F5 Project - Grand Forks

10/19/2026

Moving Forward = Small Steps

Need someone in to talk to? Call or text Recovery Talk at 701-291-7901

Small steps still count. 💙

Progress doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it’s choosing to keep going, asking for support, getting through a hard day, or trying again tomorrow.

Small steps are proof you’re still moving forward.

Need someone in to talk to? Call or text Recovery Talk at 701-291-7901.

10/15/2026

❤️ Tickets are NOW AVAILABLE for Move Forward!

Join F5 Project on November 12 for Move Forward: Stories of Hope, Recovery & Community at Sanctuary Events Center in Fargo!

Every day, we see the impact that opportunity, connection, and community can have on someone's life. We see people overcoming barriers, rebuilding relationships, finding stability, and taking meaningful steps toward their future.

Move Forward is an evening dedicated to sharing those stories.

You'll hear directly from individuals whose journeys reflect the power of recovery, resilience, and second chances. Together, we'll celebrate progress, honor the journeys that brought us here, and recognize the community that makes this work possible.

📅 Thursday, November 12, 2026
📍 Sanctuary Events Center | Fargo, ND
🎟️ Tickets are available now for $50 per person!

Whether you've supported F5 Project for years or are just learning about our work, we'd love to have you join us.

Be part of the stories. Be part of the community. Be part of what comes next.

🎟️ Get your tickets today: https://givebutter.com/c/move-forward-xkehgf

Stories of Hope, Recovery and Community

10/13/2026

👕🔥 HELP F5 WIN THE BATTLE OF THE TEES!

We're calling on our community to help us turn a simple T-shirt into som**hing bigger!

F5 Project is competing in Battle of the Tees with Shirts From Fargo, and every shirt purchased helps us continue breaking barriers and building futures.

❤️ Every F5 shirt sold = $10 donated directly to F5 Project!

Your purchase helps support our mission of creating opportunities for individuals navigating reentry, recovery, housing instability, and other barriers to a fresh start.

🏆 Let's rally together and show the power of our F5 community!

📅 Order by November 9!

🛒 Get your shirt here:
https://shirtsfromfargo.com/breaking-barriers-by-f5-project/

Already purchased yours? Thank you! ❤️ Help us reach even more people by sharing this post and encouraging your friends, family, and coworkers to join the battle.

Breaking Barriers. Building Futures.

10/09/2026

Read Curtiss' story below

10/07/2026

🔥 We’re in the Battle of the Tees! 🔥

F5 Project has teamed up with Shirts From Fargo for Battle of the Tees, and every shirt purchased makes a difference.

👕 Until Nov. 9 - for every F5 shirt sold, Shirts From Fargo donates $10 directly to F5 Project!

Grab our Breaking Barriers tee, rep F5 Project in your community, and help support the work we do alongside individuals overcoming barriers related to incarceration, recovery, housing, and more.

❤️ Wear the mission.
💵 Give $10 back to F5.
🏆 Help us take on the Battle of the Tees!

👉 Order your shirt here:
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Help us spread the word by sharing this post and tagging someone who needs an F5 Project tee!

Breaking Barriers. Building Futures.

Shop custom shirts, embroidery and sublimation locally in Fargo, ND. Create and sell with us or let us make your Fargo custom shirt order.

10/06/2026

F5 Project - Minot hosted its monthly Re-Entry Supper last night. Thank you, Wade for sharing your story!

Last night at our Reentry & Connection Meal, we had the privilege of hearing from Wade Duchaine, who shared a powerful story of family, addiction, criminal justice involvement, and ultimately, redemption.

Wade spoke openly about being involved in the criminal justice system from the age of 13 and how addiction became deeply rooted in his family and his life. But his story didn’t end there.

Today, Wade’s focus is simple but powerful: being a good dad, being a good person, and giving back to the community he once felt lost in through criminal activity and addiction.

His story was a beautiful reminder that reentry is about so much more than coming home. It’s about reconnecting. Rebuilding relationships. Finding purpose. And becoming part of a community again.

Wade did an incredible job reminding us that people are more than their past, and that change is possible when someone is given the opportunity, support, and connection to create som**hing different.

