Address: POINT AFTER CLUB, 43 Jackson St., Lawrence, MA 01840
Phone: (978) 681-7753
Date of Birth: December 30, 1956
Occupation: Director, POINT AFTER CLUB
Ethnic Background: Irish
Interviewer: Joan Kelley
Summary: The narrator calls the POINT AFTER CLUB an opportunity center for people with mental illness. It was started by his mother, Rose Coppinger, after the deinstitutioning of patients from Danvers State Hospital. She saw the need for the club. Besides the social aspect, the club has housing and a transitional employment program.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistory.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.118-tcoppinger.mp3
Date (created)
2006-08-02