Alaska's Healing Hearts is a national organization offering year-round outdoor recreational opportunities for America’s brave wounded warriors and their families. Rehabilitation activities include fishing, skiing, rodeo, The Island of Hope and Healing, and various other outdoor pursuits. We work to provide new and challenging options and experiences in an effort to contribute to the social reintegration necessary for our nation’s heroes.

We strive to reach beyond the clinical rehabilitation offered to injured military personnel and provide hope for warriors to continue to live active and productive lives. 

Alaska’s Healing Hearts witness first-hand how our various programs and events genuinely help bolster confidence and self-esteem.  Our goal is to continue to provide opportunities to discover the new normal for every Warrior and their loved ones.

Why We Are Inclusive  

Veterans Expeditions believes there is strength in diversity, and as an organization it is our mission to provide a welcome space to all who served. We support and inspire all our leaders to embrace diversity and provide equal opportunity to people of all races, ethnicities, religions, gender identities, and sexual orientations.

Our Mission

Empower veterans to overcome challenges associated with military service through outdoor training and leadership.

Our Goals

Create an outdoor community that builds trust, comradeship, and support networks among veterans during trips and in their home communities. Create opportunities for employment in the outdoor industry and related fields. Improve the veteran’s quality of life. 

Our Vision

An outdoor community fully committed to one another and leveraging veteran leadership skills that reconnects service members to one another, the land they fought for, and outdoor employment opportunities.

The Travis Mills Foundation supports post-911 recalibrated veterans and their families through various programs that help these heroic men and women overcome physical and emotional obstacles, strengthen their families, and provide well-deserved rest and relaxation.

We support these veterans through our nationally recognized retreat located in the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine. Veteran families who have been injured in active duty or as a result of their service to our nation receive an all-inclusive, all-expenses-paid, barrier-free experience in Maine where they participate in adaptive activities, bond with other veteran families, and enjoy much-needed rest and relaxation in Maine’s outdoors. 

Project New Hope Inc. Non-Profit Veterans Organization has an office in Worcester and Westfield, Mass. Both of our locations have a Food pantry that are an essential community service to our Active-duty, National Guard, Reservists, and honorably discharged Veterans and their family.

Retreat are offered at various locations in Connecticut, Massachusetts  & New England

Lodging, meals, and activities are provided to participants at no cost. A registration fee of $50 will be refunded one week after the completion of the retreat. You must arrange for your own transportation.

Please send questions
to smwilder@projectnewhopema.org or call (508) 762-9738

Here’s the bottom line up front: Clear Path has had veterans’ backs since 2011, thanks to the dedication of US Air Force veteran Dr. Steve Kinne and the incredible sisters Melissa Spicer and Melinda Sorrentino.

We get it. Every veteran’s path is one of a kind, with its own share of hurdles. We’re here to enhance lives, confront challenges head-on, and open doors for personal growth, healing, and connections—all tailored to fit each veteran’s unique journey.

Here’s the bottom line up front: Clear Path has had veterans’ backs since 2011, thanks to the dedication of US Air Force veteran Dr. Steve Kinne and the incredible sisters Melissa Spicer and Melinda Sorrentino.

We get it. Every veteran’s path is one of a kind, with its own share of hurdles. We’re here to enhance lives, confront challenges head-on, and open doors for personal growth, healing, and connections—all tailored to fit each veteran’s unique journey.

Soldiers Freedom Outdoors is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 2011 and became a public charity in 2014. 

Soldiers Freedom Outdoors is dedicated to serving our active-duty and service veterans.  In 11 years of service, SFO has provided eco therapy (nature therapy) to hundreds of soldiers, regardless of gender, service branch or length of service.

Since our inception, we have helped change the lives of many suffering from post-traumatic stress and re-connected them with the healing power of Nature. Some of our heroes have said our program saved their lives… powerful testimonies like that make us work harder than ever to meet our soldier’s needs, and gives us confidence we are making a difference.

There is no charge for our retreats.

Veterans Events

Veterans are welcome to any of our year-round adaptive sports.  We also host several multi-day and single-day adaptive events for servicemen and servicewomen with disabilities.  These events promote rehabilitation by instructing Veterans with physical and psychological needs in adaptive alpine skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, hand cycling, and other adaptive activities and sports. 