Thank you, Wade, for sharing your story and for reminding us why these conversations matter. ❤️

Your past may be part of your story, but it does not have to be the end of it.

10/05/2026

Recovery Talk is free and available 24/7.

Sometimes, you just need someone to talk with.

Together we can make it work no matter your location. One click away from feeling better 🤍
Recovery talk is anonymous, free, and confidential.

Available to you 24/7, 7 days a week. 🗣️

Text or Call today: 📞 701-291-7901

10/02/2026

From our Grand Forks Office:

10/01/2026

From our F5 Project - Williston - Watford City office:

September is Recovery Month 🖤❤️

Meet Gina, Care Coordinator and Peer Support for the Williston an Watford City area.

"I've been thinking a lot about what recovery really means to me.

My story isn't a perfect one. I didn't get sober because life suddenly became easy. I got sober because I knew I couldn't keep living the way I was living.

Then life happened in ways I never could have imagined.

I lost my son, Tyler. I experienced a kind of grief I didn't know a person could survive. And I had a choice to make—would I go back to the things I once used to numb the pain, or would I learn to walk through the pain sober?

By God's grace, I chose to keep walking.

That doesn't mean I've never struggled. I've had hard days. I've questioned things. I've cried. I've wanted to understand why. But today, I don't have to drink to get through those moments.

God has slowly taken the broken pieces of my life and given them purpose.

The woman who once needed someone to believe in her now gets the privilege of sitting beside people who are struggling and saying, “I believe there is more for you.”

That's what recovery means to me.

And every day I get to help someone else find their way forward, I am reminded that God can use even the hardest parts of our story.

My past will always be part of my story. Tyler will always be part of my story. But neither one gets to write the ending.

I'm still here. I'm still sober. I'm still healing. And I'm still going.

If you're struggling today, please know this: your story isn't over. Keep going. ❤️

09/30/2026

🌟 Let's celebrate recovery m💜nth

Tara: Care Coordinator

On May 16th 2010 my world changed, however I wasn't aware at the time that I was awarded a second chance at a beautiful life.

I was involved in a near death car accident where I was hospitalized for over a month. I experienced a broken pelvis, collar bone, significant blood loss, and a significant brain injury.

I was eventually life-flighted to Minneapolis where I would begin my recovery journey. My recovery journey was comprised of learning to walk, relearning motor functions, increasing cognitive skills, and regaining independence.

I understand that my most painful experience is of benefit to the individuals I serve. I am proud to utilize my experience with a traumatic brain injury diagnosis to aid in other's education.

Today I am mother, daughter, wife, and survivor.

09/30/2026

From our Bismarck office:

Our team spent Friday at Prairie Recovery Center for a full day of sharing barriers, successes, and the power of second chances.

Thank you to the Prairie Recovery Center team for having us and for the meaningful work you do every day. Grateful for the conversation and the connection; see you soon!

09/25/2026

🌟 Let's celebrate recovery m💜nth

David: Peer Support Specialist

Who would’ve known on May 9th of 2023 I would hit the ground running.

But before that I was lost in addiction, I let m**h determine how I was going to live, when I was going to eat, where I was going to sleep and who my friends were. I couldn’t tell you what self-worth meant because my principles, morals, and what I valued all went into a syringe.

For me nothing was the same after my first high! I entered a world where nothing mattered except how I was getting my fix that day. It’s sad to say I put my addiction before my wellbeing and my daughter. I didn’t give her the chance she deserved and she was raised by her grandparents.

After many prison terms and numerous felonies later I’ve decided to take back control of my life. I got introduced to recovery communities and when I entered those rooms I knew I was in the right place.

I now get to use my experience, trainings, and knowledge to assist others on their journey.

I am a father, I am a partner, and I am a trusted community member. I am David.

09/22/2026

🌟 Let's celebrate recovery m💜nth

September is Recovery Month, which is why we wanted to celebrate some of our team member's recovery.

Lacy: Care Coordinator

"I have lived over half of my life in active addiction. I was bound by chains that I didnt know how to break, or truthfully if I even wanted to. I was not sure if I even wanted to live. My actions proved that I was on a su***de mission. Expecially, after loosing custody of my first born daughter. The thing about it is my soul kept pushing even after my body and mind was done.

