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Date: July 30-31, 2021 Location: Eleven Mile Reservoir, Lake George, CO Hosted by: River Deep Foundation & SCIHOP Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Camping and Ballooning Weekend This weekend, we hosted over one-hundred veterans and their families who gathered across 38 campsites, overlooking Eleven Mile Reservoir. Everyone was excited for a weekend of relaxing, having fun, and healing. The veterans and their families spent the weekend going on boat rides, fishing, and enjoying the company of friends, old and new. On Friday evening, everyone came together to an enjoy a delicious meal prepared by the American Beef Battalion. Surrounded by the lake on one side and the mountains on the other, it was the perfect setting for an after dinner campfire. The veterans and their families got up at sunrise on Saturday to go for a ride in a hot air balloon! It was beautiful to watch all of the balloons in the air. Thank you to the Ballooning Society of Pikes Peak for giving the veterans this exciting opportunity! It was an unforgettable weekend thanks to the many volunteers, River Deep Board Members, the All American Beef Battalion, the Ballooning Society of Pikes Peak, Kast King, and all of the veterans and their families that attended! Bob Adwar Executive Director, River Deep Foundation Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program 
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Date: July 24, 2021 Location: Denver Adaptive Divers Hosted by: River Deep Foundation & SCIHOP Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Try SCUBA For today's outing, we had four veterans ready to try SCUBA diving for the first time! The staff at Denver Adaptive Divers provided in-depth instruction to ensure that everyone was able to have a safe and fun experience! All of the veterans had a wonderful time and a few even said they wanted to go to the next phase of the program and obtain their open-water dive certification. A big, big thank you to everyone that participated and the Denver Adaptive Divers for taking the time to teach our veterans a new skill! Denver Adaptive Divers will be conducting a pilot program/study to dig further into the benefits of SCUBA and how based on anecdotal evidence, it seems to help with symptoms of PTSD and TBI. We looking forward to hearing more about what they discover! Bob Adwar, Executive Director, River Deep Foundation Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program
Date: July 11, 2021 Location: Specialty Appliance - Greenwood Village, CO Hosted by: River Deep & SCIHOP Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Wild Game Cooking Class with Chef Leslie Fangman All the veterans in attendance at this class learned how to cook and eat like royalty. Chef Leslie's menu for the day was a mouth watering array of pheasant, fish, elk, and a seemingly endless variety of curry recipes. She demonstrated how to approach cooking wild game meats to the class, focusing on both technique and preparation. The veterans helped prepared and cook these new recipes. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the delicious food! As always, a big thank you to Specialty Appliance for letting us use their showroom kitchen! Bob Adwar President, River Deep Foundation Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program
Date: July 10, 2021 Location: Specialty Appliance - Greenwood Village, CO Hosted by: River Deep & SCIHOP Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Blacksmithing This blacksmithing class was another fantastic time with a great group! Three veterans and one staff member from OTF, SRU had one cadre, and three active-duty members attend to learn about the fundamentals of this ancient process. Ron Hardman and his staff were top-notch, ensuring the veterans were in for a great class. They took their time to explain how to do everything and made sure each participant was safe. Blacksmithing instills in veterans a sense of warrior spirit—as to make something from raw material and turn it into a functional weapon. Everyone had a wonderful experience. Fred Hinton Eligibility Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom
Date: July 9, 2021 Location: Cottonwood Center for the Arts – Colorado Springs, CO Hosted by: River Deep & Cottonwood Center for the Arts Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom Art Class – Pottery with Kris Saxton The pottery instruction class at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs serves as a form of therapy for all the veterans and family members who the attended the class. Instructor Kris Saxton opened his studio to help inspire the participating veterans to create something new out of a block of clay—creating instead of destroying, like many experienced while deployed. Kris demonstrated the art of making a bowl out of clay. Following Kris' demonstration, veterans and their family members were engaged in their own pottery projects which included bowls, jars, spoons, coasters, and decorative art pieces. Instructor Kris also demonstrated how to use the pottery wheel for several of the veterans and family members, who were excited about the opportunity! Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the class! All who participated said they really enjoyed working with the instructor, Kris, and would like to attend another pottery class again in the future! As always, a big thank you to Cottonwood Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs for opening up their pottery studio. Alfredo Garcia Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom
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