What you can expect

As with any NEHSA experience, priorities are safety, fun, and learning. Our year round programming features, adaptive skiing and adaptive snowboarding in the winter months, adaptive paddle sports and adaptive hiking in the summer and fall. We meet our athletes wherever they are in ability – you can be confident your experience will be amazing.

Retreats for Veterans and their Partners.

Established in 2009, the National Veterans Wellness and Healing Center was designed to assist with the healing of our Nations Veterans and their partners who are struggling with Post Traumatic Stress, Military Sexual Trauma, and Moral Wounding.

The natural setting of northeastern New Mexico is the perfect location to bring participants to experience optimal healing. The Veterans and their partners will encounter a week of comradery with their brothers and sisters, as well as a staff of extraordinary therapists and alternative therapy practitioners. These retreats are only possible with the help from our generous donors and grant funding.

At Homeward Bound Adirondacks, we recognize the profound healing power of nature and its ability to rejuvenate both the mind and body. Our three-day weekend nature retreats are carefully curated to provide veterans with a holistic escape from the rigors and stresses of daily life.

Nestled amidst the serene backdrop of the great outdoors, these retreats offer a multisensory experience. The daily nature activities are more than just physical exercises; they are avenues for reflection, meditation, and connection. Hiking through trails allows veterans to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of the forest, fostering a sense of oneness with the environment. Kayaking and fishing, on the other hand, bring a calming rhythm, where the gentle sway of water and the patience of awaiting a catch serve as metaphors for life’s ebb and flow. The practice of forest bathing, inspired by the Japanese tradition of ‘Shinrin-Yoku’, encourages deep immersion into the forest atmosphere, a therapeutic technique proven to reduce stress and improve feelings of well-being. Sound journeys complement this by using evocative soundscapes to guide participants through a reflective and often transformative mental voyage.

Whirlwind Veterans and Warrior Retreat, Inc is a 501c3 non-profit organization with an all-volunteer team. 100% of all proceeds from donations go towards the continued growth and development of the Retreat in an effort to continue supporting all military members and veterans.

AGRICULTURAL THERAPY

WVWR is a resiliency agricultural program established by veterans and for veterans of all military branches. We can no longer turn a blind eye to the alarming rates of veteran suicide, depression, divorce, homelessness, and substance abuse. By providing resources through farming, raising animals, fishing, trails, gardening, horseback riding, beekeeping, and fostering master resiliency techniques we seek to provide veterans and their families with the tools necessary to live their best life!

Our mission is to provide alternative therapy programs for U.S. Military veterans and their families struggling with emotional challenges such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety, Depression, Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Our services, include, but are not limited to, utilizing  equine therapy, horticulture therapy, woodworking, fly tying & fishing, beekeeping, recreational exercise, agri-therapy and career coaching. Our ultimate goal is to help our veterans become successful civilians who feel they serve a purpose after returning from their time spent on the battlefield.

The Starfish Foundation was founded in 1998 as the Starfish Center in Madison, Wisconsin with the mission of promoting individual empowerment, wholeness and personal growth in a safe, inclusive community.

Today, the Foundation is located in Milwaukee, WI and continues to help trauma survivors find healing and support. 

The program offers transformative Healing Warrior Hearts retreats for veterans, facilitating emotional healing. We provide these retreats and other veterans' programs, at no cost to the veterans, by securing funding through donations, grants, and other resources.

We also offer scholarships for the Taking It Lightly and Renewal programs for trauma survivors, ensuring accessibility for all individuals seeking emotional healing and trauma recovery.

The Starfish Foundation was founded in 1998 as the Starfish Center in Madison, Wisconsin with the mission of promoting individual empowerment, wholeness and personal growth in a safe, inclusive community.

Today, the Foundation is located in Milwaukee, WI and continues to help trauma survivors find healing and support. 

The program offers transformative Healing Warrior Hearts retreats for veterans, facilitating emotional healing. We provide these retreats and other veterans' programs, at no cost to the veterans, by securing funding through donations, grants, and other resources.

We also offer scholarships for the Taking It Lightly and Renewal programs for trauma survivors, ensuring accessibility for all individuals seeking emotional healing and trauma recovery.