Travis Manion Foundation Alaska Expedition

The Travis Manion Foundation partnered with us for a second year as part of their Alaska Expedition, for which they sponsor Gold Star and Survivor family members to spend a mentor-led week, providing community service and working on personal development as part of their individual grief journey.

Arriving with a small staff and 13 survivors, they immediately got to work and took on the challenge of transforming the raw Alaska wilderness in our newly created Reflection Point - a quiet place of meditation, nestled into a curve in the Little Susitna River. Chainsaws, shovels, rakes and brute force led the way, but everyone lived up to TMF’s motto of “If Not Me Then Who.”

In addition to the clearing work and painting of the new kitchen, each Survivor honored his/her loved one(s) through newly created benches and tables, and by adding dog tags to our Memorial Firepit.