The Foxhole cruised through the wilderness in Gorham, New Hampshire with Yamaha UTVs and shredded the trails in Minot, Maine with Polaris RZRs! Thanks to White Mountain ATV Rental in Gorham and Hemond’s Offroad Park in Minot.

Foundation House is a therapeutic, sober living community in Portland, Maine.

The US Pond Hockey Championships is right around the corner and we could not be more excited! It has become an annual tradition to bring our best to Minneapolis, Minnesota and battle it out on Lake Nokomis for that first place Silver Scoop. Check out the footage of our last trip from earlier this year, where we placed 14th out of 110 teams in the Cedar Division. Stay tuned for our upcoming 2020 Pond Hockey Championship trip this January!

Every year on the first of January, the Foxhole meets at Higgins Beach in Scarborough, Maine to jump into the freezing Atlantic Ocean. This is a video of our 2020 Polar Bear Dip.

Music: Sinnerman – Nina Simone; Chariots of Fire – Vangelis; Gonna Fly Now – Bill Conti

Foundation House is a therapeutic, sober living community in Portland, Maine.

Foundation House is a therapeutic, sober living community in Portland, Maine. This is a video of our cross country ski trip.

Foundation House is a therapeutic, sober living community in Portland, Maine. Join us on a journey through a day in the life of a Foundation House resident! Our program offers opportunities for men to participate in a wide variety of experiential and therapeutic treatment during the course of their stay. At Foundation House, there’s something for everyone. This is “A Day in the Life.”

In September of 2018, Conde Nast Traveler recently listed Portland, Maine atop its list of “Most Beautiful Towns in America”. Please click here: Conde Nast: Portland to read the article.

Foundation House is proud to support the amazing organization at Special Surfers – a non-profit group that gives special needs children and young adults the opportunity to ride the waves. There is no cost to participants or their families, and all equipment and instruction is provided. Special Surfers events are held the third Tuesday of each month in June, July and August at Gooches Beach in Kennebunk, Maine. Hundreds of special surfers and volunteers participate at each event, providing a real sense of community and accomplishment for all.

Our residents and staff are thrilled to spend time in the water with this inspiring organization and its courageous participants. The Special Surfers program shows the joy a community can bring to the lives of special needs individuals and their families through volunteerism and generosity.

The images below are from the evening of August 21, 2018.

Ten Foundation House residents and staff traveled to Grafton Notch State Park this weekend, to tackle twenty miles of the Appalachian Trail (AT), including the infamous Mahoosuc Notch.  This stretch of the AT is known for relentless elevation ascents and descents, making the hike both tiresome and sluggish.  The group started off by climbing almost 3,000 feet to the 4,170ft summit of Old Speck Mountain.  From there, they descended to 3500ft. to Old Speck Pond campsite where they fished, camped, and held a meeting.  The guys woke up early the following morning and descended 1,500ft over 2 miles, finally bringing them to the entrance of the Mahoosuc Notch. 

The Notch is a one mile stretch of trail littered with giant boulders, fallen trees, and ice, that serves as the wilderness equivalent to an adult jungle gym.  The crew tirelessly scrambled over, under, and around these natural roadblocks putting them through the Mahoosuc Notch in just under two hours.  As exhausting as the Notch was, the group remained motivated and immediately began their ascent of yet another mountain.  Fatigued and unspeakably smelly, the group arrived at Full Goose campsite with just enough time to set up tents and hammocks, eat a hearty meal of pasta and meatballs, and have their second meeting of the trip.  Both meetings on the trip centered around identifying specific issues in our residents lives that they have been aware of but have continuously failed to take any action to combat the issue.  By the end of the second meeting, every member of the group seemed motivated to take the steps to address these issues upon their return to Portland. 

With eight miles to go on their final day, the crew set off early, and by 10:30am, had already summited three more peaks over the course of four miles.  The difficult terrain continued to instill in them the principle of slowing it down and taking it one step at a time.  At one point, the guys found themselves battling waist deep mud!  In many other instances, the guys could be seen sliding themselves down rocks in a seated position after learning to do so the hard way.  Totally undiscouraged, but completely exhausted, the guys made it to their destination by 1pm on their third and final day.

This was a special group.  The guys took turns helping each other out, calling each other out, cheering each other up, and at times, the guys literally lightened the load for one another.  Their shared attitude of giving and forgiveness, and their actions, which put others needs before their own made our journey a success and made this trip what it was.

Staff members Pete & Ethan and residents Connley, Greg, Kurtis, Josh, Eric, Parks & Carter left for Acadia National Park at 8:30 am Thursday morning.  They set up camp at Black Woods campground, hiked the Beehive Trail, and jumped in the Bowl Pond. At Sand Beach, Pete and Carter cliff-jumped 40’ into the ocean.

On day two, the crew met up with professional rock climbing guides Zach and Patty at the South Otter cliffs. After a few warm up climbs, the crew headed to Otter Cliffs for a more advanced climbing session. The guides did an amazing job teaching to guys how to rock climb and the group took their time and practiced patience learning to do so.

The next morning the group woke up at 4:30 am to watch the earliest sunrise in the United States from the summit of Cadillac Mountain.  Shortly after, the crew packed up their gear and headed back to Portland. As they debriefed, the guys expressed appreciation for the opportunity to see an amazing landscape, ascend ocean cliffs, and strengthen the Foxhole bond.

April 21 was a perfect Spring day for the Foxhole’s most recent visit to V-Town Paintball in Vasselboro. Almost 50 sober guys competed, with teams broken down into State House, Mellen and Deering Houses, Alumni and Staff. As they have for several years now, the staff team dominated the early games. After lunch we split into the traditional North and South teams for the final Dunes course championship.  For the first time the South come out on top and a great time was had by all!