Flanders Fields

Wanna help change the trajectory of lives and fix the deadliest streets in America while blueprinting a model for the rest of the country to follow? You can! We are teaching adult products of foster care, gang members, addicts, and trafficking survivors how to work with their hands and build a business of their own. We’re starting with something simple, yet beautiful. Handmade cutting boards. By providing jobs, we are offering "a way out" to folks who have only known a life on the streets, and by teaching them to build a business, we are giving them a purpose and a sustainable way to earn a living. This isn't just "checking a box", we are teaching folks in our program a trade, a skill, and the quality of workmanship can be seen in the photos. Not only are these unique and supporting something amazing, they are INCREDIBLY high quality pieces. The price of $97 is representative of the quality, but it's also significant because 97% of addicts die in their addiction - we are aiming to change that, and want the 3% we are working with to GROW. Made from patterns of Ash, Walnut, Cherry, Hard Maple with accents of Bloodwood and Purpleheart - the wood we use for these is insane quality, gunstock quality in many cases. We come from the outdoors industry, y'all know what we mean. Size will be 18x12x1 (freedom units). These will be shipping late August/Early September, they are food safe, and each unit is handmade and guaranteed to be one-of-a-kind. Grab one here while you can and help save a life in the process - https://lnkd.in/efAD6GHy

“Ben and Jess Owen underwent a powerful transformation from a life of drug abuse and chaos into pathways of rubber-meets-the-road service to others. They're co-writing a book with the working title "We Fight Monsters," the name of their Memphis-based nonprofit. https://lnkd.in/eeW55rKm “ Yall click that link and give it a watch, you won’t be disappointed!

An important message from my friend Scott about a very special couple, yall please give this a watch!

We’ve had a lot of parents asking for help getting school supplies for their kids. Any parent knows these items aren’t necessarily expensive, they just add up quickly. Can we pull together to help set these kids up for success? An Amazon wishlist link is below, please consider purchasing an item or two, everything helps! Thank you! https://lnkd.in/eTS6394R

Flandersfields.org/donate We have a veteran who’s a single dad who needs to get to rehab, but needs a home to come back to and temporary care for his kid in the meantime. We can’t share more detail, but we want to help this family. Can you spare a few bucks to get them where they need to be? Please like, share, and donate as you’re able. Thank you for your support! #recovery #family #veterans #donate

So proud of our sister at We Fight Monsters, Lucresia Sims, who is graduating Drug Court!! She’s put in incredible work and has been an absolute rock for so many women (and men and children!) over the last 18 months. If you want to see proof that miracles happen, look no further! #wedorecover #recovery #wefightmonsters #recoveroutloud Flandersfields.org/donate Wefightmonsters.org/donate

We DO recover!

Recovery is a process. It takes time and patience and hard work. But the rewards far outweigh the struggles. Flanders is helping those ready veterans escape the clutches of addiction and dependence, to find peace and self-sufficiency, and often go on to help others do the same. We can’t do it without you. $10 today, $10 a month, every donation makes a difference in these peoples’ lives. Help us keep the mission moving forward! Flandersfields.org/donate

What an amazing ceremony today for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation groundbreaking in Memphis. We were so honored to be invited to the event and to meet some pretty amazing people in the process. The FDNY Color Guard came in all the way from New York, and they braved a monsoon in full dress gear to make sure everything went off without a hitch. We got to meet folks from Senator Marsha Blackburn’s office, the Chief Deputy Buckner with Shelby County Sheriff Office, and Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. And every one of them was there to support and defend our treasured veterans. Can’t wait to do more with these groups in the coming days and years. In the meantime, we are out here to get veterans ready for the programs that Tunnel to Towers Foundation are creating. That means getting former service members off dope, out of the bottle, and helping them navigate the needlessly over complicated and overwhelming bureaucracy that is in their way. With great partners like Michael Springer from We Are The 22 and Called 2 Duty, we are reaching more and more veterans every day with the mission and message of hope. You help us keep that torch held high to mark the pathway out of darkness, and without your generous contributions that light goes out. Thank you for helping us get here and for your continued support to serve those who served all of us. Donate today at flandersfields.org/donate

grab one here - https://lnkd.in/eetgk5Vv - The biggest issues impacting our society mandate a transcendence of politics, namely those that are morally and objectively "right". Our fights against fentanyl and human trafficking are two of those things, and until we can put partisan lines behind us and unite around the common goal of loving our neighbors, it's a fight we will continue losing. This shirt memorializes that concept of unity around what we ALL have in common - we're Americans, and we stand TOGETHER. All proceeds fund our work fighting the twin evils of narco and human trafficking on the worst streets in America, shutting down hot spots and housing survivors.