Date: June 8-9, 2018

Location: North Side Sportsmen’s Association in Warrendale, PA

Heroes Attended: 11

WHHC Guides: Christopher Rupp and Adam ​Hofmeister

Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp hosted the 7th Annual Trap Shoot for Heroes this weekend. We had 11 WHHC alumni in attendance and were able to raise funds to support our upcoming outdoor adventures. A pre-event dinner was held on Friday evening at the North Side Sportsmen's Association for our Heroes who drove in to Pittsburgh with pizza provided by Monte Cello’s restaurant for all of our Heroes and volunteers. On Saturday, we kicked off our 7th Annual Trap Shoot for Heroes.  We had 133 shooters come out and participate this year, far exceeding the number of supporters we have had attend in the past.  Before the event started, we held a moment of silence for our brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.  We were proud to display the 3 Remembering the Brave memorial displays, honoring Lance Corporal Gregory Rund, Sergeant Joseph Caskey, and Lance Corporal Kyle Burns.  Thank you to all of our supporters, volunteers, and the North Side Sportsmen's Association. Another big thanks to Monte Cello's Italian Restaurant for the great food provided to everyone in attendance and to Brews Brothers Six-Pack Emporium for donating cold beer for our Heroes to enjoy after shooting concluded! This was a truly remarkable event that raised over $21,000 to support upcoming outdoor adventures for our Wounded Heroes this fall. 

Date: May 25, 2018 

Location: Hollidaysburg, PA

Heroes Attended: 1

WHHC Guide: Tommy Belinda

Outcome: Every year we look forward to sending our Heroes to the T. B. Wilderness Lodge for an exciting hunt.  After having a couple last minute cancellations, we were able to send one Hero up for a great, relaxing time on the mountain.  Tommy was able to get our Hero on some birds, but none came in close enough.  A big thank you to our friends at the T. B. Wilderness Lodge!

Date: April 27-29, 2018 

Location: Harrington, DE

Heroes Attended: 3

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: The WHHC wrapped up another successful fundraiser at the 2nd Annual Delmarva Outdoor Expo. We would like to send a special thanks to Wilson's Auction for their generous donation and thank you to Rich King for the opportunity to be part of another successful event.

Date: April 2527, 2018 

Location: Port Clinton, OH

Heroes Attended: 4

WHHC Guide: ​George Bayer

Outcome: Our Heroes joined J.T. Charters in Port Clinton, OH for the 2nd Annual Warriors Wangling Walleye Tournament.  Our Heroes ended up coming in 4th place after a couple great days spent on the water!

Location: Mill Creek, IL

Heroes Attended: 2

WHHC Guide: Tommy Belinda

​ Outcome: Our friends from Illinois host a fishing tournament to raise funds for the WHHC.  To top off the event, two Heroes were able to join in on the fun and fish for bass. 

Location: Centreville, MD

Heroes Attended: 3

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: Chris and the WHHC tagged up with Josh from Wye East Outfitters for one last opportunity at a snow goose hunt.  It was a tough hunt getting the geese to decoy, but the Heroes had a great time together. 

Location: Slaughter Beach, DE

Heroes Attended: 5

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: ​The WHHC sent 5 Heroes on another hunt with Josh from Wye East Outfitters.  Josh got our Heroes on some snow geese and everyone had a blast!

Location: Easton, MD

Heroes Attended: 6

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: The WHHC had the opportunity to send 6 combat vets to hunt with 8-time World Goose Calling Champion, International Goose Calling Champion of Champions, Maryland State Goose and Duck Calling Champion, and Avery International Goose Calling Champion Josh Neuwiller on the beautiful Eastern Shore of Maryland this past weekend. Thanks again to Josh and Wye East Outfitters for getting our Heroes on some Canadian Geese! 

Date: December 13-15, 2017 

Location: Alpine Hunting & Fishing Club & Gobbler's Knob Hunting Preserve

Heroes Attended: 6

WHHC Guide: Adam ​Hofmeister

Outcome: Our Heroes were greeted at the Alpine Club for a delightful Welcome Dinner.  The next two days, the Heroes enjoyed an action packed pheasant hunt.  As tradition would have it, the Heroes would hunt snow covered fields.  The first hunt occurred at the Alpine Hunting & Fishing Club and then for the second hunt, the Heroes headed up to Gobbler's Knob Hunting Preserve.  

Date: December 7-11, 2017

Location: Casey, IL 

Heroes Attended: 2

WHHC Guide: Tommy Belinda

Outcome: Every year we look forward to the opportunity to send our Heroes on a trophy whitetail hunt in IL with our friends from the T. B. Wilderness Lodge.  This year we were thrilled to find out that both Heroes harvested nice bucks.  A big thank you to the crew out in Illinois that works hard to make this event possible each year!

Date: December 9, 2017

Location: Philadelphia, PA 

Heroes Attended: 1

WHHC Guide: Jeremy Harbaugh

Outcome: WHHC Hero Brandon Thomas and WHHC founder Jeremy Harbaugh attended the Army vs. Navy football together.  This would be Brandon's last time as an Active Duty Soldier watching the game.  Brandon is a USMA graduate and Jeremy is a USNA graduate.  While snow poured down the entire evening into the night, the two teams fought hard.  As the clock ran out, Army came out on top for their first win in this match up since 1996.  

Date: December 3-6, 2017

Location: Hollidaysburg, PA 

Heroes Attended: 2

WHHC Guide: Brandon Thomas

Outcome: Both Heroes had a great hunt and were surrounded by friends and family of the WHHC for this 3 day hunt. Thank you to everyone at T.B. Wilderness for making this hunt happen year after year.

