Healing America’s Veterans through the therapeutic art of fly fishing.
Project Healing Waters aims to foster restoration, resilience, community, and lasting connections in the journey towards healing.
Our Impact
Project Healing Waters is built around what happens between casts. The conversations that form naturally when people are side by side on the water, not face-to-face across a table.
Veterans who have spent years feeling isolated find themselves among others who understand without needing the whole story explained.
That sense of belonging has a way of compounding over time. One anonymous veteran put it simply: "When I first came here, I was unsure. Now I find myself teaching other veterans how to cast, how to tie, and how to change their lives for the better. It's humbling to go from needing help to being the one giving it. That's the power of this program, it doesn't just heal, it equips us to help others too."
Restoration builds resilience, and resilience builds a desire to give back, a cycle that has repeated itself across 158 chapters and decades of service.
The limited-edition Benchmade x Abel® Mini Adira™
Project Healing Waters is grateful to Benchmade x Abel for the partnership in supporting our Veterans on their healing journey.
For every knife purchased, $10 goes towards fueling our mission and the work we continue to do for Veterans across the country. This collaboration is rooted in shared respect for water, fly fishing, outdoor craft, and the people behind the mission.
Designed as part of the Water Collection, the Mini Adira™ is a natural tie back to the environments where Project Healing Waters does its work: rivers, streams, and the quiet places where connection can begin again.