Dan Reed Celebrates 25
On June 5, Solutions Program Director Dan Reed celebrated 25 years of sobriety. For many of us, this alone would stand as a monumental personal achievement – an accomplishment in its own right worthy of recognition and celebration. Lord knows most of us would expect some kind of fuss if we ever made it that […]
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
At the end of a nine-hour drive, the Jaywalker Solutions clients and three staff members landed in another culture and another world: the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Three distinctly different organizations, an adult church group from New Hampshire, an inner city Boston high school group, and Jaywalkers made an eclectic team of 40 workers who […]
Shelter from the Storm
Solutions men found shelter in in the walk in refrigerator of a local restaurant, an F2 tornado passing a half mile to the west of our location. We were in Moore, Ok to aid in the ongoing reconstruction of this city from an F5 tornado that took the lives of 24 and devastated this community […]
Solutions
“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” – Mattie Stepanek-Poet I have been member of the SOLUTIONS team since 2007 and am pleased to talk about our newest venture. SOLUTIONS has expanded our program into two phases, moved buildings, added staff and built a more robust curriculum. We […]
Congrats John on 6
Jaywalker’s Director of Outreach Services & Alumni Relations, John Schneier, celebrated 6 years of sobriety yesterday. “To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends – this is an experience you must not miss. We know you […]
NOLA 2014
It was a Christian home, marked by crucifixes on the walls, an open bible on the coffee table. Ms. Nita prepared for us the best gumbo we had ever tasted, deep and rich, the product of generations. It was her thank you to the volunteers who had come to share this long awaited day, her […]
Pine Ridge
“It is hard being poor” said Will Peters, a Lakota high school teacher born and raised on the reservation. “But I’m not leaving. I have two degrees, my wife has three. We could go anywhere. My home is here, our home is here. My ancestors are buried on this land. We are needed and no […]
29 Years of Sobriety
We’ve a number of characters here at planet Jaywalker. The Poet, the Chef, the Matriarch, the Saint, and of course the Rock. We also have the Teacher, aka Jacquie. If it is true that the teacher appears when the student is ready, than those ready for Solutions will encounter a master. Jacquie is a teacher […]
It Makes a Difference
“It makes a difference to this one,” said the young man as he returned a beached starfish to the sea. We of Solutions made a small difference as well after spending 5 days in the La Sal Mountains working with the Grand Canyon Trust to preserve wilderness environments. A wetland fouled by free range cattle, […]
WCSAD 2014
Join us tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, May 31, at the West Coast Symposium for Addiction Disorders for a session with Jaywalker program directors Dan Reed and Lynn Sanson entitled, “Treatment Without Borders – Thinking Outside the Building and Outside the Box.” This colorful presentation will provide tips and tactics for taking treatment “on the road.” Dan and […]
