Jack's Caregiver Coalition

Jack's Caregiver Coalition Improving the way guys think, feel, and act through every phase of their caregiving journey.

08/19/2026

In this week's What's He Carrying? Wednesday, Kyle is carrying something heavier than pounds: a financial crisis.

Jack's has seen demand from caregiving men grow 400% this year, even in our slower summer months, and that number could climb to 800% higher than last year by the holidays. Revenue hasn't kept pace. This week Kyle had to tell our donor community just how serious that gap has become, the same hard thing we ask caregivers to do every day: say out loud that you can't carry it alone.

There's real encouragement too. Audie Miller and Dobby O'Donnell have stepped up as new Carry That Weight team leaders, and three new Carriers joined this week: Joseph, Dean, and Lucas. That brings Kyle's weight to 40 pounds, and Carriers are what will get us through this.

We're 88 Carriers away from our goal of 128.

Become a Carrier. Any amount. Every Carrier adds a pound.

Join us: jackscaregiverco.org/carry-that-weight

Life after caregiving can leave you asking, "What now?"Our Sequel Makers Klatch is a place to connect with others naviga...
08/17/2026

Life after caregiving can leave you asking, "What now?"

Our Sequel Makers Klatch is a place to connect with others navigating life after caregiving. A casual evening of conversation, support, and community with people who understand the road you've been on.

Join us this Thursday, August 19, at 5:30 PM CT at Urban Growler Brewing Company.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/august-sequel-maker-klatch-tickets-1995735708227

No one should navigate life after caregiving alone.

Behind every Carry That Weight event is a community stepping up to carry the load with us.We're proud to have Allina Hea...
08/17/2026

Behind every Carry That Weight event is a community stepping up to carry the load with us.

We're proud to have Allina Health and Archstone Foundation on board as Supporting Carriers, and Kablooe Design and Best Care as Friend Carriers.

Sponsorship is a chance to honor caregivers in your workplace, your community, and your family, and to carry this mission at an organizational level.

Spots are going fast: just 1 Supporting spot, 2 Community spots, and 1 Presenting spot remaining.

If your organization is ready to lighten the load for caregivers this year, we'd love to have you on board.

Learn more or reach out: jackscaregiverco.org/carry-that-weight

08/13/2026

"The outside world sees us only as caregivers... they forget that we had lives before being caregivers, our passions, maybe our careers."

Julie Niewald knows that weight firsthand.

After 15 years working in continuum of care, serving elders in St. Paul, Julie retired to become a full-time caregiver when a bicycle accident left her husband, Steve, quadriplegic.

In this clip, Julie talks about what can get lost when the world starts seeing you only as a caregiver and how difficult it can be to reconnect with the parts of yourself that existed before.

Her full conversation with Kyle drops on What We Carry in a few weeks. Subscribe now so you don't miss it. 🎙️

08/12/2026

In this week's What's He Carrying? Wednesday, Kyle tells the story of Roger Miller, a caregiver turned sequel maker who now leads one of our sequel maker groups.

At the start of a recent meeting, Roger told the room, "we're all here for the same reason, and that's because we fell in love." Across the table sat a man in his first meeting with us, still carrying the weight of losing his person and the guilt of not reaching out sooner. Hearing Roger speak so openly gave him permission to do the same. Men are taught to be silent, to be stoic. When our community says the hard things out loud, it makes space for the next person to do it too.

Kyle is carrying 37 pounds this week. With 38 days until the event on September 19th, he's looking for 91 more Carriers to reach our goal of 128.

Become a Carrier. Any amount. Every Carrier adds a pound.

Join us: jackscaregiverco.org/carry-that-weight

Caregiving is heavy. Grief is heavy. No one should carry that weight alone.At the heart of Carry That Weight 2026 is bec...
08/10/2026

Caregiving is heavy. Grief is heavy. No one should carry that weight alone.

At the heart of Carry That Weight 2026 is becoming a Carrier: anyone who makes a recurring gift, at any amount.

Since Oprah shared our story last year, we've seen a 400% increase in men reaching out for support. To help carry that load, we need 128 Carriers by September 19th. We're at 37. We need 91 more.

Every new Carrier adds one pound to Kyle's ruck on event day. As the weight builds, team leaders across the country step in to help carry it. No one carries it alone.

Become a Carrier today: jackscaregiverco.org/carry-that-weight

September 19, 2026 | Hyland Lake Park Reserve + Virtual

08/05/2026

In this week's What's He Carrying? Wednesday, Kyle shares a conversation that moved him more than anything he'd planned to say.

One of the men Jack's serves told Kyle that after his first engagement with us, he went home and told everyone in his life how much he loved them. For years he'd believed his wife was the only person he could be emotionally intimate with, and when illness made that harder, he didn't know where else to turn. What he learned is that connection can come from many places: friends, colleagues, community, family. He's since put down isolation and picked up something better. Love, purpose, deeper relationships.

Thank you to Best Care, a new campaign sponsor, and to Skip Wuest, our newest Carrier. Together they've brought Kyle's weight to 37 pounds this week. We're 91 Carriers away from our goal of 128.

Become a Carrier. Any amount. Every Carrier adds a pound.

Join us: jackscaregiverco.org/carry-that-weight

Caregiving is easier when you don't have to carry it alone.Our Caregiver Klatch is a welcoming space to connect with oth...
08/03/2026

Caregiving is easier when you don't have to carry it alone.

Our Caregiver Klatch is a welcoming space to connect with others who understand the realities of caregiving. Share what's on your mind, hear from fellow caregivers, and find community with people who get it.

Join us this Thursday, August 6, at 5:30 PM CT at Urban Growler.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jacks-caregiver-klatch-tickets-1994943260996

No caregiver should care alone.

07/29/2026

Some of the heaviest things caregivers carry are the ones they've never said out loud — thoughts that feel at odds with who they think they're supposed to be.

In this week's What's He Carrying? Wednesday, Kyle shares the second of three ways Jack's helps caregiving men carry the weight of isolation: helping a caregiver see himself in another caregiver's story, so private burdens become a shared identity. That's when we see people start to put the weight of isolation down.

This week Kyle is carrying 35 pounds, one for every Carrier supporting Jack's. That leaves 93 more Carriers to reach our goal of 128 by September 19th.

Become a Carrier. Any amount. Every Carrier adds a pound.

Join us: jackscaregiverco.org/carry-that-weight

Caregiving can feel isolating but you don't have to go through it alone.Our Virtual Caregiver Klatch is a space to talk ...
07/28/2026

Caregiving can feel isolating but you don't have to go through it alone.

Our Virtual Caregiver Klatch is a space to talk openly, listen to others who understand, and connect with people who get it.

Join us Thursday, July 30 at 5:30 PM CT. Wherever you are, you're welcome here.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-virtual-caregiver-klatch-tickets-1993920767691

No caregiver should care alone.

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