Patriot K9 Command
Veteran OutreachTransition support shaped around practical skills, canine development, homestead systems, and long-term structure.
Annual Veteran Adventures · Planned
Our first planned adventure trip brings veterans together through time outdoors, shared experiences, practical learning and community. Our goal is for veterans to return home with new connections, useful resources and tools that support their next opportunity.
Planning target: April 2028 · Hocking Hills, Ohio. Exact dates, lodging, activities and attendee selection are not confirmed. Registration is not open. These are working estimates, not booked services or a statement of funds raised.
4
Planned fly-in veteran places
~15
People at a time, including the support team
$20,000
Working planning ceiling
Building the mission together
The existing $20,000 working planning ceiling is preliminary; the final fundraising goal and reconciled totals have not been published. Pending values are not zero. Commitments are distinguished from received funds in project records; donated goods are tracked separately.
With thanks to: Frontline Chimney — committed to covering food for the trip
Explore our sponsor page for proposed classes, laptop resource kits, fishing kits, funding progress and ways your business can help.
Sponsor the Hocking Hills Veteran AdventureThe Mission
We want veterans to have opportunities to meet, spend time outdoors, and build connections through shared adventures. This trip effort sits alongside our broader Veteran Outreach vision: planned trade school pathways, canine development, homestead systems, and long-term purpose after service.
The Proposed Experience
The goal is a sponsor-supported experience centered on camaraderie, outdoor activities, practical classes, resource sessions and time together. Veterans will have opportunities to explore benefits, employment, financial skills, trades and technology, with final classes selected by team vote. The plan includes airfare for four selected veterans and additional local veteran attendees. The approximately 15-person group includes the support team; it is not a promise of 15 veteran places. Activities remain subject to pricing, availability, safety and accessibility review.
The core team prepares the lodge, meals and supplies, coordinates instructors and approved class materials, and organizes laptop resources and fishing equipment as available. Transportation, emergency information and the final schedule are checked before veterans arrive.
Four fly-in veterans arrive through Cleveland with designated pickup, alongside local attendees. The proposed day combines the Wreck-It / Rage Room experience, travel to Hocking Hills, dinner and introductions with an orientation to available veteran resources and the planned classes.
The proposed schedule makes room for educational workshops and hands-on resource sessions alongside trails, caves, waterfalls and fishing. Potential classes cover benefits, employment and resumes, budgeting, trades, technology, outdoor skills and first aid. Final classes, instructors and timing will be voted on and confirmed. Optional paintball remains subject to budget, timing and suitability.
Alongside a proposed zipline adventure and final meal, the plan includes reviewing what veterans learned, sharing follow-up contacts and helping participants use their take-home resources. Our goal is for each veteran to leave with a resource-loaded laptop and a personal fishing kit, subject to sponsorship and availability. Veteran departures and airport transportation follow.
After veteran attendees depart, the proposed remaining lodge stay includes team review, veteran feedback, cost and sponsor reporting, future planning and personal/family time. Local core-team families may join. This portion is separate from the veteran activity days.
This is a proposed program layout, not a finalized class timetable. The team will vote on the classes and assign someone to organize or teach each approved session. Recreation, learning and take-home resources are all part of the trip’s purpose.
Connection. Recreation. Opportunity.
Proposed topics include veteran benefits, employment and resumes, budgeting, business, trades and apprenticeships, technology, outdoor skills, first aid and personal development. The team will vote on the final classes and assign an instructor, organizer or subject-matter resource to each approved workshop.
We want each participating veteran to leave with a laptop containing veteran-service links, employment and resume resources, trade and education information, budgeting tools, workshop materials and outreach contacts.
Our goal is a personal rod, reel, tackle and starter equipment for each participating veteran so they can continue enjoying the outdoors after the trip.
Classes, equipment and quantities remain subject to team approval and available support. Resource kits are goals, not guaranteed items. Kit costs must be confirmed within the final budget.
Explore Classes, Kits and Sponsorship OptionsWorking Costs
These preliminary estimates come from the Outreach event outline. The target is a ceiling, not a requirement to spend the full amount. Current quotes, taxes, insurance, transportation and the final lodging duration must be checked before commitments. Laptop kits, fishing kits and workshop costs are now listed below as pending estimates; they have not yet been priced into the original cost subtotal.
