A call to action to support a community service revolution!
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Please send me a message with any questions you might have or to set up a meeting over a virtual platform to develop authentic rapport! I am always in preference of text messaging due to my availability being pulled in multiple directions as I am getting things rolling and operational. Once availability permits, I will immediately follow up and resolve outstanding communications! I have flyers that I have created for outreach and am in process of developing descriptions of services and education topics that competency has been developed.
For starters, my name is Jake and as a result of a few significant and unexpected changes in life, I have been given the ability to make the creative goals a reality. I have always struggled with wanting to create an authentic connection with the information and platform that will be the first impression for those who I am asking for support from. As I was thinking about how to approach and create an significant interest in gaining relationships, I had the thought of just writing from the heart, completely from scratch. As a result of this, the structure and presentation of this information is subpar due to the limits of the software. I have faith that this will land well with this community and I am absolutely excited to work one challenging the idea that it is not possible to create change because of all the rules and guidelines that are in place. Let's get moving!
To provide context, I would like to provide a bit of information regarding my life experience and the chain of events that let me to this moment. I had a pretty solid experience growing up in childhood and when I transitioned into young adulthood, I was provided the freedom to make decisions but I had no real concept of how my choices could result in life damaging consequences if I wasn't careful.
I had been introduced to the music scene and was a lead guitar player in a thrash metal band. Although we were well rounded and had quality music, the exposure to drugs and alcohol ultimately ruled my life. As a result of the amount and frequency of my substance use, I found myself in treatment at 21 years old. The following years, without being able to develop a new design to live life and sustain personal fulfillment, I was in and out of substance treatment multiple times, experienced jail time, and broken relationships. At the brink of the point of no return, I was a homeless addict that owned a backpack, had nothing to show for life, had lost hope in being able to achieve success in any way, and I became a shell of a human being, just continuing to wake up in the morning and wondering why am I still around.
At this stage of my life, I was giving up because no matter how much I tried to reach out and make changes in my life, the world had determined that I was a lost cause and unworthy of support. I experienced folks passing me by making statements that I am lazy and incapable of doing something different, and when I was around them, there was a clear attempt to avoid making any sort of eye contact. At this stage of my addiction, my parents had even gone as far as mentally preparing my obituary because it was too painful for them to carry any level of hope that I would be alive for much longer.
And then the miracle happened. As I was walking around a college campus as a way to protect my ego, I made certain that I would present to others as if I was a college student. As I was walking around, I would often put my head down because of the hurt and pain I was feeling inside. Then I heard someone loudly attempt to gain my attention. As I came up to him, he was genuinely intentional to remove all distractions, and was truly listening to me when I would answer a few of his questions. As we continued to talk, he said that he was pulled to reach out to me because there is a feeling that I was going to make a large impact on others who need support. I looked at him and shook my head. At this moment, I shared with him my story to let him know that he must of picked the wrong guy in the crowd. In spite of me providing every reason as to why I am not that guy, there was no judgment. I felt like I mattered for the first time in years, and he reassured me that the way I am going to help is by sharing my story. For some reason, I was able to agree with what he was saying to me.
As we continued our relationship, he shared with me that he is actively in the performing arts world and is producing a Broadway play that he is planning to get on stage. He ended up asking me to support because of my experience and ability with being involved in music for a significant part of my life. He asked me to oversee the development of music and use my creativity to bring a unique approach. For whatever reason I agreed. I put my mind to it, and after I was ready each morning at the local homeless shelter, we would meet up for coffee. The significant change that was so vital in this moment of my life was how he was able to show me without trying to convince me that I have inherent value, I am worthy of a productive life, and that my thoughts and ideas had substantial value and needed to be shared with the world. This man provided me a mailing address, and helped me set up and apply for work by using his phone for employer contacts. He gave me a stellar resume and I found the stability and support needed to create sustainable change in my life!
For the previous 9 years, I have been able to establish consistent and healthy sobriety. In addition, I took a few risks and found myself with the opportunity to begin volunteering in a residential treatment program to gain experience for a paid position. And the thought had blindsided me. This man was right! He had a drive to support me when the rest of the world had written me off, yet for some reason this man was there, shoulder to shoulder, and completely available to me without a hint of wanting something in return.
After this realization, I couldn't shut it off. As life continued to move forward, life changes happened for both of us where we had lost contact with each other. I figured the reason I am thinking about him is because I need to reach out and share this. When I finally found his profile page, I read that he had passed away about 6 months prior. I was heartbroken that I wasn't able to share with him the outcome of his support.
So the fact that I did not have access to share with him the gratitude I have been holding on to, I made it a priority to live my life and carry myself in a way that is available to be supportive of the ones that have been forgotten in our world. When others say that these folks are undeserving, my goal is to be there, shoulder to shoulder, share with them that they have the same ability to find success as I did.
