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April 9, 2022
Location: Kilroy’s Workshop, Colorado Springs, CO Hosted by: River Deep Foundation Participating Groups: Ft. Carson SRU, TBI Freedom, VA Blacksmithing Great way to start the weekend with a group of veterans and family members learning the fundamentals of blacksmithing. Once again, 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 learned in practice. Each participant created a knife to take home. Everyone had a wonderful time and they all took a masterpiece home. Jesus Guerra, CBIS Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom
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Date: February 5, 2022
Location: Kilroy's Workshop Hosted by: River Deep Foundation Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom, Ft. Carson SRU Blacksmithing Five veterans and two family members attended this month's Fundamentals of Blacksmithing class. Our Master Blacksmith, Ron Hardman explained that while safety and details are important, they should not be an obstacle to having fun. First they learned a little bit about the history of blacksmithing and put all the demonstrated skills into practice for themselves, creating a small knife to take home. Date: November 20, 2021
Location: Kilroy's Workshop, Colorado Springs Hosted by: River Deep Foundation Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Another amazing session with a group of five veterans learning the fundamentals of blacksmithing this weekend. Some of our clients worked on their project for to be given as Christmas presents. 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 learned in practice. Each participant created a knife to take home. Once again everyone had a wonderful time. Jesus Guerra, CBIS, Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom Bob Adwar, Executive Director, River Deep Foundation, Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program Date: October 16, 2021 Location: Kilroy's Workshop, Colorado Springs Hosted by: River Deep Foundation Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Blacksmithing It was another amazing time with a small group of two veterans and one staff member 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 to practice. For this outing, one of the participants built some hooks for her pet llama at home. Once again everyone had a wonderful time! Jesus Guerra, CBIS Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom Bob Adwar Executive Director, River Deep Foundation Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program 
Date: September 4, 2021 Location: Kilroy's Workshop, Colorado Springs Hosted by: River Deep & SCIHOP Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Blacksmithing This blacksmith outing began with an interesting explanation of the history of blacksmithing! Ron Hardman, our Master Blacksmith, told the group of four veterans about how the first traces of the craft were from as early as 1500 BC. The group then had the opportunity to learn about how the process evolved into the blacksmithing skills Master Blacksmith Ron was showing them today! Everyone was excited to learn this new skill and apply it in the workshop with the help of Ron. The veterans participating in this outing successfully created a knife to take home! Everyone had a wonderful time. Jesus Guerra, CBIS Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom Bob Adwar Executive Director, River Deep Foundation Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program
Date: August 21, 2021 Location: Kilroy's Workshop, Colorado Springs Hosted by: River Deep & SCIHOP Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Blacksmithing This outing was another amazing blacksmith class with a group of veterans excited to learn about the fundamentals of blacksmithing. The Master Blacksmith of this class was Ron Hardman, who took the time to work with each student to ensure everyone understood the concepts of blacksmith. With his guidance, all of the participants were able to participate in the workshop. Ron demonstrated how to create a Viking knife; all of the veterans were excited to make one for themselves to take home! Jesus Guerra, CBIS Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom Bob Adwar Executive Director, 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: June 19, 2021 Location: Kilroy's Workshop, Colorado Springs Hosted by: River Deep & SCIHOP Participating Groups: Operation TBI Freedom & Ft. Carson SRU Blacksmithing It was another amazing time with a group of four veterans learning the fundamentals of blacksmithing over Father’s day weekend. Our Master Blacksmith, Ron Hardman, took his time to ensure everyone understood what to expect from the class. First, Ron told the veterans about the history of blacksmithing, then he focused on demonstrating the multitude of skills required to be a blacksmith. Ron guided each participant in creating a knife to take home. All of the knives each participant made in the workshop were beautiful; they would make a great gift! Jesus Guerra, CBIS Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom Bob Adwar President, River Deep Foundation Chairman, SCI Humanitarian Outreach Program
Date: May 8, 2021 Location: Kilroy's Workshop Hosted by: River Deep Foundation and Denver SCIHOP Participating groups: Operation TBI Freedom and Fort Carson SRU An amazing time with a group of four veterans learning about the fundamentals of blacksmithing this weekend. Our Master Blacksmith, Ron Hardman, took time to ensure that everyone was prepared for the class. First, they learned a little bit about the history of blacksmithing. Then, the four veterans put all the skills they learned to practice. Each participant made a knife to take home! Hopefully, the handmade knife will make a good mother’s day present. Once again, everyone had a wonderful time at Kilroy's workshop. Jesus Guerra, CBIS Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom Bob Adwar President, River Deep Foundation VP/Humanitarian Outreach Chairman, Denver SCI
Date: April 17, 2021 Location: Kilroy's Workshop Hosted by: River Deep Foundation and Denver SCIHOP Participating groups: Operation TBI Freedom and Fort Carson SRU Another amazing time with a group of four veterans learning the fundamentals of blacksmithing this weekend. We also had the opportunity to meet a group of soldiers from Fort Carson. 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. Then came time to learn some skills and put them in practice. Each participant created a knife to take home. Everyone had a wonderful time. Jesus Guerra, CBIS Military Support Specialist, Operation TBI Freedom Bob Adwar President, River Deep Foundation VP/Humanitarian Outreach Chairman, Denver SCI
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