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Veterans Path to Hope Outdoors

Bob Bowden on September 23, 2023

Veterans Path to Hope Outdoors was created to support the mission of transforming and enriching lives through hosting recreational outdoor activities for military veterans, active-duty service members, and their families.

Our program embraces each veteran’s unique barriers and challenges, utilizing evidenced-based interventions to meet their needs and goals. The Outdoors program strives to help each service member through their healing journey by enhancing physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and leisure skills. Our goal is to offer necessary support in creative ways to boost quality of life for our service members and their families!

Band of Heroes Outdoors

Bob Bowden on September 17, 2023

Band of Heroes Outdoors work everyday to provide a release and a therapeutic environment for veterans to be able to enjoy God’s country and its benefits while being in the company of heroes.

Guardian Outdoors

Bob Bowden on September 16, 2023

Guardian Outdoors is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization filed under the official name Guardian Outdoor Adventures Inc. We are an entirely volunteer organization whose mission is to provide active duty military, military veterans, fire fighters, police officers, emts and other first responders with outdoor therapy adventures with the main focus of fishing and white water rafting, at no cost to the applicant.

22 2 None

Bob Bowden on September 16, 2023

22 2 None’s Outdoor Ventures Program (OVP) is committed to providing a time of respite and solace for our local veterans out on the rivers, lakes, and trails of Northern Michigan throughout the year.

The number of veteran suicides is alarming. While on active duty and working side-by-side, everyone had each other’s backs, with the mentality of never leaving a man behind. Re-entering civilian life is a large adjustment for most, but some struggle more than others.

This organization was created to rally together in hopes of keeping our brothers and sisters in arms safe, and to lend a hand, an ear, or even a shoulder when needed without judgement.

Nevada The Outdoor Adventure Foundation

Bob Bowden on August 13, 2023

The Nevada Chapter of the Outdoor Adventure Foundation is a 501 (c) (3)

We provide Hunting, Fishing, and outdoor adventures for veterans in need, some are wheelchair-bound caused by injury during active military service or who have lost a limb during active military service.

We also provide hunting, fishing, and outdoor adventures for children under the age of 18 and young adults under the age of 25 with cancer or another life-threatening illness.

Our Outdoor adventures include numerous Big game and Bird Hunts Including Dove, Pheasant, and Quail, Fresh and Saltwater Fishing trips, Camping and many other outdoor adventures.

Catfish for Heroes

Bob Bowden on August 11, 2023

We are an organization focused on healing veterans and first responders suffering from PTSD, medical issues, and other conditions related to their service. We provide no cost fishing trips to veterans, active duty and first responders in hopes that exposing them to outdoor therapy will give them a positive outlet from their stressors.

Back Country Hunters and Anglers

Bob Bowden on July 12, 2023

The Armed Forces Initiative introduces the military community to public lands and waters by providing outdoor adjunct therapy to enhance their mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being while providing them a new mission as conservationists. We host events for members of the military community all over the United States and Canada teaching participants how to hunt, fish, camp, hike, and recreate outdoors through the lense of conservation. Not just how to hunt but why to hunt, and how to use their voice as veterans or active duty service members to ensure the continued existence of wild places available to every American.

Wild Ops

Bob Bowden on July 9, 2023

Veteran Nonprofit Organization dedicated to helping fellow combat veterans find support, hope & healing in the battle of transitioning back into civilian life, through faith based programs. Donate today and help honor our military veterans.

We’re not an adventure program where participants leave just as empty as they arrived. We exist to initiate life-change. All participants are combat veterans set in an environment that inspires deep trust and openness. It is not uncommon for a man to pause and say, “… I’ve never told anyone this before …” then reveal a painful experience that’s been grinding on his soul for too long. When a Wild Ops operation ends, it is actually just the beginning. For those willing to fight for personal healing, it is the beginning of a life-long fellowship at the deepest levels. It’s entrance into the nationwide network of Wild Ops alumni who have each other’s backs 24/7. Wild Ops is for life. We’re veteran led, from board members to operations planning and execution. We know how to break through denial and self-imposed isolation to reach struggling vets. We are vets serving vets, partnering with highly skilled and dedicated civilians. We leave no one behind.

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