[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1511910786976{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]When I first tell people that I teach college students how to throw sober house parties… I get many different reactions. Some laugh, some are struck with silence, and many don’t even believe me! Once I explain, they ask “How in the world do you get hundreds of students to attend […]
Author: Jake White
Jake White is a national youth speaker on the topics of drug prevention, alcohol awareness, cannabis education. He is the founder of the Party.0 sober party movement for college students and has created numerous resources for schools including restorative programs, prevention curriculum, and bystander intervention games. Apart from being an alcohol awareness speaker for colleges, he also helps show middle school and high school students they can fit in, make friends and have fun without using drugs or alcohol through his engaging presentations and prevention curriculum.
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1511911296921{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]Last time I wrote, we had just arrived at Southeastern Louisiana University to plan a sober party, and were feeling pretty optimistic about the upcoming week. And the party was AWESOME! It was almost 30 degrees (which is COLD) for Louisiana, and our event was outside, so our attendance wasn’t amazing, […]
Meet the Tour Team!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1511912225693{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]After months of waiting, we are finally off to spread sober parties across the country! We’ve had many setbacks so far and it’s allowed people to come alongside us and show us tremendous support. The YMCA of Oshkosh gave us Y passes that will work in any location all over the […]
Psychology of Saying No
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1511913625429{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]Saying no is important to sobriety, but why does it taste so bad coming out of our mouths? And sometimes it can even feel like a knife when people say it to us. Here’s why, and how you make it sound much better…
Why Is the Legal Drinking Age 21?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1511929000133{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]I’ve heard many people ask (or argue), “How is it that 18-year-olds can legally fight in a war, but can’t have a beer?!” And I can definitely see where they’re coming from. So why is the legal drinking age 21?
Party.0 Featured on TMJ4
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1511929216188{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]Party.0 was featured on Milwaukee’s TMJ4 news channel for spreading sober parties across the nation. The coverage features Chris Schierl, the Oshkosh leader of Party.0 and Jake White, the founder. For media and press inquiries, contact us. Jake White, founder of Party.0, is traveling the nation to expand the alcohol prevention […]
Please STOP the Dancing!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1511929851782{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]The Party.0 team agreed to dance the last two days of our crowdfunding campaign, or until we reached our $10,000 goal. I’m so excited to share that we reached our goal and will be taking Party.0 across the whole nation! To say “thank you” to all of our donors, supporters and student leaders […]
St.Norbert Chapter Breaks the Record!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1512080102113{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]Becca and Maria threw their first sober house party of the year and 275 students showed up! Check out the details and how they did it.
A Kind Voice Radio Show
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1512080743950{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]Our founder, Jake White, was featured on A Kind Voice. It’s a radio show that does in-depth interviews with people that are using their voice to make a difference in the lives of others. Check out the interview here or see what they talked about below.
Celebrate Recovery Party with Solutions
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1512081059436{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]People from all over Wisconsin came to hang out, listen to live music and hear testimonials from people who are in long-term recovery from alcohol & drug addiction. Many of them talked about how Party.0 could have actually helped them avoid substance abuse if it had been around when they were in school.
NOW HIRING TOUR MANAGER!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1512081353506{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]Want the experience of a lifetime?! Want to travel the country and create something new on college campuses? We are looking for a student or recent grad to help us spread sober house parties across the nation! Their job as the Tour Manager is to make sure that life on the road […]
Party Games Without Beer
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1512081603615{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”]Believe it or not, I actually started my own business playing party games without beer! My friend Steve and I threw house parties at our college without any alcohol. We were surprised when hundreds of students would come to dance, play games, meet new people and hang out. We even got companies […]