We're Selecting TEN
Injured WI Veteran Riders
to Receive a Harley in 2025's Riding Season!
Hogs For Heroes is a small, Wisconsin-only nonprofit that raises funds to buy Harley-Davidson motorcycles for injured WI Veteran riders whose healing may benefit from returning to the road for what we riders call "wind therapy".
KEY WORD: THERAPY--AND ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
There are many alternative therapies out there for a reason: each of us finds healing outlets in different ways. We're a unique gig, purposefully created by ourselves, to address the unparalleled "therapy" riding offers its enthusiasts. We believe regaining personal freedom, focus and peace on the open road... the pride and joy found in ownership... and the supportive camaraderie of the rider community can provide therapeutic benefit to those Veterans who have enjoyed the passion for riding and now find themselves without means to have a bike in their life. We work to help heal mental and physical wounds, suffered during active duty, using a motorcycle as the tool to change, if not save, lives with the alternative therapy found in riding.
WE GIFT MORE THAN JUST A MOTORCYCLE
Our "gift" is a tool. To be clear, it is NOT an award for service: it is about helping a struggling, possibly at-risk Veteran heal, reconnect and re-engage through motorcycling. If riding is in your blood, we know its roots run deep; and its absence can hamper who you are and how you feel, where you find support and how you live. We reconnect a passion, an identity and a brotherhood; which is why we only seek those WI Veterans with a current motorcycle license and history of riding. Injuries and disabilities can disrupt an entire life, as well as those who surround the Veteran; and our gift's healing ripple effect has been shown to positively impact spouses, children, families, and communities...all because a motorcycle re-enters an injured Veteran's life. Just ask any one of our Recipients about what that bike has done for them.
WE DO WHAT WE CAN WITH YOU AT OUR SIDE
We aim to gift one Harley a year. Never in a million years did our small force think we'd return 50 Veterans back to the road in just over eight years of gifting Harleys. And have you seen the beautiful Harleys our Recipients are selecting? They are gorgeous, pride-inducing beauties that they pick out--some brand new, some barely broken in. With the stunning assistance from our awesome Supporters, we're about to start our ninth year of gifting bikes by changing a few more lives.
WE PLAN TO GIFT TEN MORE BIKES IN 2025
In late April, after reviewing the many applications we receive, our Advisory Board will begin selecting Veterans for our healing tools and stagger their roll out May-July. We'll open a second, shorter application period in May for gifts in the second half of summer. Do yourself a favor and get your applications in early for the chance to be considered for every gifting decision we make.
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT OUR OPPORTUNITY:
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS
Truly, word of mouth is how we've grown to affect more lives. Most Recipients learned about our opportunity because someone took the time to tell them, to encourage them and to support their decisions and actions.
And speaking of support, please consider our nonprofit for your future charitable gifting or fundraising efforts. We direct 100% of your donation straight to buying our next bike.. and nothing else. Scroll down for a sample of fundraising fun this summer and join us when you can! Together we really can create change... One Bike at a Time. One Hero at a Time.
Here we come, 2025...we are back in action!
Kevin & Audra
Craig & Michelle
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