10 March 2018

Helping Heal Veterans via Outdoor Athletic Activities

"Sitting at the bar at The Wort Hotel, Cam Fields can feel his social anxiety creep in as patrons pass by. It can be hard to talk to people who don't understand his experiences as a veteran of the war in Afghanistan.

"Mr. Fields, originally from the Lake Tahoe, Calif., area, moved to Jackson in 2015 after six years as a corpsman in the Navy. He works at JH Sports in Teton Village, as a ramp agent for Skywest Airlines, and as a server at Hand Fire Pizza. He juggles three jobs to support his passion: a nonprofit to help fellow service members and veterans use sports to cope with internal wounds and reintegrate after war.

"Fields has been skiing since he was 2 and snowboarding since he was 5. Even on deployment and during training, sports provided a sense of hope."

A recent Christian Science Monitor article profiled and his Front Country Foundation, with its ministry of helping veterans deal "with wounds both visible, and invisible, by teaching them to ski, board,surf and climb."

To access the complete Christian Science Monitor report, please visit:

Christian Science Monitor: Veterans find community, healing through outdoor sports (9 MAR 18)

Background information:

Facebook: The Front Country Foundation

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