As a result this support, I have been working as a clinical counselor and have worked over 15,000 with both families and addicts searching for healing. Ive been responsible to provide education and practical but effective behavioral intervention to effect sustainable change. I have created a significant amount of materials, processes, and assignments to support critical thinking in relationship to healing. I have been responsible for group facilitation and have developed competencies in a wide range of topics related to human development. One of my long term projects has been developing managing training. It has been thoroughly explored and described in a unique way for immediate practical application in any working environment. I have developed a very clear approach to improve the quality of life within a team setting that is rooted in authenticity and promotes a shift to reward the willingness to try something new at the risk of failure rather than rewarding performance and compliance of task management. One of my primary services that I am excited to create is to develop contracts with businesses and social services to observe, provide education groups, conduct individual sessions, and through the assessment process, I would write a "prescription" to implement with a concrete plan of follow up meetings and sessions to provide accountability to the implementation of services.
In regards to services I would like to provide, the goal is to have appointment availability for folks who are in need of support and guidance through situations that they are unable to manage. It is so common that in order to get any form of support, it is required to fit specific demographics. Health care services and community support is structured like it is the same as filling out an application for a credit card. It has always been an interesting set up that social services that are promoting being a support to communities start of the entire process from a list standards. This is why the services that will be created and available truly is a community service revolution. In spite of the common knowledge that it has been an utter failure to provide legitimate help, there tends to be no opportunity or availability to do something different. My intention is the be able to provide vital information and education to the community at large as well. I have a wide range of examples I can provide for anyone interested in gaining insight to specific services.
The purpose behind seeking start up capital from this particular resource is because it is absolutely vital to have the ability to remove any potential risk of having to place limitations on who the services can be available to, and what project is going to help increase revenue to repay investment capitol. In order to maintain complete autonomy and freedom is the way to creating long term and sustained availability for the years to come.
While keeping an intentional focus on developing these goals in ethical compliance, I have developed a strategy focused on maintaining complete transparency and integrity within our communities. As this process began to materialize, I was brain dumping I have developed a few perks for our donors that support this project. I will be creating and providing access to a monthly newsletter that provides details and tracking of how these donations are making a direct impact on the community levels. Each month will be a public virtual meeting to provide a Q and A, status of projects, and I will be providing engagement by having an opportunity for community advocates to submit ideas for projects that we can support. At the virtual monthly meeting, all donors who are in the meeting will have an opportunity to e vote on which project will be next!
At this juncture, my immediate needs are to utilize donations to finalize business needs to function in our communities. I am looking to submit and finalize a 501c3 application for licensing; creating transportation availability to be able to travel into any community in need of support; Operating tools to function as a professional business; marketing and community outreach to continue growth among other vital needs. Once there is an appropriate level of capital to function and hire, any services that I have previously listed and all future needs will be created through a contracting service that is filled with folks who have the inability to gain quality employment. There are a list of services that I have been developing and providing descriptions for. A few examples of services that these donations will help establish include substance use disorder intervention and placement into treatment; public podcasting services led by active community members and those who are in process of developing a social service in an area that has needs; access to support with finding the resources needed with professionally articulate advocates who will be requesting support as an established entity in order to increase client support and development; Training classes and educational videos for clinicians transferring from school into their first roles with active clients to increase competency and the clients experience in a treatment setting; and direct availability for professionals development sessions based on a sliding scale and the clients financial needs. The initial meeting is an ALWAYS free service in order to develop a relationship that is not based on financial transactions. There will be a no obligation approach and the client will have the freedom to provide a comfortable quote in the event they are interested in continuing services.
My entire focus in life has been set to be ALL IN to develop this project. I am in process of downsizing ALL unnecessary material possessions and plan in motion is to get a fifth wheel camper and a truck to pull it. The entire inside will be remodeled and a professional sound proofed office will be placed in. The unit will be doubled as a comfortable office space for meet and greets, interviews, studio recording and podcasting events on the go. I have a complete studio setup that I have accrued over the past years, and I have a full PA system and projector to facility community engagement, live music presentations, open mic events and karaoke parties a way to increase inclusion.
This is my ALL IN commitment. When developing the structure of ways to increase effectiveness of time and availability, the plan was set in motion that was focused on being able to utilize donations and fundraising in a way to be 100% utilized as a need for community outreach. All funds provided as the process begins will be directly reinvested into business development, transportation to and from communities for support, keynote speaker engagements , community events, and much more.
As part of the community to be 100% involved in community service and development of opportunities to reach a sustainable level to thrive in life, ALL services that will in need to hire will be set up as contract services for those who have a limited ability to gain employment as a result of not meeting the basic characteristics that is only a simple research process of exploring failures of every day folks that is never presented in a way that provides context to the circumstances that resulted in felony charges. These positions will be available to all communities and the goal is to present the contracting services as a means to develop a portfolio and have access to the community at large to promote personal talents.
I wanted to take a brief moment behind the company name that was chosen. The name AdventREC is extremely important. The mission and vision is rooted in the name. Advent is described as the arrival of a notable person, thing or event. This is referencing the key support a random stranger gave me in my testimony I shared earlier. And due to his arrival in my life, there will now be an arrival of community events and authentic support. REC is an acronym that stands for Renewable Energy Cultivation. The materials and presentations I have developed throughout my career have a well rounded and intentional structure. AdventREC will be established as a parent company and will be a community investment resource to provide startup capital with no obligations of having to provide a return on investment. Your donations and support that are provided to sustain the availability to always reinvest will be a goal to pay it forward for others in need to be provided the opportunity to make their vision something tangible!
NO DONATION SIZE IS TOO SMALL - No matter the amount of the donation, the same perks and transparency is provided without hesitation!