Community Learning Center
Quality-of-life issues are key in the journey toward recovery for adults with mental illness. TLS consumers have many opportunities to participate in educational, social and recreational activities through the Community Learning Center in Milwaukee.
These activities include:
- Milwaukee Brewers games
- Milwaukee Bucks games
- Computer classes
- Self-esteem groups
- Cooking groups
- Donna Lexa art groups
- Activities for seniors
- Board games
- Bowling
- Bingo
- Local outings
Most activities are free or available at a reduced cost to consumers. Transportation is provided. Recreation and program instructors, as well as occupational therapists, are on staff at the center.
'Colors of Self' Mural Project
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During a six-week workshop, TLS and MCFI clients worked with Obletz to create their self-portraits, using colors that reflected their "unique individual" and inner being. The project offered clients an opportunity to explore new paths of self-expression and self-revelation through art. The resulting piece consists of 24 original self-portraits assembled into a larger mural.
This project was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board
with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Employment opportunities also are available at the Community Learning Center, allowing consumers to work in a supported environment.
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