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September 25, 2024

Jack-to Jack Coaching Conquers Caregiver Overwhelm

Navigating the challenges of caregiving can often feel overwhelming, especially for those just beginning their journey. That’s where Jack’s Caregiver Coalition steps in with its innovative ...

Stories of Caregiver Support: Program Feature- The Klatch

On my first day as part of the Jack's team, my first official duty at Jack's was to attend a Caregiver Klatch at (the now, sadly, shuttered) Common Roots in Uptown Minneapolis. It was at the tail end ...

January 16, 2024

Sequel Makers - Firing On All Cylinders

The Sequel Makers First Pitch Party On August 30th, 2023 (National Grief Awareness Day) The need for Sequel Makers started at our Caregiver Klatches in 2019, when more and more we would hear from ...

North Metro Chapter Fundraising Success

This was the second year that Jack's Caregiver Coalition was the recipient of the funds raised at the Swing Back at Cancer annual golf tournament. Over the past 10 years this generous organization ...

"Jacks Only" Private Facebook Group

On April 1st of 2021, Jack's Caregiver Coalition made our Jack's Only Facebook group findable by the public. We made it so guys from around the world can find our group and request to join after we ...

October 11, 2019

Iron Men

On an unusually chilly August morning, 5 brave souls met at the shores of Lake Minnetonka for what it was to be a totally new and exciting experience (as usual as it happens with Jack’s). None of us ...

September 03, 2019

Bringing The New Jack-to-Jack Program To Life, Part 1

Michael Greene, Bringing The New ‘Jack-to-Jack’ Program To Life - But Getting So Much More! Michael Greene was thrown into caregiving for his wife, Sarah, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in ...

Free Falling with Friends

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a caregiver for a loved one with cancer? Imagine you're riding in a plane (your life) without a care in the world and all of a sudden the pilot comes on the intercom ...

Spaghetti & Whirlyballs

It was a normal, though slightly bleak, Sunday afternoon in April and caregivers came from across the metro area to leave our situations, challenges, and stresses behind us and focus on one thing: ...

Drifting, Trash Talking, and Feasting

November 01, 2018

What the heck is a Klatch?

Our Caregiver Klatch happens the first Thursday of every month (except for December). Caregivers gather at the Common Roots Café in Minneapolis, in the private meeting room where Jack’s provides ...

A story about a straight-up Bad Axe.

Recently Aaron emerged from our Axe Like a Bad Axe Workshop as the supreme victor. We visited with him to learn more about him and how he pulled off this incredible feat.

Programming Champion Spotlight, Meat and Axe Throwing Workshops.

Meat Travis Robertson, Our Meat and Axe Throwing Workshop Champion So Travis, what's one super interesting thing about you, and where's home? Proud owner of over 5,000 Christmas songs ranging from ...

Programming Champion Spotlight, Caregiver Klatch

Meet Heather Erickson, our Caregiver Klatch Champion Heather Erickson plays a lot of roles, a primary cancer caregiver, a Mom, a wife, a teacher, an author, a blogger. The list goes on. And most ...