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 […]
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 […]
Celebrating 21 years of sobriety
Everyone here at Jaywalker would like to congratulate our Founder and Director, Bob Ferguson, on celebrating 21 years of sobriety. Bob opened Jaywalker Lodge on April 14, 2005, and has since created a continuum of Jaywalker programs that are saving more and more lives. The saying, “in order to keep what we have we must […]
Working together
Wednesday Workshop has become a huge part of the education given here at Jaywalker U. This week’s class was held by local life-skills coaching center, A New Path. A New Path was developed by two Jaywalker alumni, Frankie G and Rob M, to help individuals transition from treatment to sustainable long-term success. The workshop was […]
Anything is possible
Jaywalker would like to congratulate one of its own, Kjell D, for graduating college this last semester. Kjell went through Jaywalker over 5 years ago and since then has been on a mission. Since graduating the Lodge, Kjell starting working at the Lodge as an overnight tech. When the time was right he moved back […]
Workshop Wednesday
We kicked off our second JWU workshop yesterday. This was another opportunity for the students, staff, and members of the community to learn more about how everyday life and communication can be tied into addiction. Patty English, Dr. of Communication Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, helped us explore new ways of journaling, skill building, and […]
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In partnership with Colorado Mountain College (CMC), Jaywalker U provides a safe and structured environment for sober students to fully reintegrate into a college life based on the principles of recovery. In addition to taking classes at CMC, students at JWU have the opportunity to experience a variety of classes on philosophy and addiction, interpersonal […]
Colorado Springs Winter Symposium
Jaywalker Lodge counselors and staff joined 1,200 addiction treatment professionals this week taking part at the 39th Annual Winter Symposium in Colorado Springs. Jaywalker founder and CEO Bob Ferguson presented on “The Promises and the Pitfalls of College in Sobriety;” and Jaywalker Lodge was honored by its colleagues in the field at the symposiums annual […]
Colorado Mountain College ranks in top 20
The college, in which the Jaywalker U students attend, Colorado Mountain College, was ranked in the top 20 of nationwide community colleges. CNNMoney reports CMC’s “success rate” earned the college the No. 17 slot nationally, as well as the No. 1 ranking within Colorado. This places the college in the top 2 percent of success […]
