activities · 5
what they do
direct service · 5
- Conduct homebuilding missions in Mexico Volunteer-Driven Affordable Home ConstructionPartners with Amor Ministries to build 22ft x 11ft two-room homes by hand without power tools in impoverished areas of Mexico. Organizes annual trips involving over 40 members who provide logistical and material support; has constructed over 20 homes to date.
- Deliver annual holiday meal and gift programs Holiday Food and Gift DistributionOrganizes and delivers Thanksgiving meals and Christmas presents to families in need each year, including purchasing, wrapping, and delivering gifts based on family wish lists.
- Facilitate weekly 12-step fellowship meetings Local Chapter Network OperationsOperates seven local chapters across Arizona, North Dakota, and Florida that hold regularly scheduled 12-step fellowship meetings for men in recovery. These include Central Valley, West Valley, East Valley, Prescott Valley, Central Florida, Bismarck, and Fort Berthold Knights meetings.
- Host semi-annual recovery retreats with scholarship support Recovery-Focused Case Management & Peer SupportProvides intensive 12-step study retreats twice a year for men new to recovery, including scholarships for those who cannot afford fees and have not previously attended. These retreats aim to improve sobriety rates through immersive peer-led programming.
- Provide 12-step outreach in institutions 12-Step and Peer-Led Recovery MeetingsRuns a Hospitals and Institutions Committee that facilitates 12-step meetings in incarcerated facilities, in-patient recovery centers, and hospitals. Trained and screened members share personal recovery experiences and often become sponsors for individuals in these facilities.
strategies · 7
how they think
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- 12-Step Recovery with Sponsorship Lineage 12-step recovery with sponsorship lineageImplements a 12-step recovery model based on Alcoholics Anonymous principles, using a multi-generational sponsorship lineage where individuals in recovery sponsor others, who in turn sponsor more, creating a self-sustaining fellowship for long-term sobriety.
- Community Restoration Through Service and Restitution community restoration through recovery serviceAdvances recovery and social healing by engaging members in community restitution and service projects that repair harm, restore relationships, and strengthen community ties as part of collective recovery.
- Faith-Based Fellowship with Structured Accountability structured fellowship with core valuesStrengthens recovery outcomes through a faith-based fellowship that emphasizes core values such as integrity, accountability, and spiritual growth, supported by communal reflection and structured peer relationships.
- Family Strengthening Through Housing and Service family-strengthening through housingPrevents family separation caused by poverty by partnering with ministries to build homes in underserved communities, combining housing support with service participation to strengthen family and community resilience.
- Peer-Led Outreach and Support peer supportDeploys individuals with lived experience of addiction to actively identify and support others suffering from alcoholism, using peer connection to increase intervention effectiveness and trust.
- Retreat-Based Early Recovery Support retreat-based recovery supportUses semi-annual retreats as a foundational intervention to reinforce early recovery, deepen commitment to sobriety, and build peer support during critical stages of recovery.
- Service-Integrated Recovery Model service-integrated recoveryIntegrates active service participation into the recovery process, using service projects and charitable acts to foster personal redemption, purpose, and altruism, which in turn support sustained recovery from addiction.
named programs · 5
what they call their work
Holiday Families Project
Provides Thanksgiving meals and Christmas presents to families in need in local neighborhoods, with small groups of members assigned to families.
Hospitals and Institutions Committee
Provides 12-step meetings to incarcerated individuals and those confined to in-patient recovery facilities, with members sharing their experience, strength, and hope.
Mexico Home Building Project
Partners with Amor Ministries to build homes for families in need in impoverished areas of Mexico, involving members in a three-day construction trip.
Semi-Annual Retreats
Critical retreats for members' effectiveness and individual growth, with scholarships provided for newly sober men who cannot afford the fees.
Weekly Recovery Meetings
Regular meetings based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for men in recovery, held in various locations in Arizona, Florida, and North Dakota.
relationships · 9
who they work with
- Amor Ministries Partner — Long-term partner organization in building homes for families in need in Mexico.
- Clyde “Bob Tail Bull” Baker Out Patient Clinic Partner — Hosts the Bismarck Knights meeting in Bismarck, ND.
- Emanuel Lutheran Church Partner — Hosts the Prescott Valley Knights meeting in Prescott Valley, AZ.
- Glowing Eagle Partner — Hosts the Fort Berthold Knights meeting in Parshall, ND.
- North Village Baptist Church Partner — Hosts the Central Valley Knights meeting in Phoenix, AZ.
- St Luke’s Lutheran Church Partner — Hosts the East Valley Knights meeting in Mesa, AZ.
- St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Partner — Hosts the West Valley Knights meeting in Phoenix, AZ.
- local church Partner — Coordinates with the Knights to identify families in need for the Holiday Families Project.
- school Partner — Coordinates with the Knights to identify families in need for the Holiday Families Project.