sergeant Matt Gustafson.

At the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County August recovery luncheon, Executive Director Micheal Nordin welcomed Chautauqua County Sheriff James Quattrone and members of his department.

Nordin thanked the sheriff, Sgt. Matt Gustafson, and deputies Phil Lombardo, Truman Purslow and Joel Walsh for providing and serving the beef on weck lunch prepared by Elegant Edibles.

In addition to saying the blessing before the meal, Quattrone commended the MHA for the work they are doing. He expressed his belief in the organization and offered his support.

Nordin recognized three individuals for their achievements and contributions: one for his volunteer work at the front desk and cleaning, a second for securing an automobile, and a third for celebrating seven years of sobriety.

Everyone is welcome to the MHA recovery luncheons at 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month. Like all MHA services, the luncheons are free.

The Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County is a peer recovery center offering support groups and individual coaching for people looking to improve their lives, deepen wellness, thrive in recovery, or support those on a recovery path. Peers use their personal stories to help people find recovery in their own lives in their own way. All MHA services, including Narcan, xylazine wound care kits and fentanyl test kits, are free.

The Jamestown recovery center is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Hours for the North County recovery center at Grace Lutheran Church, 601 Eagle St., Dunkirk, are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

To learn more about the Mental Health Association, call 661-9044 or visit MHAChautauqua.org or Facebook.com/MHAChautauqua. A schedule with descriptions of MHA’s dozens of groups and classes in Dunkirk and Jamestown is at MHAChautauqua.org/groups.