Flagship Dads

Erie, PA — A Community for Dads

Flagship
Dads

Erie, PA

Don't Give Up The relationSHIP.

Lake Erie — Presque Isle, Erie PA
Dads
Connection
🧭Support
Growth
🏔️Purpose

Who We Are

Erie's Community
For Dads

Fatherhood is one of the greatest things in the world and also one of the loneliest. Making friends as a grown man is hard, and the slow drift from friendships that fatherhood quietly brings is something most of us never talk about.

Flagship Dads exists because that needs to change. A no pressure, judgment free community right here in the Flagship City. No church angle. No bar scene. Just dads finding their people.

Read Our Story
5x
More men report no close friends today vs. 1990

"1 in 4 men under 35 feel lonely most days. Most of us never talk about it."

Erie
The Flagship City — Built on Not Giving Up

In 1813, Perry didn't give up the ship. We're not giving up the dad either.

Our Home

Built in the
Flagship City

From Presque Isle to Dobbins Landing, Erie is our identity and the place where Flagship Dads was born.

Presque Isle sunset
Presque Isle
Erie's peninsula on Lake Erie. Our backyard.
Bicentennial Tower Erie PA
Bicentennial Tower
Dobbins Landing — Erie’s bayfront landmark at sunset.
Lake Erie beach and breakers
Lake Erie
The breakers off the peninsula beach side. The lake that shaped this city.

Get Together

Two Kinds
of Events

Low pressure. Always optional. Show up when you can. Come as you are. You are always welcome.

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Dads & Kids Events
Playgrounds, Presque Isle, family hangouts
Dads Only Nights
Real talk, connection, Bayfront and beyond

The Flagship City

Erie Didn't Give
Up The Ship

In 1813, Daniel Dobbins built the fleet that won the Battle of Lake Erie right here at Dobbins Landing. Oliver Hazard Perry flew a flag that read "Don't Give Up the Ship." When his flagship went down, he didn't quit. He transferred to the Niagara and won the battle.

Sometimes the most powerful thing a man can do is stop going it alone and find his crew.

"Erie didn't give up the ship in 1813. We're not giving up the dad either.

Don't Give Up The relationSHIP. 🚢"
Flagship Dads

Come Find Your Crew

Join Flagship Dads

No pressure. No judgment. Just fathers in the Flagship City finding their people.

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Questions? flagshipdads@gmail.com