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  • What reconciliation looks like: SpoFI’s 100th graduation and the fathers who made it possible

    What reconciliation looks like: SpoFI’s 100th graduation and the fathers who made it possible

    At SpoFI’s very first 24-7 Dad graduation in 2018, two men took the stage whose histories should have kept them apart forever. On April 10, they’re coming back to celebrate the 100th class together.

    Ron Hauenstein

    Ron is a semi-retired life insurance agent. He was raised in Reardan, WA and began his life insurance career in Fairbanks, Alaska. He and his wife Becky have two grown children. Ron and Becky attend Victory Faith Fellowship in the Spokane Valley and have lived in Spokane since 1993.

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  • The second prison: what Second Chance Month means to me

    The second prison: what Second Chance Month means to me

    I’ve been walking alongside men coming home from prison for nearly 40 years. Every April, Second Chance Month gives our community a chance to say out loud what a lot of us already know: the sentence doesn’t end at the gate. The barriers to jobs, housing, and family reunification that Returning Citizens face can be just as confining as incarceration itself. Here in Spokane, SpoFI and Second Chances are working to change that, one returning father at a time.

    Fred Dent

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  • Dads AF 2.0: a complete rebuild for SpoFI alumni ready to go deeper

    Dads AF 2.0: a complete rebuild for SpoFI alumni ready to go deeper

    Dads AF 2.0 launches March 18 for SpoFI alumni ready to go further. Seven weeks rebuilt from the ground up — covering purpose, physical health, habits, mental optimization, nutrition, and emotional wellbeing — ending on the Clark Fork River. Small cohort. Limited seats.

    Lawrence Jay Long

    Proud father of two awesome boys, nature enthusiast, tech enthusiast, tinkerer, runner, and friend. I am dedicated to empowering men to realize their potential and lead meaningful lives. I share SpoFI’s practices and work diligently, striving to encourage and model the lessons taught here.

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