Freedom Stories are the stories from the people Freedom Waters Foundation serves.
Picture a U.S. Veteran isolated in his home; suffering from PTSD; struggling to get
out his front door; unsure of himself and others; knowing what he is capable of and
afraid that he may lose control, so he stays home, alone, lonely, isolated, and sometimes
teetering on a desire to live…or not.
Now, imagine that same Veteran pushing...
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FWF Story – from a Mom!
(Story and photos submitted by Mom, Lori Griffith)
I’m a firm believer that people are put in our paths for a special reason. FWF was put in not only my path, but my sons path and I am truly grateful for that. I met this incredible group of people through...
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My first experience with the Freedom Waters Foundation was one of pure joy. I have
volunteered only a couple of times in my life so I was nervous about my first boat outing. I
figured that there would be some talking about the area and the history of the foundation but I
never figured that I would...
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Ever since I’ve been volunteering with Freedom Waters, I’ve had some amazing experiences, such as boating with great kids and their families, teaching disabled sailing, and all the other things we do to serve the kids with disabilities.
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Lisa's son Jake was aboard "Lil' Adventure" on a Freedom Waters sponsored boat trip. Here is what Lisa had to say about the experience
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“Special needs basically means the Loss of Freedom: Loss of the senses… smell, taste,
hearing, feel/touch, sight. Freedom Waters Foundation gives our blind, deaf, and
paralyzed child his senses back,” wrote John Buck, Father of Riley Buck, age 8. “The
smell and taste of the salt water air; the vibration (hearing) of the motor or...
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Alyssa’s Story
written by Alyssa Hickman, Australia
It’s weird how the “ugly” almost always in somehow attack the beautiful and through out my life I’ve seen it happen in more ways then one from world-wide suicide bombings to our own personal attacks of terrorism that we all go through at...
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Poem by Sailor Jan Robey
Sailing into Freedom
For the greater part of life
I lived in a world of limits & boundaries.
Being confined within a challenged body,
I could but wonder what freedom felt like.
From the very first solo-sailing,
I became the allness of freedom.
With the freedom of motion across the water,
I quickly sailed into the freedom of...
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Organizers Have As Much Fun
by Bill Sandberg
How many regattas have you run, where you had as much fun as, or more than, the competitors? Try adaptive sailing.
The weekend of June 6-7, American Yacht Club served as host for the first annual Robie Pierce One-Design Regatta presented by Heineken. I ...
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Founder’s Thoughts, By D. Frenkel
It’s been quite a year of love and inspiration. Two people that I love very much passed on from brain tumors. One was a close friend, Larry Dunn and the other my cousin (sister), Toby Karp.
Through their passing I learned much more about this process of...
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