Join us in supporting Veterans on their path to healing
From March 12-26, get 20% off your subscription, and onWater will donate $20 to send two veterans to Project Healing Waters’ Fly Fishing 101 course — giving them the opportunity to find peace, purpose, and community on the water.
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Every 82 minutes, a Veteran takes their life in Americ. This sobering statistic underscores the urgent mental health crisis facing our nation's heroes. Young male Veterans are particularly vulnerable, with suicide rates significantly higher than their civilian counterparts.
Project Healing Waters' mission to address this crisis through community, connection, and the healing power of fly fishing has never been more important. Their evidence-based approach combines outdoor recreation with peer support, creating pathways toward resilience and post-traumatic growth.
For 20 years, Project Healing Waters has helped Veterans rediscover purpose, peace, and community through fly fishing. We are honored to stand with them.
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The Therapeutic Power of Fly Fishing
"Twenty years ago, our founder, retired Navy CAPT Ed Nicholson, was inspired by a simple but profound idea – that fly fishing could be more than a hobby, it could be a lifeline," says John Langford, President and CEO of Project Healing Waters. "Today, we've witnessed thousands of Veterans find peace, purpose, and community through our Programs. The water heals in ways that traditional therapy alone cannot."
Proud partners of Project Healing Waters, onWater Fish supports all active program participants with free subscriptions to the app. We're honored to act as an additional resource to help our veteran community to plan, explore, and connect nationwide.
Research increasingly supports what PHW Participants have experienced firsthand: fly fishing offers unique therapeutic benefits for veterans struggling with PTSD, depression, and other combat-related challenges.
The Project Healing Waters program provides basics of fly fishing, fly casting, fly tying, and rod building for wounded military personnel and Veterans in need. All activities, services and equipment are provided at no cost to participants.
"While going through the medical retirement process, I was told I would never live a normal life again, that I would never work, and that I would never do the things that I loved.
Hearing this day after day for months, I decided I couldn't accept that reality. So I did what I was told not to do, I picked my fly rod back up and headed to the most secluded river I could find, the Devils River in southwestern Texas.
It was there that I found a sense of peace, a relief from the physical and mental pain, a place where nothing mattered but my focus on the water. Nearly ten years later, the water still brings me those moments of peace, and I've had the privilege of sharing these experiences with other Veterans all across the country."
Get 20% Off Your Subscription, and Send Two Veterans to Fly Fishing 101
From March 12-26, each new subscription will fund a $20 donation, helping to provide Fly Fishing 101 instruction for two Veterans through Project Healing Waters*
The combination of mindful focus, natural settings, and a supportive community creates a powerful environment for healing.
*Must subscribe via our website
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