F5 Project raises awareness on their mission through golf tournament

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — For nearly nine years, the non-profit agency F5 Project has helped people find employment and a place to live. Serving more than five hundred people per month throughout North Dakota.

“When we’re working with somebody at F5 Project, it’s because they want to change their life. They want a new life. They’re not there because they have to be. It’s not court-ordered. They’re coming to us and working with us because they want something different,” said Megan Indvik, Chief Advancement Officer for F5 Project.

The non-profit was built up by Adam Martin in Fargo. From his previous experience of conviction, he wanted to help others transition back into civilian life.

“Our biggest thing is to meet the person where they’re at, walk through that with them. And there’s going to be situations where they maybe fail or they fall down. And we’re there to help pick them back up and walk them back through that process,” said Scott College, Chief Development Officer for F5 Project.

For the past several years, the F5 Project has raised funds by hosting a golf tournament. The golfers who came out were rewarded with perfect golfing weather.

Last year, the tournament raised over $26,000. The funds have helped provide many of the hundreds of people they serve with meals, a place to stay, and rent money.

“Everybody in the state is a part of F5 because our idea is as a community, it’s our responsibility as a community to help people and lift them up when they are in a tough situation. And if we do that as a community, ninety-five percent of the people that go to prison, end up coming back to our communities. And we can continue to bury our head in the sand and say, oh that’s not my problem, or we can start taking the initiative to make change and provide opportunity,” said College.

The F5 Project has eight locations throughout North Dakota and recently expanded their outreach into Detroit Lakes.