TU VSP and Five Rivers Partner with Project Healing Waters

It came together, as many great ideas do…over a beer. Representatives from TU’s Veterans Service Partnership and from Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing met with the leadership of the Appalachian Mountain Brewery in Boone, North Carolina to discuss plans to bring disabled veteran couples to a retreat in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina.

This weekend volunteers from Trout Unlimited Veterans Service Partnership, the PHWFF Mid-South Region, Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Chetola Resort, and the Fly Fishing Club at Appalachian State University, a TU Five Rivers Program, will host our wounded heroes and their spouses for four days of activities to address not only the physical and emotional healing needs of its participating veterans and their spouses but also introduce training on life skills necessary to deal with the long term challenges that these disabled heroes and their families face. Special topics like, nutrition, personal finance, stress management, and communication skills, will be integrated into a curriculum that capitalizes on the depth and experience of the local volunteer and professional community, all while emphasizing the formidable impact of the area’s pristine outdoor landscape and blue ribbon trout waters.