Aaron loved quotes. He collected them on a small yellow pad while in school at DeForest. At Mount Bachelor, Aaron wrote them in his journals. He would like the title of this post and this one, both from Henry David Thoreau, written about 1845, Walden: While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them.
On Monday April 24th, the Aaron J. Meyer Foundation will meet with RandyHaveson, http://www.randyspeaks.com to lay the ground work for bringing The HERO House http://www.theherohouse.org to Madison.
The HERO House is a place where college students in the early stages of recovery can live in a safe, healthy environment while continuing their studies and working on building a solid foundation in recovery.
Aaron understood the importance of a living arrangement like this. One of his plans for after high school included returning to Bend, OR to attend Bend Community College. He planned to live with some classmates from Mount Bachelor Academy. The idea was that these guys knew each other's challenges and they would be able to support each other in maintaining sobriety. They would run their home with the skills they learned at Mount Bachelor. A healthy, supportive, sober environment would give them a chance to live healthy while still being college students in an age where chaos was the the order of the day. I liked the plan.
At 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM on Monday April, 24th, Randy will speak at Edgewood College in the Anderson Auditorium. His topic will cover alcohol and drug use for high school and college students. All readers of this blog are welcome to attend.
Coincidently, April 24th is Aaron's sobriety date. I don't think he would mind that I share that piece of information.
Visit Randy's web sites for a little insight.
Peace,
Tom
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