MESSAGE FROM WBFV
September 10, 2021
We pause and reflect this weekend to honor the sacrifice of our nation's best on 9/11 and in the twenty years since that day to protect our nation.
The 20th anniversary as well as the recent events in Afghanistan have caused all Veterans and their families tremendous heartbreak and a flood of emotions. Our Nation’s Veterans have sacrificed life and limb during the war in Afghanistan for over twenty years. If you are a Veteran in crisis or you are concerned about one, please call the Veterans Crisis Line at (800) 273-8255 or send a text message to 838255. You can also set up a chat online at www.veteranscrisisline.net.
Our focus at WBFV is being ready to serve veterans, active military, and their families by using our greatest strengths - sailing and wooden boat preservation - to best effect. We exist to take direct action, providing the services of community, mindfulness and camaraderie to the men and women who are willing to risk their lives and bear the often unseen wounds of that choice. We will continue striving to make a difference for them with the tools that we have: wood, wind, and water.
We pause and reflect this weekend to honor the sacrifice of our nation's best on 9/11 and in the twenty years since that day to protect our nation.
The 20th anniversary as well as the recent events in Afghanistan have caused all Veterans and their families tremendous heartbreak and a flood of emotions. Our Nation’s Veterans have sacrificed life and limb during the war in Afghanistan for over twenty years. If you are a Veteran in crisis or you are concerned about one, please call the Veterans Crisis Line at (800) 273-8255 or send a text message to 838255. You can also set up a chat online at www.veteranscrisisline.net.
Our focus at WBFV is being ready to serve veterans, active military, and their families by using our greatest strengths - sailing and wooden boat preservation - to best effect. We exist to take direct action, providing the services of community, mindfulness and camaraderie to the men and women who are willing to risk their lives and bear the often unseen wounds of that choice. We will continue striving to make a difference for them with the tools that we have: wood, wind, and water.
The wbfv Program
Since 2015 we've given sail training to veterans, future veterans and their families on the water to provide physical, mental and emotional therapy injuries brought about by operational service. We provide three programs; sailing training, experiential sailing, and wooden boat preservation. Learning to sail and saving wooden boats are outlets for coping with PTSD, and traumatic injuries. Here, teamwork, community and camaraderie is rediscovered through our educational programs in sailing, racing, voyaging, restoring and preserving.
Our mission is to offer veterans a path for restoring overall health and well being, by getting them on the water with sailing instruction and teaching new skills through wooden boat restoration. Through common purpose and teamwork they will rediscover inner strengths and share in the camaraderie of fellow veterans.
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