My Nonprofit Reviews

biffmessinger
Review for Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union, VA, USA
I entered Fork Union Military Academy in the fall of 1963 as a freshman who did most things wrong. Bad grades, bad conduct and no direction. I hated FUMA for about the first three or four weeks I was there and then something clicked in my brain that changed my life, due in most part to the tremendous Fork Union facility and coaches who cared about every cadet and encouraged them to always do their best and to appreciate this once in a life time opportunity to grow into responsible young men of Christian principle. By my senior year, I was successful in every aspect of the FUMA lifestyle, academics, athletics and leadership. The lessons I learned at FUMA have served me well in college, my Army career, my corporate career, my retirement and my Faith. Thirty years after I graduated, my son entered FUMA and his experiences and success were identical to mine a generation earlier. Fork Union Military Academy has been, and continues to be, a difference maker in the lives of thousands of young men who enter it's gate. I love that the Fork Union mission, as a Christian all male military school, has never changed. GO FUMA!