"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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