RAISE · BUILD · BELONG
Village Dads
It takes a village to raise a child. Fathers need a village too.Village Dads brings fathers together to raise our children with intention, build strong families and futures, and belong to communities that strengthen us and towards which
we carry responsibilities.
Why village dads
fathers across worlds
Many fathers are navigating work, relationships, money, schools, identity, culture, race and the question of what we want to pass on to our children — often while raising families across cultures, systems and generations.Village Dads creates space to do some of that thinking together: not as experts, but as fathers learning from one another.
life in the village
fathers
& sons camp
Adventure, practical skills, story and intentional time together. Hiking, kayaking, cooking, first aid, bonfires, and the conversations that become possible when fathers and sons step out of the everyday.
life in the village
the work at home
Village Dads encourages fathers to make intentional one-to-one time with individual children: a dinner, breakfast, drive, match or walk. The point is not to manufacture a serious conversation, but to create the conditions in which fathers and children can know one another better.Do fun things. Have real conversations. Be present.
Life in the Village
Village Gives
Each year, Village Gives will bring fathers together around a practical contribution to the communities shaping our children’s lives, through mentoring, youth opportunity, careers, service or other forms of community service.20% of Village Dads' profits after expenses go towards the annual Village Gives initiative. Because belonging is not only about what a community gives us. It is also about what we contribute in return.
Life in the village
Village supper
Twenty fathers. One table. Several cities.
Good food. Drinks. Games. Laughter.And an honest conversation about raising our children, building strong families and becoming the village we need around us.Once a year, the table widens for a joyful Family Supper, bringing Village Dads together with their children and co-parents to celebrate the richness of our community.
