BRAVE Program

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from your friends at BRAVE!

10/30/2025

📣Only 14 spots remaining to attend our event with the Packers for Salute to Service week. This is a free event with lunch included. Register today while you still can!

Register here: https://packers.formstack.com/.../brave_program_veterans...

10/28/2025

💙 Honoring Our Heroes: National First Responders Day ❤️

Today, we pause to recognize the incredible bravery, sacrifice, and dedication of our first responders — the firefighters, police officers, paramedics, EMTs, dispatchers, and all those who rush toward danger when others turn away.

Your courage saves lives.
Your compassion brings hope.
Your commitment keeps our communities safe.

From all of us, thank you for your unwavering service and for standing strong when it matters most. 🚒🚑🚓💙

10/15/2025

BRAVE is proud to announce Part TWO of our collaboration with the Green Bay Packers during their Salute to Service Week in Green Bay!

On Tuesday, November 4th, BRAVE will host a series of educational seminars specially designed for veterans, focusing on topics that deeply impact their lives — including sleep, traumatic brain injury, stress response, and military culture & identity.

Come connect, learn, and explore with us as we continue our mission to support those who’ve served.

Register here: https://packers.formstack.com/forms/brave_program_veterans_seminar

10/13/2025

Happy 250th Birthday to the United States Navy! For two and a half centuries, America’s Sailors have stood watch—protecting our seas, our freedoms, and our nation. Thank you to all who have served, past and present. Fair winds and following seas!

10/12/2025

10/11/2025

What an amazing day!
A huge thank you to the Green Bay Packers for highlighting the BRAVE Program during their Salute to Service Tournament and for the incredibly generous donation! We’re also so grateful to Fleet Farm for their partnership in making this event a success.

We truly couldn’t do what we do without the continued support of our amazing community. Thank you for standing with us!

Out of all the talented teams that hit the field today, the Army National Guard took home the championship win against the Army.

Here are some snapshots from the tournament — featuring the games, our team hard at work with registration, scoring, timekeeping, down markers, and plenty of smiles all around!

10/09/2025

Over the past two days, I have spent time with two amazing organizations that support veterans in IL/WI and across the Country.

On Wednesday, I spent time at the Veterans Path to Hope, Landing Zone. VPH services McHenry, Lake, Winnebago, and the surrounding areas (including a few counties in Southern WI). They offer a food pantry, a peer support program, an employment assistance program, and several initiatives that support individuals experiencing homelessness or those at risk of homelessness. They also have an outdoors program and a gaming program. It was great networking with Jim Dolan, Director of Veteran Outreach, and Wendy Brinkmann, Clinical Outreach Manager for Amen Clinics, Inc.

Yesterday, I had the honor of attending "An Evening With Bob Woodruff," an event of the Bob Woodruff Foundation . It was a great way to meet supporters of the foundation, other veteran organizations, and, of course, Bob and his family. Bob, one of the most famous reporters of the 2000's was covering the war in Iraq when he was struck by shrapnel from a roadside bomb. Bob almost didn't survive the incident, but with the support of great medical staff and his family, he pulled through. He and his family created one of this Country's premier nonprofit organizations, supporting current and former service members and their families, the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

10/06/2025

🎣 Ready to build your own fishing rod? 🎣

On Nov 1, 2025, join us at our Headquarters in Delafield for a Rod Building Class!
✅ Build a 6’6” Medium/Light Action All-Purpose Rod
✅ Only $50 (materials included)
✅ Veterans & First Responders get priority – limited to 12 spots!

🕗 8AM – 4:30PM
📍 W329 S690 Kettle Moraine Drive/Hwy C Delafield, WI

✨ Walk away with a custom rod YOU built. ✨

➡️ Spots are limited — DM us or register today!

https://forms.donorsnap.com/form?id=2964B236-609C-4570-8739-5383884928CF

10/06/2025

09/27/2025

The past few days have been full of amazing outreach opportunities for BRAVE!

✅ Thursday: We attended the Illinois Joining Forces Northern Illinois Regional Summit.
✅ Friday: We were at the 128th Air Refueling Wing’s 3rd Refuel Resilience Su***de Prevention Walk & Resource Fair.
✅ Today: We joined in at VetFest (Joliet, IL).

A huge shout out and THANK YOU to Illinois Joining Forces, the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Joliet Police Department, Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County, Farm 2 Veteran, and the Stone City VFW Post 2199 for all the planning, hard work, and flawless ex*****on of these events. They were absolutely incredible, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to be part of them.

One team. One fight.

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09/19/2025

Today, we honor the heroes who were prisoners of war and those still missing in action. You are not forgotten.