National Wellness Week
Greetings,
Join us as we celebrate National Wellness Week! This first ever National Wellness Week takes place from September 19-25, 2011. Launched by SAMHSA as part of National Recovery Month, the goal is “to inspire individuals and organizations to get involved and take one step for wellness”. This year’s theme is “Living Wellness”.
At SpiritWorks we have used this week to begin a new initiative, “The 10,000 Club”, and launch our new Wellness Compass: Achieving Wellness Through Positive Self Care. We are excited to be one of the premier organizations in the country helping individuals improve their health and wellness. The 10,000 Club is an initiative designed to get people to move more. We have distributed a limited amount of pedometers and are encouraging people to take 10,000 steps per day. We hope to expand the distribution of pedometers with additional funding and get more people moving.
The Wellness Compass designed and produced by SpiritWorks Foundation takes the dimensions of wellness and incorporates goals, values, and time management principles to help individuals get and stay well. It is an expansion of the SpiritWorks Foundation Recovery Compass as it includes 2 additional dimension, Vocational and Financial.
We are thrilled to be rolling out these two new Center offerings and hope you will join us and benefit from their use.
Please contact me with any questions or if you need more information.
LET’S GET IN SHAPE!
Until next time…
Peace, Jan
Lost in Woonsocket
Greetings,
SpiritWorks Foundation joins The Farley Center at Williamsburg Place in sponsoring, Lost in Woonsocket. The film is about two alcoholics who are missing for years and discovered living together in the back woods of Woonsocket R.I. Through a series of events the two are able to reunite with their families, go to treatment, experience recovery and achieve redemption. See what’s next for them and others like them following the screening of the film. A Q & A Panel Discussion follows which includes professionals and members of the recovery community. Tickets are available at the door for a cost of $10.00. The screening takes place on Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Williamsburg Regional Library at 6 pm.
I hope to see you there.
Until next time…
peace, Jan
Alumni Woonsocket flyer-2pr rev-1
A Busy Summer
Greetings,
Many of you might ask, “where did it go?” . Yes summer is over my friends and it’s time again to slow down and settle in for fall and winter. We have had a great summer here. We are coming off of our annual SpiritWorks Summer Camp which was a tremendous success. And, a fabulous pre hurricane Irene 5K race, the Recovery Rocks Race. I am grateful to all who participated in both events. I am even more grateful to those who helped and supported those events. We could not have done it without you.
We have also been busy creating trainings, welcoming our new employee Tim, putting final touches on the Barn and preparing new programs. Fall will be an exciting Fall for us as well. I hope that you will find a way to connect with us by either stopping by, sending an email, giving us a call or posting a comment on my blog.
Until next time,
peace, Jan
The Military Family and Addictions: Understanding and Counseling within the Context of the Military Culture
Greetings,
I am just back from a morning presentation as part of the Farley Center Professional Series. I had the privilege of working with Mark Mortier from Beacon Counseling/Genesis Counseling Centers. We had a lively conversation about the culture of military families, particularly from the children and youth perspective in these families as they are often not included in the programs and services offered. I appreciate the level of participation and the questions that were generated by members of the audience. I hope that we were able to address all of the questions that arose in a manner that was helpful. And, if not that people will take advantage of SpiritWorks and myself as potential additional resources.
Being able to talk about the military experience was especially helpful for me as it was such a huge part of my personal experience growing up and remains so as I have a brother who is the United States Army. Additionally, the opportunity to talk about brain injury and addiction proved not only useful to the audience, it was also helpful and reminded me of the importance and power of stories.
I am providing the link to the MilitaryFamiliesDeployReunion6011 for those who are looking for the resource section that was referred to in the presentation.
Until next time,
Peace, Jan
SpiritWorks Summer Camp
Greetings,
With summer just beginning we are getting excited about this year’s summer camp. If you are looking to register a child for the camp please do so sooner than later as we are hoping to fill up quickly. And, stay tuned to our Website and my blog because we are going to be expanding this year’s program and introducing some new activities. The dates for this year’s camp are August 15 – 19th.
The link to the Children and Youth page with information about the Summer Camp is http://www.spiritworksfoundation.org/programs-and-services/children-and-youth.