Location:  Dover, DE

Outcome: Location:  WHHC Guide Chris Rupp surprise Timothy Horne with the Award of Patriotism today. Tim's support helped WHHC complete its missions at the Dover International Speedway during the 2017 NASCAR season.

Date: November 16-18

Location: Hartley, DE

Heroes Attended: 4

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp held its first Delaware shotgun whitetail deer hunt in Hartly, Delaware The Heroes were welcomed to Delaware at the meet and greet dinner at Mission BBQ with many supporters in attendance.  The Heroes had a great time hunting and making memories in the deer camp.  One Hero even harvested a buck!  Thank you to everyone for making this a successful event!

Date: October 28-30, 2017 

Location: Humptulips, WA

Heroes Attended: 6 

WHHC Guides: Matt Houston
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Outcome: Our Heroes enjoyed a 3 day Fall King and Coho Salmon float trip. They had a great time floating with Todd Logan from Adaptive Excursions on their custom handicap accessible Willie drift boat as well as fishing with Ryan from Got your 6 Fishing. The WHHC would like to thank both Todd and Ryan for donating this 3 day trip and for all the hard work they put in to show the Heroes a great time and for allowing the Heroes to bring a loved one to share the experience with.

Date: October 29-30, 2017 

Location: Kent Island, MD

Heroes Attended: 6 

WHHC Guides: ​Christopher Rupp
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Outcome: Our Heroes arrived in Kent Island looking forward to an exciting fishing trip.  The weather would not work in our favor and Captain Mike from the Southern Belle Charters would have to cancel the fishing.  The Heroes were able to still meet up and enjoy a nice dinner together. 

Location: Dover International Speedway in Dover, DE

Heroes Attended: 8

WHHC Guide: Chris Rupp
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Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp was invited back to the track for the Dover International Speedway's fall NASCAR race—the Apache Warrior 400. Our wounded combat veterans and their families enjoyed a great day of racing. We would like to give a special thank you  to Timothy Horne, Senior Vice President of Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, for your continuous support!

The WHHC also received the opportunity to set up a booth outside the race track located in the in the USO Delaware Military Appreciation Zone. We were able to meet new Heroes and find new WHHC supporters. The WHHC would like to also thank John Forester and Scott Perry for displaying their patriotic Mustangs at our booth.

Location: Dover Dover, DE

Heroes Attended: 4

WHHC Guide: Chris Rupp
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Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp held its 1st Annual Car Show hosted by PepBoys Speed Shop in Dover, DE on Sunday, September 17th. We would like to give a big thank you to all that donated or helped make this event a success.

Location: Chinook, MT

Heroes Attended: 2

WHHC Guide: Paul Culley 
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Outcome: WHHC sent two Heroes out for a week long Antelope hunt in Montana. This hunt was hosted at the Dream Ranch by our long time supporters, the Tallman family. We would like to congratulate Heroes Ramiro Flores Jr. and Travis Rupert who have successfully filled their 2017 Antelope tags. They both have expressed that this was a trip of a lifetime and wanted to send a special thank you to everyone that made their hunt possible. We would like to thank the Tallman family for their continued support as well as Toby Werk and WHHC BOD Paul Culley for guiding our Heroes this week. 

Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp sold 1,000 raffle tickets for this gorgeous original oil painting by artist Raymond Agius.  We are excited to announce the grand prize winner of raffle ticket #989, Joe Wadlow of Sewickley, PA.  Joe is a Vietnam Veteran who served in the Marine Corps infantry.  He was selected as the 2016 Western PA Veteran of the Year.  Congratulations to Joe on winning the Freedom Tower painting.  

Prints of this painting are available for purchase in our store if anyone is interested.  A special thank you to artist Raymond Agius for painting this artwork for the WHHC, Board of Directors Jeff Kelley & Dave Bechtol for leading the effort on this fundraiser, and to all of our supporters who purchased raffle tickets and helped make this fundraiser a success!

Location:  McCandless, PA

Volunteers:  The Bayer Family

Outcome: The Bayer family volunteered to set up this wonderful booth at the 17th Annual McCandless Community Day celebration.  They were able to raise awareness for our cause within the local community as well as raise funds to support future WHHC Outdoor Adventures.  A big thank you for your support!

Location: Dover, DE

Heroes Attended: 2

WHHC Guides: Chris Rupp
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Outcome: This year's show at Dover AFB celebrate its 75th Anniversary, the U.S. Air Force’s 70th Anniversary, and the City of Dover’s 300th Anniversary! The show offered many historical planes and vehicles on the ground to see as well as plenty of other activities, but the main focus was all the action in the air from WW2 fighters and bombers, parachute teams, and modern jet fighters. The USAF Thunder Birds was the main event, putting on quite the show for our 2 Heroes and their families in attendance. 

Location: Westport, WA

Heroes Attended:  35

WHHC Guide:  Matthew Houston

Outcome:  The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp wrapped up an entire week of fishing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The WHHC was invited back to the Washington Tuna Classic this year and it was one of the best years yet! Over the course of a week, there were 130 seats filled with Combat Veterans. On Saturday August 12th the Wounded Veterans got to experience the Tuna Tournament and finished with enjoying a banquet where they were all Honored guests. We look forward to participating again next year and want to thank all of the Captains and volunteers for donating their time to ensure the Heroes got a trip of a lifetime.