OREM — A Provo man started a club where men can gather, connect and eat cheap food, and its setting is unique; it’s the Men’s Mental Health Costco Club.

“You’re not supposed to go through life alone, and so if we can make a group and unite and create a brotherhood, then I think that’s the most important thing,” said Jaxon Smith, the club’s founder. “If it helps multiple lives, if it helps one life, it’s all worth it.”

The group meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Orem Costco food court. So far, Costco hasn’t taken any action against or in support of the group. But the group is growing in size every week.

“You just go and show up. Different people show up every time and some of the same. It’s just really fun,” Smith said.

Because of how popular the club has gotten in just a few weeks

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