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Project Healing Waters
Discover healing and forge new and lasting bonds through group fly fishing trips.
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Learn to cope with stressors and start your healing through saltwater adventures - fishing, diving, and more.
Learn More Fact SheetWild Warrior Adventure
Enjoy fully funded, multi-day spiritual outdoor adventures in remote, exceptional environments. These trips help participants heal from the invisible wounds of war and the general stress of military service.
Learn More Fact SheetAmerican Heroes Project
Part of Hand in Hand Outdoors, the program provides healing outdoor recreational therapy to disabled combat veterans, their families, and Gold Star families. They strive to mitigate the effects of PTSD and TBI, and reduce the high suicide rates among the veteran community.
Learn More Fact SheetWarrior & Quiet Waters Foundation
The organization aims to help veterans and their loved ones overcome the challenges of military service, transition to civilian life, and discover a renewed sense of purpose, identity, and belonging.
Learn More Fact SheetHeroes on the Water (HOW)
HOW provides recreational wellness experiences for veterans, first responders, and their families. The program offers structured, pressure-free outdoor activities to promote cognitive and emotional healing, reduce stress, manage symptoms of PTSD and TBI, and foster community building and peer support.
Learn More Fact SheetOutward Bound for Veterans
Outward Bound for Veterans provides wilderness expeditions to aid with military-to-civilian transition. Their programs provide personal growth, reduce mental health symptoms, increase life satisfaction, and help participants translate military values into their post-service/civilian lives.
Learn More Fact SheetAdventure Recovery
Adventure Recovery serves the veteran, active service, and first responder community by creating access to positive outdoor adventures that foster lifelong connections and encourage wellness through nature-based guiding, peer mentorship, and therapy.
Learn More Fact SheetHuts for Vets
Huts for Vets offers no-cost wilderness therapy retreats to U.S. veterans and active-duty service members. Their nature-based approach provides unconventional psychological healing that goes beyond traditional therapies.
Learn More Fact SheetNo Barriers Warriors
No Barriers Warriors is a program of No Barriers USA dedicated to supporting U.S. veterans and active-duty service members with disabilities. The organization provides transformative, curriculum-based programs that focus on a holistic approach to address challenges related to transition, post-traumatic stress, and identity loss.
Learn More Fact SheetVeterans Expeditions (VetEx)
Veterans Expeditions is a veteran-led, outdoor-focused, nonprofit organization that enhances the lives of U.S. military veterans by creating high-quality, veteran-run outdoor experiences. They leverage military veteran leadership skills to build a strong community and support network that extends beyond the trips into the veterans' home communities.
Learn More Fact SheetWarrior Expeditions
Warrior Expeditions is a veteran nonprofit outdoor therapy program dedicated to helping combat veterans successfully transition from their wartime experiences. Warrior Expeditions provides veterans with the opportunity to "walk off the war" through long-distance, long-duration outdoor expeditions (3-6 months), which combine intense physical activity, veteran camaraderie, and community interaction.
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