Veteran is Honored for Utilizing Fly Fishing to Assist Fellow Service Members

Dave Ross of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a former B-52 pilot who served in Operation Desert Storm, nevertheless it’s his work with Undertaking Therapeutic Waters that earned him a Lighthouse Award from his native information station:

[His] volunteer work began with cooking for the non-profit’s daylong fishing journeys throughout southern Colorado. He then began to tackle the duties for coordinating in a single day fishing journeys, then fundraising. The nationwide non-profit finally acknowledged Ross as a high fundraiser.

“I actually wished to acknowledge the hours that he spends that individuals don’t see,” stated Sue Ross. “He’s on his laptop on the lookout for grant sources, enhancing grants, ensuring that he has all the knowledge that he wants, and ensuring each journey is full and that the suitable mentors match with the suitable participant.”

It’s that type of selfless service to others we knew deserved yet one more particular recognition, the Information 5 Lighthouse Award.

Click on the hyperlink beneath for a video report and to listen to a number of the exceptional tales of Ross’s (actually) life-saving work by way of fly fishing.

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