I wanted to take a second to introduce 4 Wheel to Heal on the Military Jeepers forum.
My name is J.P. (John Purser) and I am one of the 4 military members who Co-Founded this Non-Profit Organization. We are located in MD and VA and are a small growing organization. We initially started as 4 Wheel Enthusiasts whose goal if and when we got big enough was to give back to Wounded Veterans. We looked at going in a couple of different directions with this cause and recently decided to start our own Organization.
4 Wheel to Heal is dedicated to taking Wounded Warriors / Veterans from all branches of service to off-roading events. These events involve four wheeling, rock crawling, mud bogging, and camping. Our mission is to boost moral for these veterans and give them an experience they will never forget.
We also work closely with Operation Ward 57 a Non-Profit Org dedicated to helping inpatient Warriors with their recovery. If you are unfamiliar with Op Ward 57 I would highly suggest checking them out!
With 4 Wheel to Heal we have come up with T-Shirts and stickers. The proceeds from our Merchandise go to our events for Wounded Veterans We also donate 10% of our merchandise sales to Operation Ward 57.
We just launched our website on February 15th and are now able to take donations!
Please check out our new merchandise we just launch today May 1st 2012. We have an updated "Superman" T-Shirt in O.D. Green with our Official Emblem. New colors on the Girls Tanks, Dark Pink, and O.D.Green. Lastly our Official emblem stickers! All can be purchased at www.4wheeltoheal.org or www.4w2h.org Thank you for the support!
Big Dogs "Ice Breaker" Event April 28th-29th, 2011
Big Dogs Ice Breakers was an awesome event for 4 Wheel to Heal. We had a Wounded Marine Warrior out on the trails with us! He had a blast and was such a good sport the entire event! Weather wasn't very cooperative but with merchandise sales we were able to raide $1100.00!!! Thank you so much for your support for those who came out! Here are the pics!
4 Wheel to Heal has been crazy busy lately! A few events under our belt and some new merchandise getting set up and on the way! Also we signed our first partnership with a company called Race Ramps. This new product is pretty cool! Check out the pics below with my rig up on the Race Rocks! If your interested please contact myself and be sure to use our Promo Code 4W2H! They will donate 10% of the purchase to our organization! So check them out!
It has been a crazy busy two months since our last post. I have a ton to update but will post some more Supporters pics! Then I'll get all the pictures put up from Big Dogs Srping Fling! Thank you everyone for your support!
I should be able to get most of the pictures from Big Dogs Spring Fling up tonight but here is a Video of me and the Wounded Warrior John Patterson that we brought out to the event.
We headed up Thursday afternoon (June 7, 2012) to the Cove Camp Ground. We had planned on 3 Warriors with us. John, Bobby, and John Patterson were the Warriors set to come with us. John and Bobby weren't able to make it at the last minute. Bummer! We lightly wheeled on Friday and then John Patterson arrived Friday night just before the Mudbogs. We went to the Mudbogs and this is where stuff went crazy for 4W2H!
We went to the Mudbogs and this is where stuff went crazy for 4W2H! Mudbogs - A Retired Lt Col named Greg Bennett stepped up and offered a $500 donation in the name of the individual who won best in show for the night to go to 4W2H! Shortly after that a company made up of a few EOD guys named Frag Out Armor stepped up and matched the donation! Greg then stepped up from $500 to $600! Not too many people attempted the mudholes but the guys from Frag Out Armor offered to let John Patterson make a run at it in their Open, Open Cherokee. Nathan, and John Patterson climbed into the vehicle and made one of the best runs we have seen at the mudhole! John Patterson ended up getting best in show and donated the winnings of the mudhole to 4W2H. So before we had even started day 2 we already had a $1500 donation! Thank you Lt Col Bennett and all you guys at Frag Out Armor!!
Friday Night Run - We decided to go out wheeling and made a night run of Quarum. I took John Patterson in my rig, the Tank Killer, and we had a solid ride down the trail. We had to stop to fix a flat on Matts Toyota half way down but it just made for a good Big Dogs Wheeling Story!
Saturday - We set up the table at the morning drivers meeting and got the word out. We then went to wheel and Nathans Cherokee was broke. He stayed behind and worked on that for the rest of the day. We went and rode Camp 8 in the morning with John Patterson riding shotgun.
Then we proceeded to head up to Pinnacle. At the bottom of Pinnacle my rig overheated and needed some TLC to get her motivated to take the long trip to the top. At the top we were able show John Patterson the view and take some pictures. Coming back down from Pinnacle I ran out of gas. After an hour the guys were able to bring me some and then we diagnosed I had an ignition issue. We called it a day and I went and set the merchandise tent up and the rig on the Race Ramps.
That night at the bonfire we raised another $100 donation! John Patterson also got to climb the Rock Pile in MadMatz new Rock Buggy which was pretty awesome! All in all it was a great weekend! We raised a total of around $2400. That's a record for the books and will definitely help get more wounded veterans out on the trails with us!”
We also want to thank our volunteers Michael Meade and Eric Nault; both are active duty security forces out of Andrews Air Force Base. They were a great help! After a quick recovery we’ll be ready to hit up our next event at the PA All Breeds Jeep Show!
PA All Breeds Jeep show was a blast. It was fun driving in the rain up to one of Pennsylvania's premier summer Jeep expos in York PA. We had a late night preparing for a early morning arrival to smiling faces and Jeepers from all over New England. Many vendors were present and Nate was able to reach out during breaks to spread our word. We collected $151 in donations with 4W2Hs new donation box. We also raised over $1100 in merchandise sales. Customers raved about our bracelets and due to limited sizes we may have sold twice as many. So many people came to visit our tent even in the rain! Many praised our mission and because John Patterson (A new Country Boy Crawler and wounded veteran) was in attendance they were able to thank him for his service. Many strides were made with Rausch Creek's owners and other business owners. We even paid a visit to John Hunt from Big Dogs Offroad (A strong 4W2H supporter). In less than 7 hours with help from Adam Ramos, Brady Belote, and John Patterson we raised almost $1300 in total contributions. That's amazing! Thank you to everyone that came out to say hello hopefully we'll see you on the trails!
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