Mindfulness in Action
Last weekend, myself as well as the guys here at Jaywalker U took a trip to Moab, UT for one of our last days of transformational work with Johann Aberger. The guys of the house left on Friday, however my brother’s wedding was in Denver on Friday so I had to show up late. I […]
JWU & CTU
Jaywalker U collaborates not only with Colorado Mountain College (CMC), but also works closely with Colorado Technical University (CTU). The relationship with CTU provides JWU to accept students on rolling admissions. This means that not only do we have students start our program at the beginning of each semester, but we can also have students […]
Alchohol Awareness Week
This week is Colorado Mountain Colleges Alcohol Awareness Week! Every year CMC puts on an Alcohol Awareness Week at its Spring Valley campus. The Jaywalker U students will be sharing their experience strength and hope tomorrow night at 6:30pm for the “Sober for Subway” student panel. Subway will be catering the event along with other sober […]
High Ropes Course
Last week myself and the other Jaywalker U students went to the Colorado Mountain College high ropes course with Johann Aberger. There, we pushed our limits and learned about personal transformation and personal commitments. The ropes course was used as a way for us to see the value in our peers because all of the activities required […]
JWU College Majors
This week the Jaywalker U students were asked to write about their potential majors and some of the jobs that they could have when they graduate. Finance, Art, History, and Science were among the majors that our students are pursuing. In the past the Jaywalker U students have picked a degree because it sounded nice […]
Clean & Sober 21st
Last week Jaywalker U student, Nate F, celebrated his 21st birthday. For the first time since being a teenager he was able to celebrate a birthday completely clean and sober. Friends of the community, staff, and even his family stopped by Jaywalker U for cake and 30 pounds of fresh east coast lobsters. Happy Birthday […]
JWU Transformation
Last week the Jaywalker U students did their second day of transformational work with Johann Aberger. For this we did a multi pitch climb up to the summit of Petit Blue, on Independence Pass. The focus of this workshop was to take our life purpose, which we developed in our first workshop, and create goals […]
Paintball
The new clients at The Landing joined the students from Jaywalker U for a friendly game of paintball. Feelings ranged from anticipation to downright terror as the Landing suffered multiple defeats to the more experienced U team. Hundreds of rounds of paintballs flew for several hours before ammunition ran out and exhaustion set in. While […]
Jaywalker Attends CCSAD
Jaywalker attended and exhibited last week at the Cape Cod Symposium of Addictive Disorders in Hyannis, MA. Bob Ferguson presented on the progress of Jaywalker U and collegiate recovery. It was great to see our friends and colleagues on the east coast. We will be attending NCAD in Anaheim this week. Jaywalker representing coast to […]
How will YOU Rally ?
Science and Medicine can cure cancer. Radiation, chemotherapy and surgery can treat the disease. Yet healing a person takes more. It requires a comprehensive approach that treats the whole person – mind , body ,and spirit.” Elaine Grossman, head of Rally the Valley Sponsorship team, said, ” Cancer is going to affect 1 in 3 […]
