Welcome to Hope Family Village. Now incorporated, we continue to move forward on many fronts.
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| Scott, Corey, and Matt |
In late September, Matt, Scott and I attended the 33rd Annual Fairweather Lodge Conference in Erie, PA. There were 100 participants.
Organized and hosted by Stairways Behavioral Health, we were treated to discussions of veterans lodges; taught how to write a haiku; given ideas for finding a job; and learned the importance of being active and socially
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| Matt and Scott (left) @ Stairways Behavioral Health’s Training Lodge Erie, PA |
engaged for brain health.
These conferences are incredibly inspirational. We meet other agencies from around the country, lodge coordinators, and lodge residents.
As we seek to establish a lodge in the Williamsburg area, we visited a training lodge operated by Stairways.
In the meantime, we created a “virtual lodge” together. The Williamsburg Fairweather Lodge meets weekly on Saturday mornings at a coffee shop. Weekly meetings is one of the fidelity standards for having a certified program.
Aside from reviewing our weeks, setting and monitoring goals, and planning the next week, we are working on having a meal together. From recipe to shopping, budgeting, serving … we’re having a meal together. Exciting stuff.