I came here...to get help with my depression and schizophrenia...I like to communicate with people here. Everybody my friend. I help at Sky Light by cleaning and helping with garbage...I am happy sitting in the Sky Light courtyard drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and talking to my friends. It helps my mental illness...I am happy here.

– Irakly Sanadze

Wellness

Mission Statement:

To promote for Sky Light members the goal of ensuring that each person has power, choice, knowledge and control over their physical health and that their Clubhouse community has the capacity to support empowerment and recovery in this area.

Sky Light's Health Promotion concepts include:

  • The importance of members' participation in identifying and addressing their health issues
  • Member control over the determinants of health
  • Member choice about health care strategies
  • Member knowledge about their health issues

Wellness Program Supports and Activities:

  • Weight Watchers
  • Smoking Cessation (through a collaboration with Staten Island University Hospital's Smoking Cessation Clinic)
  • Yoga
  • Jazzercise
  • Zumba
  • Dental Services (through a collaboration with American Mobile Dental)
  • On-site Nutritionist
  • On-site Gym
  • Nutrition Support Group