Life after service can feel like losing part of your identity. For our country’s veterans, the need for mission and belonging does not end when they take off the uniform. Veteran Conservation Hunters exists to help veterans reconnect with purpose, community, and meaningful service through ethical conservation hunting and stewardship.
Through VCH, veterans continue serving by helping protect New Jersey’s fields and forests while building lasting connections outdoors.
Project Gallantly Forward (PGF) offers R&R at a retreat in rural Tennessee to Veterans with their families who are located nationwide, as well as opportunities for local Veterans to connect. Through these programs, PGF provides time and space for Veterans to begin healing while in the company of other Veterans who are on the same path.
Building Bonds BeyondService: Veterans UniteThrough OutdoorsAdventures
We help veterans rebuild connections—to themselves, their families, and their communities—through veteran outdoor adventures, tailored services, programs, and recreational activities.
The Kniestedt Foundation is dedicated to assisting in the healing and empowering of Veterans through outdoor experiences that foster connection with nature, sharpen mental focus, and promote physical activity, while building a strong network of lasting support.
Camaraderie is the medicine. The outdoors is the setting.
The Big South Fork Veteran Hunt is a non-profit organization headquartered in Strunk, Kentucky, near the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Founded in 2017 by Ricky Allen, we provide guided outdoor trips for combat veterans — at no cost, ever.
Our focus is veterans living with PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, and other service-connected disabilities. What happens on these trips is simple and old-fashioned: a truck ride before daylight, a stand overlooking a hollow, a fire, a shared meal, and people who don’t need the story explained to them.
Every trip is guided by volunteers who know this country — the ridges, the river, and the deer that live in it.
Empowering Families Through Adventure and Connection
Building stronger families through meaningful outdoor experiences for Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members, First Responders, Their Families and Civilian Youth.
Family Valor Outdoors was created because the need existed—not because funding existed. For approximately three years before becoming an official nonprofit, Founder Sean Curb personally funded outdoor experiences that impacted approximately 30–35 families. Today, Family Valor Outdoors exists to strengthen families by bringing Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members, First Responders, youth, and their loved ones together through hunting, fishing, camping, and meaningful time outdoors.
Willie A. Belton, a political leader and successful businessman, was awarded the Louisiana Medal of Honor. Belton, a decorated war veteran, was previously awarded the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his military service for our country.
Each year, the family and friends of Willie Belton host an annual deer hunt for Purple heart recipients and other veterans who honorably served our nation.
We integrate tactical outdoor engagement as a strategic tool for mental wellness. By bridging the gap between military discipline and nature, we empower veterans to reclaim their mental health through precision-focused physical activity and community connection.
