Insights & Impact
Articles
Making Better Men Through Service
When members of Alpha Gamma Rho at the University of Arkansas set out to make a difference, they didn’t just organize another campus event — they created a movement that raised more than $15,000 for E3RF and brought their campus community together. At the center of that success was Wingfest, a philanthropy event that combined great food, live music, and a meaningful cause. But according to Alpha Gamma Rho's Philanthropy Chair, the event's impact went far beyond fundraising.
From the Handlebars to the Fight
When Jackie organized her first charitable motorcycle ride, she was drawing on something that had been part of her long before the planning began. Growing up surrounded by civil servants and military veterans, helping others wasn't optional — it was simply part of who they were. That upbringing led her into emergency medicine, where she worked as an EMT before becoming a hairstylist. The job changed. The calling didn't.
More Than a Game: Blaine Boyer and the Mission That Found Him
Blaine Boyer spent years as a professional baseball player, a career that took him across the country, kept his family on the road, and demanded everything he had. But somewhere along the way, another calling began to take shape. Today, Blaine is a key figure at E3 Ranch Foundation, and the transition from the baseball diamond to nonprofit work is one he wouldn't trade for anything.
Stories
Travels to Afghanistan
At the beginning of the Afghanistan crisis, sometime around mid-August 2021, E3 Ranch Foundation Founder and Executive Director Adam LaRoche was on the phone with a good friend, and the subject of the call was how might the Tim Tebow Foundation and E3 Ranch Foundation work together to help the situation in Afghanistan.
Settling in Fort Scott, Kansas
E3 Ranch Foundation friend and partner Lee Gibson (Relentless Pursuit Outreach and Recovery) has been closely involved with the Afghanistan effort as well, and together he, Adam and Jennifer have seen to it that one particular family (three brothers with their families) of 19 did in fact make it out and into the U.S. Instrumental to getting them on the flight and to the States, Lee and the LaRoches now have resettled them in Fort Scott, Kansas.
E3RF Hosts SOF Vets
From November 17th through November 21st, seven military veterans were guests to E3 Ranch for a fall get-together, hunt, and an opportunity to thank and serve our military heroes. All were some form of Special Operations Forces (SOF) with the exception of one father-son combination — both military — who won the February 2021 Giveaway hunt when Anthony Sherman generously offered a hunt at the E3 (after Adam so generously gave away Sherman’s truck around the Super Bowl in February 2021).
News & Media
IJM’s Gary Haugen and Adam LaRoche live taping on the Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum's first-ever LIVE taping of the podcast took place at a conference in San Antonio, TX on November 28, 2017. Host Jason Romano interviewed Gary Haugen from the International Justice Mission and Adam LaRoche, a 12-year MLB veteran on the problem of human trafficking and sex slavery.
Adam LaRoche as a guest speaker at the Broken Arrow Nazarene Church
Former Major League Baseball player Adam LaRoche tells us about retirement, family, and God's purpose for us. He shares his passion for fighting against human trafficking and the sex industry.
Shepherd’s Heart Ministries presents Adam LaRoche as he shares his story
Adam LaRoche, former Major League Baseball athlete and all around awesome guy, came out to Montana for some hunting. While here, he graciously agreed to share with us his personal story at After Hours Ribs & Brew. Thank you, Adam, for sharing your time and story with us!
Christine’s Place to help prostituted women in Kansas City escape sex trafficking
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lee Gibson said his current job sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: a police officer, a baseball player, and a blind woman walk into a store together. But the trio’s purpose is a lot more serious than Gibson ever imagined.
Adam LaRoche speaks on the Sports Spectrum Podcast
Adam LaRoche played 12 seasons in the majors with the Braves, Pirates, Red Sox, Diamondbacks, Nationals and White Sox. He was selected in the 29th round of the 2000 MLB Draft by the Braves, and four years later made his MLB debut on April 7, 2004, against the Mets.
Turns out Chiefs’ Anthony Sherman’s truck giveaway was payback for epic prank
The gesture seemed like a nice feel-good story heading into Super Bowl week. Veteran Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman was donating his beloved pickup truck as the prize in a drawing to benefit victims of human trafficking. There was a tweet: ”You know what I love more than my truck? My Freedom! Join me in fighting for those who don’t have it!”