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The Boiler Room (established in 1993) is believed to be the oldest existing youth-operated nonprofit coffee house in the United States. We are located in the heart of a small Victorian seaport town (Port Townsend, Washington State) in the Pacific Northwest. A 501(c)(3) non-profit all-ages venue for music and art, poetry and theater, a youth-run business/social experiment, a free soup kitchen, The Boiler Room fosters a culture of volunteers and celebrates community, growth, learning and empowerment of youth and the young-at-heart.
“The Boiler Room has been many things to many people. A coffeehouse, an art gallery, a private business, a nonprofit teen center, a cause, a scapegoat. But to me it has been a salvation – a place to be, and belong. Home. I’ve worked with some of the finest human beings I’ve met to preserve a common goal of home for ourselves and anyone else who needed it, to resolve the question of where do I belong. So many people ask it, and we can never afford to let ignorance settle such questions.” - Jake Kelly, former BR Manager
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Kimya Dawson, former patron and board member (photo by: ilovehoovering2)
Testimonials:
1 December 2008: Statements at City Council budget meeting
28 November 2008: letter from Mar Vista High School teachers
21 November 2008: letter from Olympic Community Action Programs (Olycap)
7 April 2008: excerpt from blog of San Francisco Bay area band that played at The Boiler Room
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The Boiler Room
PO Box 1659
Port Townsend WA
98368
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