Patriot K9 Command
Veteran OutreachTransition support shaped around practical skills, canine development, homestead systems, and long-term structure.
Haptic Nation Veteran Outreach · Supported by Patriot K9 Command
Connection. Recreation. Opportunity.
Help us give veterans more than a weekend away. We are planning a multi-day experience in Hocking Hills, Ohio that brings veterans together outdoors and connects them with practical classes, resources and tools they can use long after they return home.
Planning target: April 2028. Exact dates, bookings and attendee selection remain to be confirmed; registration is not open. Classes and resource kits are planning goals, subject to team approval and available support.
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
What we are building
Hiking, fishing, outdoor recreation, group meals, cookouts, veteran fellowship and team-building create room for friendships and conversations. Hocking Hills offers a relaxed setting where veterans can connect outside offices and formal programs.
Educational workshops, career and trade discussions, resource sessions and personal development will help participants discover opportunities. Our goal is for veterans to return with new knowledge, useful equipment and connections that support their next step.
Practical learning
These are proposed workshop topics. The veteran outreach team will vote on which classes fit the trip before the schedule is finalized. Each approved workshop will have a designated instructor, organizer or subject-matter resource.
Tools for the next chapter
Our ideal Veteran Resource Kit includes a laptop and a personal fishing setup for every participating veteran. These are goals we are asking sponsors to help make possible; equipment and quantities are not yet guaranteed.
Laptop resource package
Fishing kit
We want veterans to leave with their own fishing rod, reel, tackle and basic starter equipment. A personal setup gives them a way to keep enjoying the outdoors after the trip, instead of only borrowing gear for the weekend.
Equipment suitability and the final kit contents will be coordinated with our team.
Sponsor a Fishing KitSponsorship opportunities
Businesses, organizations and individuals can support a specific outcome or the overall adventure. Package amounts will be finalized with the approved budget; contact us to discuss a contribution that fits.
Help cover the overall cost for one veteran participating in the trip.
Target amount: to be finalized
Discuss Veteran Adventure SponsorHelp provide a laptop loaded with organized resources a veteran can use at home.
Target amount: to be finalized
Discuss Veteran Laptop SponsorSupport a take-home fishing rod, reel, tackle and starter equipment.
Target amount: to be finalized
Discuss Veteran Fishing Kit SponsorHelp provide a group meal and time for veterans to connect.
Target amount: to be finalized
Discuss Meal SponsorHelp cover materials and resources for an approved educational session.
Target amount: to be finalized
Discuss Workshop SponsorSupport multiple parts of the adventure as a business or organization.
Target amount: to be finalized
Discuss Trip PartnerWhat 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 TeamIn-kind donations
Financial sponsorship is one way to participate. We also welcome donated goods, professional services, equipment and gift cards that directly support participating veterans. Please coordinate with our team before delivering items.
Transparency
Sponsorship may help cover lodging, meals, veteran airfare, transportation and fuel, activities, laptops, fishing equipment, veteran resource kits, educational and workshop materials, outdoor and safety equipment, and event shirts. Funds and resources will be used toward approved Hocking Hills expenses and resources for participating veterans.
Our team discusses needs, votes on program priorities and maintains project records. Cash received, commitments, donated goods and actual spending are tracked separately so sponsors can understand what their support accomplished.
Sponsor uses and recognition are agreed individually. Potential recognition includes an agreed business name or logo listing, thank-you posts, consent-based photos or stories, and a post-event impact summary.
The proposed stay also includes team review and personal/family time after veteran departures. Direct veteran delivery, necessary team support and personal/family costs must be allocated separately. Sponsor support is used only for agreed purposes; the plan does not authorize funding family leisure.
Haptic Nation Veteran Outreach is continuing to develop its organizational structure. We do not represent current sponsorship payments or contributions as tax-deductible.
Our larger mission
Haptic Nation Veteran Outreach is developing practical programs, activities, resources and opportunities for veterans. Supported by Patriot K9 Command, this adventure is one part of a broader effort to create connection, skills and purpose after service.
Practical skills and exposure to trades, alongside our longer-term trade school vision.
Meaningful activities, friendships and opportunities to meet other veterans.
Hiking, fishing, camping and shared experiences that bring people together.
A planned local veteran skateboarding community and potential future skate opportunities.
Connections to information, people, businesses and organizations that can help veterans move forward.
Opportunities to work together for veterans and the surrounding community.
Build it with us
A successful trip continues after everyone leaves Hocking Hills. Help veterans return with friendships, knowledge, useful resources, equipment and connections that may create their next opportunity.
Email jreese@hapticvets.com · Call or text (813) 299-6905. Text preferred for first contact; please leave a voicemail if calling.
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