The Uncharted Trail Co. End-of-Year Fundraiser

Help Raise $20,000 to Support Families Who Have Lost a Child

Your support CAN make a difference!

We all want to support the people we love in life, and there’s no greater need for support than when someone loses a child. The problem is that most men who lose a child struggle to navigate their grief. They disengage, get buried in work or harmful distractions, and don’t know how to reach out for help. Friends and family want to help, but they usually don’t know where to start.

The Uncharted Trail Co. provides guided support training for loved ones and an intentional weekend adventure for the grieving man with his closest friends... so everyone can move forward knowing they're not alone.

Each family sponsorship costs upwards of $5000. Your donation helps provide:
- Personalized Support Resources for bereaved families.
- Grief Support Training for friends & loved ones.
- Fully Planned & Guided Weekend Adventures for grieving fathers and their closest friends.

To learn more or refer a family for assistance, visit theunchartedtrail.com. The Uncharted Trail Co. is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax-deductible.

Michael's Story: A Space to Grieve, but Not Alone

In early 2018, Michael experienced the loss of his daughter Blakely, who was born with alobar holoprosencephaly, after a beautiful and difficult 10 months of life. Seeing Michael's pain, one of his acquaintances reached out to The Uncharted Trail Co. to plan a weekend adventure away from his home in Florida up to the North Georgia mountains where he could process his grief with 3 of his closest friends and an Uncharted Trail Co. guide.

Although Michael had a fully supportive wife, family, and community of faith, he still found it difficult to navigate this new life while grieving.

Here's Michael in his own words:

"In 2018 I lost my daughter. I felt like I had fallen off a waterfall and I was broken on the rocks. I felt like I couldn't move forward - I couldn't move at all. James (the founder) reached out to me, gathered my friends, and guided us on an Uncharted Trail adventure. At the time, I didn't realize how much I needed to work through my grief - I was skeptical about going on the trip, but I am grateful that my friends and James made it happen. The Uncharted Trail weekend gave me an opportunity to cry out from the rocks where I was broken, and it gave my friends the chance to find me. They cried with me on the rocks of grief and then they carried me in all of my brokenness. My friends carry me to this day. I won't ever recover from losing my little girl, but I am not alone - my friends are carrying me. The Uncharted Trail experience gave me space to hurt and to grieve and it helped my friends know how to care for me. I am grateful for James and The Uncharted Trail Co., and most of all I am grateful for the men - who I call friends - who carry me on."

Today, Michael is the proud father of 2 more kids with his wife Emily and is an active & energetic youth leader in his church and local community. You can read more about Michael's personal story here.