August 10, 2022
Location: Art Students League of Denver
Hosted by: River Deep Foundation
Participating Groups: Ft. Carson SRU, Craig Hospital, VA

Art Class - Tooling Foil Fish

What a fun class learning how to work with metal! We learned to trace a pattern—in this case a fish—onto a thin piece of metal and then how to add more detail such as scales and fins to give it more dimension. We then added a patina finish to the entire foil fish which gave it some old world charm. A big thanks to our instructor, Amy, and the Art Students League of Denver for making this a fun and inspirational class. 

Jesus Guerra, CBIS
Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom

Bob Adwar 
Executive Director, River Deep Foundation
Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach

August 6, 2022
Location: Kilroy’s Workshop, Colorado Springs, CO
Hosted by: River Deep Foundation
Participating Groups: Ft. Carson SRU, Operation TBI Freedom, VA

Blacksmithing

Another  amazing time with a group of four veterans learning the fundamentals of blacksmithing this weekend. Our Master Blacksmith, Ron Hardman took his time to make sure everyone understood what to expect from the class. First they learned a little bit about the history of blacksmithing and put all the skills they learned in practice. Each participant created a knife to take home.

Jesus Guerra, CBIS
Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom

Bob Adwar 
Executive Director, River Deep Foundation
Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach

August 3-5, 2022
Location: Kremmling, CO
Hosted by: River Deep Foundation
Participating Groups:  Craig Hospital and Operation TBI

Float and Fish Trip

The weather was warm and the water was cool. What a day we had floating down and fly fishing on the Colorado River! Not only did we get to see some beautiful country, we also watched bald eagles and golden eagles doing some fishing as well. What a sight! With all the recent rain, the river was pretty muddy and madeit a little harder to catch fish. Regardless, we all managed to catch some fish with lots of story telling and smiles to go around. A big thanks to Bob and Deb Dye and the other fishing guides they lined up, who all volunteered to make this amazing trip possible.

Bob Adwar 
Executive Director, River Deep Foundation
Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach

August 1, 2022
Location: Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs
Hosted by: River Deep Foundation
Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom

Art Class - Paint by Numbers

We had a great start to the month of August with this art class offered by our instructor Karen Khoury. The participants worked on an artist-made paint-by-numbers project, an elevated version of the classic favorite. Karen had several choices and beautiful color palettes for the group of veterans and their family members who participated. Everyone had an amazing night exercising the creative parts of their brain!

Jesus Guerra, CBIS
Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom

Bob Adwar
Executive Direcor, River Deep Foundation
Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach