PO Box 1711
Traverse City, MI 49685
Phone: 231-709-2704
PO Box 1711
Traverse City, MI 49685
Phone: 231-709-2704
It’s easy to GIVE SUPPORT to Dann’s House.
Donations can be sent to our P.O. Box 1711, Traverse City, MI 49685 or by clicking the DONATE tab at the top of our website.
If you prefer, you may make donations of household items on our house WISH LIST or returnable beverage containers for our guys to return and purchase supplies for the house.
Contact us through our contact form and we will schedule a time to pick up your donation.
All donations help our guys to live independently and will help them purchase daily supplies for the house.
Thank you for your generosity!
Dann’s House Board of Directors
Dann’s House is a Michigan Nonprofit Corporation that provides supportive housing for people who have experienced chronic homelessness and also suffer from persistent, severe Alcohol Use Disorder. The house does not require residents to abstain from alcohol.
Dann’s House began as part of StonesHouse, a nonprofit formed in 2005 to help communities develop recovery residences and supports.
The first Dann’s House opened in 2014 in Traverse City, Michigan. The house provides much more than four walls and a roof. It offers consistent support from professional staff and specially trained volunteers, following a Harm Reduction Model. Once housed in a safe environment, residents tend to reduce the amount of alcohol they consume. A Case Manager meets with each resident to help them assess their needs and set goals for their lives. They then work together to access services that will help them meet those needs and goals. A House Manager helps the residents to track their health improvements and make and keep appointments with doctors and counselors. Once they have achieved some stability, most residents even seek employment and volunteering work.
This kind of facility is commonly referred to as a “wet house.” We choose not to use that term because it is pejorative. It implies a “party house” and attempts to define our residents simply by reducing them to their disease.
Dann’s House is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization that relies on support from a variety of sources to fulfill our mission. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.
Eric been at the House for almost a year. He is quiet and shy. He suffers from severe anxiety. Most of the time it’s hard for him to be in crowds . He loves to read and he has a deep appreciation for art. He is a big help around the House. A garden plot was tilled up this Spring and Eric found another passion- gardening! At our Wednesday House meetings when we go around the group and ask for a gratitude- Eric always says I love my garden. He is able to reduce his anxiety while caring for the garden. This is beautiful to see.
He has requested more garden space for next year.
Dann’s House has a new fence!We would like to thank the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation for the grant to cover materials and labor to construct a 90′ fence. We were able to enclose our backyard and offer privacy for our residents and our nearest neighbors. One of our wonderful neighbors even helped with the construction.
Karl has been a huge support of Dann’s House. For the past 3 years he has dedicated countless hours of service to rehabbing our duplex. His knowledge and ability to access the needs and then work to complete tasks is amazing. He shows up in his red truck with the supplies and tools needed to get the job done.
Karl is a member and on the Board of Directors at TC Unitarian Universalist church. He and his wife Lauren are proud grandparents and spend time most weekends helping their single parent daughter. He is quiet and kind. Dann’s House is very fortunate to have Karl on our team!
Anthony G. CicconeAnthony Gerard Ciccone passed away in Suttons Bay, Michigan on February 24, 2023 at the age of 66.
The first of six children born to Madonna (Fortin) and Silvio Ciccone, Anthony seemed in many ways a character from a time other than his own: an insatiable reader possessing of a restless intellect ––a deep lover of music with a wanderer’s spirit –– it isn’t hard to imagine he’d have preferred walking through a woods bantering with Thoreau, or playing sidekick to Jack Kerouac; and as such, an earlier era might well have been kinder in receiving his anomalous gifts.
A true bohemian, Anthony struck out in his late teens from his family’s home in southern Michigan, spending the coming decades in San Francisco, New York City, and Los Angeles. Working as a cook, house painter, carpenter, piano tuner, and film location scout…he engaged each occupation for as long as it took to meet his simple needs before moving on, seeming to prize his freedom and mobility above all else.
He was a dedicated cyclist; a sharp-witted raconteur; a student of Carl Jung, world history and religions ––numerology and astrology; a man who, even when troubled and distant from his own, valued family; and though a loner ––isolated throughout much of his adult life by the addiction that contributed to his early demise–– he was nonetheless enlivened by community and a sense of belonging.
There was seldom anyone happier around a crowded table than he ––when wine, laughter, and talk flowed freely and into the late hours; and on such occasions ––when it seemed there might never be an end to them–– Anthony was, more than anything, the one thing he most longed to be: Home.
Anthony was preceded in death by his mother, Madonna. He is survived by his son, Angelo Lawson-Smith; his parents, Silvio and Joan Ciccone; his siblings, Martin Ciccone, Madonna Ciccone, Paula Ciccone, Christopher Ciccone, Melanie Ciccone (Joseph Henry), Jennifer Ciccone (Chuck Valleau), Mario Ciccone (Laura (Padilla) Ciccone); and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Medilodge of Leelanau’s Resident Fund, 124 W. Fourth St., Suttons Bay, MI 49682.
Please share your condolences with Anthony’s family at Martinson Funeral Home.
Arrangements are with the Martinson Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Leelanau.