I moved to North Dakota to find a better way of life. After a few failed attempts, another open CPS case for my second daughter, and an overdose I made up my mind. I was done! I had been in and out of the recovery rooms for some time. So I knew exactly where to go. The next day when I could get myself together I walked into the rooms and I stayed this time.

I worked hard on myself. I unpacked a whole lot of hurt and trama. I cried and felt the feelings. I stopped doing the things that where comfortable and started doing the things that I knew I had to do and be uncomfortable.

I am now living a life of recovery! I have gained so much! I have a supportive family and a beautiful daughter who I get to stay in contact with and mend our relationship. I have another beautiful daughter and handsome little boy who live with me.

I am now a Care Cordinator and a college student navigating complex systems for individuals I once utilized. I haven't been homeless in 7 years and I am a legal driver. Those are just some of the things that being in recovery has given me back.

Today I live a life of honesty, compassion, and hope. Today I live in recovery. Today I am more then addiction. Today I am the person I was always meant to be 💜🖤"

09/18/2026

🌟 Let's celebrate recovery m💜nth.

September is Recovery Month, which is why we wanted to celebrate some of our team member's recovery.

Tara: Care Coordinator

"I did the pokey smokey, but I turned my life around.

I started trying to fill a void that felt like a black hole, starting at the age of 13. I fell in love with the people, places and things that alcohol and drugs introduced me too. I never knew that what I was feeling was a crippling anxiety of being alone. I grew up as an only child, my mother was working evening and night shifts, I was unable to sit with myself - so I did the next best thing ------ I partied for the next 24 years.

Much of the same as any other recovering addict, I wanted to die many times, and each time I used, I was subconsciously waiting to die. I had been in trouble with the law since I was 13, continuing on in my adulthood ending my total of felonies at 9 by the time I actually got clean at 37 years old.

I abandoned my children to stay high. I did not lose anything; I willingly gave everything that would prevent me from using, away. I had to see my children in supervised visitation; and this killed me. I went from a functioning addict who had a job, took her kid to gymnastics and girl scouts, to a ju**ie that couldn't keep a needle out of my arm.

I harmed myself on levels that I didn't deserve. I harmed my family; I was deep rooted in shame and guilt and could not face them. I harmed my community because I was out on the streets doing the most to stay high.

Today I am 6 years clean. I am an active member in a 12-step program, I use the knowledge I have learned in this program to completely change my internal narrative. I essentially changed my mind about everything I thought I knew. I now love sitting by myself in quiet rooms, I love to hear myself celebrate little wins. I care about consequences today; I have a conscious that is healthy and forever reaching for more growth. Because of my effort in my recovery, I am trusted to help people in my community, in fact it's my job - talk about turning my pain into a purpose. I am so grateful to be a part of a solution, and to be able to share this with people I work with daily.

I have also earned my children's trust and respect; they are my biggest cheerleaders; they enjoy going on the road with me when I am asked to speak at recovery events. I have chosen to be a mom, the best mom I can be, for the last 6 years. They trust what they see when they look at me, and that is my most valued asset today.

I am not cured, all I have is this moment. I have decided that today I will not use, today I will choose to live. I learned 6 years ago that "I can't, but WE can".

09/15/2026

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09/14/2026

Recovery isn’t about having every day figured out. It’s about continuing to move forward, one step at a time.

Every step matters. Every conversation matters. And support can make the journey feel a little less heavy.

Recovery is a journey., and you don’t have to walk it alone.

📞 Call or text anytime: 701-291-7901
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09/09/2026

September is National Recovery Month.

The reoccurring theme this week at F5 Project specific to recovery has been, "just start somewhere".

From the individual who walked into our local office wishing for a fresh start to an individual who is struggling with a relapse.

The messaging is the same. Give yourself permission to start from now and create a brand new ending.

Whether it starts via connecting for a cup of coffee, or picking up that one-hundred pound phone.

Heck, even venting to the family pet will initiate action. Just start somewhere..

We're proud of you. We're here for you