Fins for Freedom and all their sponsors not only provide a day of fun, friendship and fishing for veterans on private boats every year, thanks to the help and generosity of boat captains, their mates and their craft, but they also rely on the help of cadets from MAST, the Marine Academy of Science and Technology, who have volunteered in the program for the last three years, with C/Lt. Tyler Terhune of MAST organizing the cadets to their various roles.
The cadets not only help serve breakfast in advance of the day’s fishing, as well as give Fins for Freedom T shirts and other gifts provided by generous sponsors to the veterans, but they also help direct the veterans to their fishing boats for the day and introduce them to the captains. In recognition of all their volunteerism every year, Fins for Freedom President Jake Campi presented an award to MAST students at this year’s event, thanking Terhune for his organization, and all the MAST cadets for their hours of providing a service to veterans.
For more information on the Fins for Freedom program, visit finsforfreedom.org
Photo courtesy of MAST
