September 14, 2020

Hosted by: River Deep Foundation and SCIHOP
Location: Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs
Participants:
Operation TBI Freedom
Another fantastic evening at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts. We had 8 Veterans and family members learning the foundations of color mixing, composition, and brush-sketching as we have with the each of the four acrylic painting classes taught by Jess Preble. This time our landscape was about mountains and nature. We had a great time listening to music, eating pizza, and spending time with other Veterans and their family members. Next month we will move on to a new series of art.
Jesus Guerra, CBIS
Military Support Specialist
Operation TBI Freedom

Bob Adwar
River Deep Foundation, President
SCI HOP - VP of Humanitarian Outreach

September 12, 2020
Hosted by: River Deep Foundation & Denver SCI HOP
Location: Lincoln Hills Fly Fishing Club - Black Hawk, CO
Participants: Operation TBI Freedom, Ft. Carson SRU

​Fly Fishing with Anglers of Honor

Our Anglers of Honor program is hosting veterans from Operation TBI Freedom as well as active duty soldiers from Ft. Carson SRU today at Lincoln Hills Fly Fishing Club. Everyone is ready to learn about Fly Fishing and try their luck in South Boulder Creek and the adjacent ponds. The weather is perfect and the water is clear. After a morning of basic instruction and some great fishing with the AOH guides everyone has netted a few beautiful trout! We head to the deck of the eco-center for special lunch treat from the Denver branch of the All American Beef Battalion—a non-profit based out of Kansas. They have brought a pull-behind smoker and will be serving ribeye steak, hot dogs, corn mash potatoes and cookies for dessert. The lunch is an amazing companion to the blue sky, sunshine and fish stories. All of the vets and soldiers are given their own Anglers of Honor fly rod with the hope that they will continue to learn, enjoy the healing waters and fish with their new fly rods. Special thanks to the All American Beef Battalion, the volunteers and guides for helping make this a spectacular day!

September 5, 2020
Location: Valhalla Hunt Club - Bennett, Colorado
Hosted by: River Deep Foundation and SCIHOP
​Participants: Operation TBI Freedom

We have a group of veterans from Operation TBI gathering in a meadow by a dry creek in search of Doves. There are some flying, but they are few and far between. Everyone does manage to get some shots and put a few in the bag, but more important we are outside having fun with some friends. After the hunt we head back to Valhalla Hunt club for some lunch and to clean the birds. A big thanks to Valhalla Hunt Club for hosting this event!