If you have any questions or need additional information please contact me at the Center at (757) 564-0001 or use my email address, jan@spiritworksfoundation.org
Until next time,
Peace, Jan
Welcome to my Blog!
I will be posting to my blog concerning the music program and any information concerning future releases. Stay tuned in June for the Grand Opening of the Store where you will find music available for purchase and download of sample tracks.
I want to thank everyone for their support. Realize please that this is not a one sided conversation. I want to hear from you!
Tim's favorite toy
Peace, Tim
The Barn -Update
Greetings,
It is indeed an exciting time at SpiritWorks. Work continues on the Barn as it is being transformed right before my very eyes. I can’t tell you how amazing it is to stop by and see what things look like now versus when we first started the project. And, while things have taken a bit longer once I got to see what was on the inside of the walls I am reminded that it’s important to do the right thing, even when it takes more time. Much like what we learn with our personal recovery there is no easier softer way.
Take a look for yourself…
Until next time
Peace, Jan
got recovery? Why?
Greetings,
I am on my way from Las Vegas, having attended a conference entitled the “Power of Y”. All through the weekend event many men and women took the stage and talked about their particular why for doing the business they were in. They talked of family and children, of making a positive difference in the lives of others, of financial freedom, and of time freedom, to name a few. No one talked of not wanting to die, going to jail or prison, because the courts sent me, because I have to, or because I got a dui.
As I sat and reflected on my personal why, I became very frustrated, at times even sad because I could not come up with a compelling reason for doing the things I do, other than the one that I started with, “not wanting to die”. I also heard time and time again that “my why has changed since I started” which was a fascinating and exciting possibility. Two and a half days later, I leave that conference with a strong and compelling why for my life, to end addiction for the next generation.
All of this conversation led me to believe that in order to be successful in the business of sustaining long term recovery we too require a compelling why. And, that the why to begin with will change once we set out on and continue along our recovery journey. At some point we do make a decision that we want what is offered and are willing to go to any length to get it. Then and only then do we take the next steps.
I am grateful that I’ve got recovery and today I know why. What about you? got recovery? and, if so “Why“?
Peace, Jan
An Exciting Partnership
Greetings,
After three years in our building on Mooretown Rd we are pleased to announce our expansion. We are in the process of building the village. So far we have our Recovery Center located at 5800 Mooretown Rd. We are poised to officially open “The Studio”, next Friday February 18th and from there in a few short weeks we will open “The Annex”. The Annex, also located on Mooretown Rd is a 1000 square foot multipurpose center which will feature an art studio as well as house our Children and Youth Programs.
We are pleased to be working with Drew DeBlass of Williamsburg Home Painting, LLC. who will oversee the buildout of the new space. This partnership with Drew is part of a vision we shared over William and Mary Football, to offer SpiritWorks disenfranchised the opportunity to put their work skills to use while doing some good in the community. Now we will be doing just that, offering work force development and training opportunities to several of our clients who will be involved in the building project. I am thrilled about the process as well as the project. I will keep you posted as we move forward. Stay tuned, I will upload some before and after pictures.
Until next time,
Peace, Jan
“Only Virginia and Kentucky permanently disenfranchise all felons upon conviction…”
Greetings,
I just returned from a workshop put on by the Williamsburg Chapter of the Virginia Organizing on the Restoration of Voting Rights in Virginia. It was a very informative and uplifting program describing the issue, the process it entails to restore one’s rights and what we can do about it. The group present was very interested in the issue and eager to do something about it.
I am hopeful that a wonderful partnership will develop between Virginia Organizing and SpiritWorks. They are looking to help ex offenders have their rights restored and we work with plenty of people that could use their help.
We are hoping to begin working together in January 2011. Stay tuned to see what is in store. I am confident that together we can make change to the more than 300,000 disenfranchised Virginians.
Until next time,
Peace, Jan
SpiritWorks Mission
The mission of SpiritWorks Foundation is to help individuals and families sustain long term recovery from addiction, and to help children and youth live free from the intergenerational cycle of addiction in their families.
SpiritWorks Foundation is la 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, located at 5800 Mooretown Road in Williamsburg, VA, 23188.
The 3,000 square foot Recovery Center provides programs and services for children, youth, and adults affected by the damaging effects of addiction. Take a virtual tour of the center (PDF)
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