Transform Lives.
Empower Ukrainian Veterans
Your donation helps veterans rebuild their lives through rehabilitation and golf therapy
Transform Lives.
Empower Ukrainian Veterans
Your donation helps veterans rebuild their lives through rehabilitation and golf therapy
With your support,
The Borderlands Foundation has already trained
14 veterans to play golf and scheduled innovative rehab programs for
2 of them
Golf: Language of Recovery for Veterans
Golf is not just a game for the heart and mind, but also a powerful tool in the recovery process for our true heroes. The simplified movements and ample time for contemplating each swing help veterans focus. It also helps to develop a sense of balance and concentration.
How does golf aid in rehab?
Physical activity stimulates the production of "happiness hormones," improves mood, and enhances the sense of self-worth.
Golf helps to overcome traumas and return to a fulfilling life.
Golf: Language of Recovery for Veterans
Golf is not just a game for the heart and mind, but also a powerful tool in the recovery process for our true heroes. The simplified movements and ample time for contemplating each swing help veterans focus. It also helps to develop a sense of balance andconcentration.
How does golf aid in rehab?
Physical activity stimulates the production of "happiness hormones," improves mood, and enhances the sense of self-worth.
Golf helps to overcome traumas and return to a fulfilling life.
Donation Tiers
$125
Hero’s Gift
Provides essential rehabilitation supplies for one session
$85
Camaraderie Package
Funds a group therapy session, fostering camaraderie
$300
Healing Power
Supports a full day of comprehensive rehabilitation training
$250
Champion’s Circle
Covers a week-long golf therapy program for a veteran
$1500
Rehabilitation Partner
Provides a month of advanced rehabilitation training and equipment
$4500
Patron of Hope
Funds three months of full rehabilitation, including tournament participation
The Story of Bravery
Hundreds of thousands of men and women are fighting for Ukraine's independence with weapons in hand. Many of them got serious injuries. The foundation does everything possible to help in their recovery and spread their stories.
Call Sign: "Happiness", 12nd Special Purpose Brigade "Azov
August golf trainings report
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Our Veteran Rehabilitation and Golf Therapy Program is designed to provide comprehensive care for veterans, addressing their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. The program's cost for the rehabilitation of one veteran is $1,500 per month.
Veterans receive a well-rounded package that includes:
Golf Simulator Trainings: Veterans engage in five sessions using a golf simulator, valued at $500, offering a therapeutic and enjoyable way to stay active and improve physical fitness.
Mental Training Sessions: With five expert-led sessions, valued at $500, veterans focus on building mental resilience, enhancing their ability to cope with stress, and strengthening their overall mental health.
Personal Psychologist Meetings: Each veteran is supported by a dedicated psychologist in five one-on-one sessions, valued at $500, providing essential emotional and psychological care tailored to their unique experiences.
This program is thoughtfully crafted to ensure that every veteran receives the support they need to thrive in their post-service life, with each component working together to create a holistic approach to well-being. We are committed to honoring their service by offering the highest level of care and support.
What People Are Saying
General (Retired) David Petraeus
The Borderlands Foundation team has been very helpful during my visits to Ukraine and in my efforts to understand the situation there. Sam Cook knows the country, its leaders, and the reality on the ground. And his relationships, knowledge, and expertise have been invaluable – especially given that he is a combat veteran who commanded in Iraq, taught Russian history at the US Military Academy, is a marketing expert, and has assembled a superb team. The overall combination is very powerful.
Suzanne Kelly, CEO of the Cipher Brief
The Cipher Brief has had a great experience working with Sam and The Borderlands Foundation team on our visits to Ukraine as we work to better understand this war from all perspectives. Sam and his team were very helpful in coordinating impactful meetings that led to deeper understanding of what is happening on the ground, not just what’s being reported in the headlines. Sam is a great communicator, is incredibly well-connected and has been a trusted partner for us in Ukraine.
SFC Serhiy Yanchuk, 78th Air Assault
The Borderlands Foundation has created a strong community inside Ukraine that connects groups from across the world with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Security Services, and Civil Society. Sam Cook's personal connections and help have provided invaluable funding and training opportunities to the units that I have served in as part of Ukraine's Special and Regular Forces. Sam is committed to the future of Ukraine. He cares deeply about Ukraine and our ultimate victory against Russia.
Yuri Bogun Shchyrin, CEO AIM Marketing
Sam came to Ukraine in 2018, long before Ukraine was a global brand everyone admired. He believed in Ukraine, and helping its veterans long before the full scale invasion. I watched how he dropped everything he was doing, stepped away from his business, and started the Borderlands Foundation. On the Second day of the war, we both did a joint podcast together as I setup our community defense of my town of Bilohorodka.
Serhiy Kvit, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
As the President of the Kyiv Moyla Academy, I was pleasantly surprised in the summer of 2022 to meet an American history professor and marketing
media expert who told me his vision for creating the future of Ukraine's glorious history. We gave Sam a teaching spot at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy school of Journalism, where he taught an extraordinary course called War & StoryTelling in Ukraine for our students.
Evan Platt,
Co-Director,
Zero Line
The Borderlands Foundation has carved a niche for itself in Ukraine as being the place where we all know we can go to if we want to meet someone else important. Sam has been constantly meeting and understanding the nonprofits supporting Ukraine, and made it his mission to help us find connections and resources to support our mission. The Borderlands Foundation is a key part of the Ecosystem here.
About Our Founder Samuel P.N. Cook
Sam graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2000 with a degree in European History. He was then commissioned as an Officer in the U.S. Army Cavalry. During his first tour in Iraq, he served as the Regimental Adjustant for COL H.R. McMaster during battle of Tal Afar where he helped handle the media and craft their narrative that this was a turning point in the war. After serving as a Troop Commander during the surge in 2007-8 in the Tigris River Valley, Sam was selected to go back to New York University to Study Russian History, and then went on to teach Russian History at West Point. After he left the Army, he moved to Poland in 2014 and Founded James Cook Media, where he created a world-renowned marketing course for business owners on how to use StoryTelling to craft authentic, powerful marketing campaigns. In 2018, he moved to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he founded a tech startup that was selected for LA Techstars in 2021. When the war Started in 2022, he founded the Borderlands Foundation. He lives in Kyiv with his wife Kateryna.
About Us
The Borderlands Foundation is registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the United States,
with offices and legal status in both Ukraine and Europe.
The Borderlands Foundation is a historical nonprofit organization. Our mission is to tell the Story of Ukraine's Fight for Freedom to the world to create a historical narrative that will be empowering and unifying for future generals of a united, free, and powerful Ukraine. We are also creating a research center to educate and inspire the Free world that has supported Ukraine on the lessons they need to learn from this war in order to build similar strength and resiliance across their government and security services.
The Borderlands Foundation is a Delaware-registered 501c3 non-profit organization. Our registered business address is located in Texas.
Registered Business Address: The Borderlands Foundation Mailbox #506, 2401 Fountain View Drive Suite #464, Houston, TX 77057 United States
EIN: 88-1118730