10/08/2026
We need to be straight with you about where things stand.
Flanders Fields is short on the money that keeps the basics running. Utilities. Insurance. Repairs on halfway houses that are getting older and showing it.
Sure, everybody else can plan and budget around the simple things. We try. But we are not real great at telling someone, “Sorry, we can’t fix the car you need to get to work, we’ve got the light bill coming due in a couple weeks.” A repair like that is the difference between earning a living and not. We’ve covered a few of them this year.
We’d make the same call again tomorrow. It does mean the light bill is still sitting there.
We don’t have big foundation grants behind us, either. Those come with a mountain of paperwork and red tape, and we can’t climb it and still do what we do. We’re busy actually helping people.
Giving to us is like buying from the mom and pop shop instead of the big box store. We choose quality over quantity every time, because we want to make a lasting and meaningful difference in the lives we touch.
If you’ve been following us for any amount of time, you already know this about us. We meet the needs presented to us as best we can. Where we can’t meet them as an organization, Ben and Robert fill in the gap as best they can. And in the end, God always seems to provide a pathway that lets us keep going.
A lot of the time, that pathway has been you. We are grateful for every one of you who gives.
This ask is for our general operating fund. None of it goes to salaries, because our leadership doesn’t take one. If you gave monthly before and stopped, we would be glad to have you back. If you have never given, any amount helps.
flandersfields.org/donate
And if giving isn’t possible right now, pick up the phone and call a veteran you know. Ask how they’re doing and listen to the answer.