Frontline Chimney is confirmed as our food sponsor and has committed to covering food for the trip. The food estimate below remains part of the preliminary cost plan; the commitment’s dollar value and payment or delivery details have not yet been reconciled into funding totals.
| Category | Estimate | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Lodging | $6,200 | Proposed seven-night lodge stay; duration to be confirmed |
| Food | Up to $6,000 | Three dinners out up to $1,000 each; approximately $3,000 for lodge meals, snacks and non-alcoholic drinks |
| Veteran airfare | $2,400 | Four round-trip flights at approximately $600 each |
| Zipline | $1,700 | Group activity estimate |
| Event shirts | $700 | Event apparel |
| Fuel / local transport | $500 | Personal vehicles, airport pickup and activity travel |
| Wreck-It Room | $350 | Arrival-day group activity |
| Laptop resource kits | To be priced | Goal: one laptop per participating veteran with organized benefits, employment, education, budgeting and workshop resources; quantity, equipment, preparation and donated units to be confirmed |
| Fishing kits | To be priced | Goal: one rod, reel, tackle and starter kit per participating veteran; final quantity, kit contents and donated equipment to be confirmed |
| Classes / workshop materials | To be priced | Materials, instructional support and supplies for classes selected by team vote; instructors and costs to be confirmed |
| Priced items subtotal | $17,850 | Excludes unpriced laptop kits, fishing kits and workshops; not an expenditure report |
| Unallocated headroom before unpriced needs | $2,150 | Not confirmed coverage for kits or classes. Reconcile these priorities, optional activities and contingency before approving the final budget. |
| Complete program cost | Pending | Finalize quantities, quotes and in-kind support for resource kits and approved classes |
| Working ceiling | $20,000 | Final spending requires separate approval |
Sponsorship
Discuss supporting a veteran’s trip, lodging, airfare, activities, a laptop resource kit, a fishing kit, an approved workshop, apparel or transportation. Frontline Chimney has committed to covering food. Donated goods and services can reduce cash needs; additional support and recognition are coordinated individually.
Potential recognition includes an agreed business name or logo listing, event materials, consent-based photos or stories, and a post-event thank-you and impact summary. Sponsor reporting will distinguish plans, approved decisions, actual finances and progress.
The full proposed stay includes Days 5–7 team review and personal/family time. Direct veteran costs, necessary team support and personal/family costs must be allocated separately. Sponsor funds are used only for agreed purposes; this plan does not authorize sponsors to fund family leisure. Cash and in-kind contributions are recorded separately. No tax-deductibility claim is made.
View Sponsor Opportunities and Contact Our TeamWhat sponsors receive
Your support helps veterans, and we want the community to know who helped make it possible. We will coordinate recognition and sponsor access with you when your sponsorship is confirmed.
Sponsors can receive a business name or logo listing and a link to their website on our Hocking Hills sponsor page and participating websites we manage. We will agree on the sites and placement with each sponsor.
No website yet? We can recognize your business now and add its link after launch. Frontline Chimney’s website link is planned when its site goes live in 2027. Future business sites, including a planned construction-business website, can be added to the participating website network as they launch.
Sponsor names or logos can be included on the Hocking Hills T-shirts our team wears during the event, recognizing the businesses that helped make the adventure possible.
Artwork, placement and the print deadline will be coordinated before production. Confirm your sponsorship and provide your approved name or logo in time for the shirt design.
Confirmed sponsors can join our designated sponsor area in Discord to follow trip updates, funding transparency, planning discussions and votes shared with sponsors, and connect with our outreach team.
The team will arrange your invitation and sponsor role. Participation in votes follows the permissions and rules for each vote; sponsor access does not automatically grant board voting rights or access to private veteran records.
We also plan sponsor thank-yous and a post-event impact summary showing what support helped provide. Any shared veteran photos or stories require consent. Recognition applies to agreed financial and in-kind sponsorships.
Discuss Sponsor Benefits With Our TeamTaking Part
Applications or nominations, eligibility, accessibility needs, travel coordination, emergency contacts and activity expectations will be established before registration opens. The current plan is four selected fly-in veterans plus local attendees. Membership does not guarantee a place. Please keep personal, medical and service records out of public channels.
Ask About ParticipationMerchandise With a Mission
100% of net profits from Patriot K9 merchandise will help fund our annual veteran adventure trips, beginning with Mission Hocking Hills. Net profits are what remains after production, payment fees, and other merchandise-related costs.
Shop to Support Veteran AdventuresTrip Updates
This page reflects the saved Outreach event outline and October 9 board vote packet, reviewed October 12, 2026. The latest verified October 10 tally was five Yes votes for trip scope and six Yes votes each for the budget, cost allocation, membership policy and sponsor reporting. The polls were scheduled to close October 16; these tallies are not certified final decisions. Live vote changes have not yet been rechecked. We will publish confirmed dates, approved results and reconciled funding updates as they become available.
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