Mental Health First Aid
Jaywalker U students are finishing up with Workshop Wednesday’s next week and will be starting a 6-week class at Colorado Mountain College on Mental Health First Aid. The class will be taught by Janet DeMars, Jaywalker U Program Director, and will be held Wednesday mornings. By the end of the semester JWU students will be […]
Congratulations Donnie on 3 years
I would like to congratulate Donnie Hagenbart, Jaywalker U program coordinator, on celebrating 3 years of sobriety today. Donnie grew up in the suburbs of Chicago where he fell in to drugs, alcohol, and gambling. After a few years of college Donnie attended Jaywalker Lodge in 2010, where he quickly became a solid member of […]
What’s in your backpack?
What’s in your backpack? Craig Farnum, the academic counselor from CMC in Carbondale, facilitated two workshops and also presented during Workshop Wednesdays at Jaywalker U today. His first workshop encouraged the participants to look at the effect their beliefs, values, and attitudes have on their behavior. Our beliefs, values, and attitudes are the things we […]
Teamwork
Every 4th Monday of the month Jaywalker heads to a church in Glenwood Springs to help feed the homeless. This week the Jaywalker U students helped out. This wasn’t the first time for most of the JWU students but it was for some of the Jaywalker Lodge men. This was a great way for the […]
Congratulations Chester
Jaywalker would like to congratulate Chester Walters, Landing Tech, for celebrating 3 years of sobriety last week. Chester grew up in Texas and through a rough childhood fell into drugs and alcohol pretty heavily. Chester attended Jaywalker Lodge in 2010 after a rough few years in college. Just like most of the guys who come […]
Kick-a-thon Crushed
Team Solutions joined local martial artists to crush the 2nd Annual Kick-a-Thon “Only the half mad are truly alive”. With that sentiment in mind Team Solutions undertook the arduous task of completing 10,000 kicks in a 15 min. time period at the PRO TKD Kick a Thon on Feb. 21. I am pleased to report […]
Mindfulness Meditation
This Week Tim Harrington, founder of Sustainable Recovery based here in Carbondale, Co. brought a workshop to the students of Jaywalker “U” on mindfulness in recovery. Joined by some of the newest clients at Jaywalker Lodge, the “U” students were shown some new and practical skills to stay present for their new life. At Jaywalker […]
ONLY IN CARBONDALE…
Several of the Jaywalker men had the opportunity to be of service and learn more about the diversity of activities that are the essence of Carbondale. A dozen of our clients volunteered to assist in the set-up and take-down of alternative health care practitioner and vendor booths as part of the first annual Lovin’ Yourself […]
Reaching A Little Higher
Learning to push our boundaries in new and healthy ways is one of the many paths to personal growth and discovery in Sobriety. The Jaywalker family was well represented Friday night at the Carbondale Recreation Center’s annual bouldering competition. Jaywalker clients placed first and third in the recreational division. Alumnus Karl G. (pictured above) placed […]
Solutions to the rescue
Carbondale Council for Arts and Humanities (CCAH) featured their 33rd Annual Valley Visual Arts Show on January 31st. Jaywalker Solutions has been known for its service work and was contacted to help with the hanging of the woodworking, paintings, photo’s, and ceramic art work. However, the day of the hanging landed on 1/30/13 when most […]
