Off-Road Therapy for Wounded and Disabled Veterans -Eric Walton

Off-Road Therapy

for Wounded and Disabled Veterans

4 Wheel to Heal (4W2H) is a unique non-profit organization dedicated to serving wounded and disabled veterans of all branches of military service through off-road therapy. Most veterans are used to roughing it and riding/ driving off-road style military vehicles (HMMWVs/MRAP). This familiarity, along with the camaraderie from the off-road community, makes these experiences absolutely one-of-a-kind for these deserving warriors.

Our Mission

Many of the wounded veterans who have returned from combat are not the same as they were before they deployed. Some are missing limbs, some have been shot, others have hearing or sight problems, or are experiencing post-traumatic stress at extreme levels. They also may have been in a hospital for long periods of time, away from friends, family and life.

4 Wheel to Heal takes these veterans out, once they’re healed enough to do so, and gets them outdoors to show them the off-road world. We take veterans to events including four wheeling, rock crawling, mud bogging, off-road racing, shooting and camping. Our mission is to boost morale, introduce warriors to the fantastic off-road community and give them an experience they will never forget.

We want to get their minds off the hospital, off worrying about what’s next, and get them focusing on the fact that life is just as good as it was before their injuries. They can escape the daily grind along with the rest of us, join a family of friends (prior and currently serving) and four-wheel until a smile fills their faces.

Family is the key. The board of 4W2H considers itself a family and that’s how they see all of the warriors we serve and our volunteers. We are introducing these deserving veterans to their new off-road family through these events. The comfort level and sense of place these warriors feel at these events is easily apparent on the faces and easy laughs of the warriors enjoying off-road therapy.

Built to Heal 2020

Nowhere is the idea of 4 Wheel to Heal more prevalent than at the event we host ourselves each year to get warriors out on the trail while raising money for the organization. Last year’s event at Rausch Creek Off Road Park in Pennsylvania saw 54 rigs with eight warriors hit the trails among the fall colors while raising more than $5,000 for the organization!

It’s truly an amazing thing to see these veterans who have overcome so much and face even more challenges revel in amazement at what is possible in off-road vehicles on trails such as Rausch Creek. Hit our events page on the website or Facebook to register for this year’s Built to Heal event.

Find Out More & Support 4W2H

If you are interested in helping our cause, please contact us, visit our website or check out any of our social media channels. We are always looking for motivated volunteers and any donations to help us serve more warriors. Visit our website to join us as a Warrior Guest, check out our board members and current volunteers, and discover more about what we do for these wounded heroes who have given so much to their country.

4 Wheel to Heal is completely volunteer-run and 100% of all donations to the organization go toward supporting warrior events.

Eric Walton

@4WheeltoHeal

4WheeltoHeal

www.4w2h.org