The amount of the grant was not publicly disclosed. This operational funding, along with a recent donation from the Canyon Lake Rotary Club, helped fund its counseling outreach at the CRRC. RecoveryWerks! this week received a grant from New Braunfels’ prestigious McKenna Foundation. They have a strong program in New Braunfels and we all felt this would be a great asset to Canyon Lake.” “The CRRC’s mission is to help the community but we can’t do it alone, so we love to invite strong partners like RecoveryWerks! to help us, and Canyon Lake out. “I had the privilege of meeting the phenomenal folks from RecoveryWerks! and we thought this was a perfect fit,” he said. CRRC Surveys Identified NeedĬRRC Executive Director Sean Bailey said he added RecoveryWerks! to the nonprofit’s roster of services after several surveys from the community identified substance abuse prevention-and-treatment as top issues within the Canyon Lake community. “RecoveryWerks! Alternative Peer Group Program (APG) is a family-centered, professionally staffed recovery model that is proven successful in treating substance use disorders in adolescents and in helping families find healing,” said Recovery Werks! Program Director Joanne Daxon. On a walk this summer, a counselor overheard one teenager ask another, “Can you believe that we’re having this much fun sober?” Everything’s ConfidentialĮverything shared at Thursday sessions between counselors and teens, in group sessions, and during guided recreational activities is considered confidential and will not be disclosed without personal consent. They believe positive peer relationships are necessary for recovery. Thursdays for individual counseling and recreational activities. The sessions are facilitated by licensed chemical dependency counselors (LCDCs) with Braunfels-based RecoveryWerks! The nonprofit helps teens and young adults learn how to socialize and have a good time without using drugs and alcohol.Ĭounselors also will be available from 5-7 p.m. every Thursday at the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC), 1917 FM 2673. The Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill CountryĬanyon Lake teenagers who are abusing drugs or alcohol and their family members are invited to free support meetings from 7-8 p.m. One ramp is upstream on the Guadalupe River leading into the lake.Īmerican Legion Walton F Hoffman Memorial Post 179 Twenty-two ramps are on the main body of the lake. There are 23 boat ramps located around Canyon Lake. To learn more about Canyon and Comal parks visit. Main hours for WORD’s Comal Park starting in October are 10 a.m. to 7:30 on Friday through Sunday captures the days when the other ramps might not be able to handle the demand and keeps the hours as long as we normally are open to try to accommodate boaters.” every day as an experiment and visitation was extremely slow. “Normally Canyon Park is completely closed in October,” he said. WORD General Manager Mike Dussere said boater demand is “pretty low” even in September, and ramps #17 and 19 should be enough for boaters. There are no changes in hours of operation for boat ramps #17 and 19, the only two other ramps on Canyon Lake that are still open. The ramp, which has a new courtesy dock, is generally considered one of the best on the lake and until WORD’s announcement was open seven days a week. Friday-Sunday when off-season hours kick in. 1, the Water Oriented Recreation District of Canyon Lake (WORD) said Monday.īoat Ramp #18 in Canyon Park only will be open from 8 a.m. One of the few Canyon Lake boat ramps still open to the public will close Monday-Thursday starting Oct.
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