New Port Club has quietly served Vero Beach since 1975 — a steady, volunteer-driven haven for people in recovery and their families.
New Port Club is founded in Vero Beach as a place to hold recovery meetings and offer fellowship in an alcohol-free setting.
The Club establishes a permanent clubhouse building of its own — a lasting, year-round home for meetings and community.
Governance is modernized — bylaws and board practices are updated to steward the Club responsibly for the long term.
The next chapter: 50+ years on, New Port Club owns its building, runs a kitchen and community events, and hosts more than 30 weekly recovery meetings — with a Board and members who keep it running.
Our bylaws describe three purposes, and the third is the one that shapes everything beyond meetings:
Assist the alcoholic's recovery by fostering the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Provide meeting places and make them available to Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon group meetings.
Provide a club and assembly hall for wholesome recreation in an alcohol-free surrounding, for members and their guests.
Five principles guide every decision the Board makes about the Club's future.
All investment strengthens the Club as a physical haven for recovery and connection.
We conduct our affairs with dignity, and honor privacy and the spirit of recovery.
We welcome broad participation without yielding governance or direction to any single influence.
We favor long-term resilience — reserves and maintenance — over expansion for its own sake.
The Board holds the Club in trust, and passes it forward stronger than it was received.
“Recovery is not built in one-hour increments. Recovery is built on ordinary days.”New Port Club · Vero Beach, FL
