Warrior Mill
Crafting Hope. Forging Resilience. Preventing Suicide.
Warrior Mill is a veteran-led program where the power of peer connection, purposeful work, and creative expression come together to fight the epidemic of veteran suicide. Through woodworking, metal work, and other hands-on activities, warriors find new ways to process trauma, build community, and rediscover their sense of purpose beyond military service.
Our Mission
To prevent veteran suicide by transforming pain into purpose and isolation into connection through peer-driven, craft-based healing.
Core Activities
Wooden Flags for Healing
Veterans work side by side to design and build handcrafted wooden flags, each piece symbolizing honor, resilience, and shared sacrifice. These projects become both therapy and tribute—channels of expression where words often fall short.
Community Connection
Finished works—wooden flags, metal art, and other handcrafted projects—are displayed, gifted, or auctioned to engage the wider community. Each piece becomes a visible reminder of resilience and the value of investing in our warriors.
Peer Support Through Craft
Every workshop doubles as a peer circle. Veterans talk, laugh, and share stories while they work with their hands—breaking down isolation and building trust in ways that feel natural and stigma-free.
Skill Building & Purpose Restoration
Beyond its therapeutic value, Warrior Mill equips participants with vocational skills, leadership opportunities, and pathways to mentorship—helping restore identity and purpose in civilian life.
Metal Work & Forging Resilience
Through welding, blacksmithing, and other forms of metal work, participants transform raw materials into meaningful creations. The process mirrors their own journey—taking the broken, bent, or scarred and forging it into something strong, functional, and beautiful.
"Warrior Mill reduces suicide risk by replacing isolation with connection, hopelessness with creativity, and despair with pride in what can still be built. Every flag crafted, every piece forged, and every story shared becomes a step toward healing, resilience, and life."
- Capt. Le Roy Torres, U.S. Army Retired
