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. 

Location: Port Clinton, OH

Heroes Attended: 5

WHHC Guides: Chris Bird & George Bayer

Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp was invited back to attend a two day fishing trip on Lake Erie with JT Sport Fishing Charters.  Our Heroes caught more fish than they ever imagined!  Another event full of great memories and new friendships. 

Date: July 30-31, 2017 

Location: Kent Island, MD

Heroes Attended: 6

WHHC Guide: Chris Rupp

Outcome: The WHHC sent 6 Heroes Rock fishing on the Southern Belle charter boat along with Captain Mike.  The Heroes enjoyed a nice dinner the evening before at the Fisherman's Crab Deck and then woke up early the next morning for an exciting day out on the Chesapeake Bay.   A big thank you to the Hilton Garden Inn for donating hotel rooms and to Captain Mike for inviting our Heroes and their guests to enjoy a day on the water!

Location: Hope Springs Marina in Stafford, VA​

Heroes Attended: 11

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp 

Outcome: This year 11 WHHC alumni gathered to represent the Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp at the 7 th Annual Reel American Heroes Foundation Fishing Tournament. The Heroes had a great day of fishing and had the pleasure to meet fishing legend Shaw Grigsby. WHHC alumni Harrison Gordon placed 4th in the tournament. ​

Location: ​Dover International Speedway in Dover, DE

Heroes Attended: 3

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: ​Timothy Horne, Senior Vice President of Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, graciously donated 3 tickets for our Wounded Heroes to attend the NASCAR AAA 400 Drive for Autism race.  Our Heroes had a great time enjoying the race festivities.

Location: Kent Island, MD 

Heroes Attended: 6 

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp was invited back to Kent Island, MD to fish aboard the Southern Belle Charters for another Memorial Day fishing adventure. Our Heroes had great luck and brought home 17 rock fish.

​WHHC Pro Staffer Chris Rupp and Hero Daniel Ramil dedicated this event to a great soldier, 1SGT Mark McCowan. Both Chris and Daniel met Mark at the 4th annual Reel American Heroes foundation fishing tournament in Stafford, Virginia. He was part of an elite fishing team from the 3rd Special Forces called the Special Forces Fishing Team. He was a great leader, soldier, father, and role model. He will be missed.

Location: Delaware Technical Community College in Dover, DE 

Heroes Attended: 1

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp

Outcome: Thank you to the Capital City Rotary Club, Dover, DE for their great flag display for Memorial Day at the Delaware Technical Community College. WHHC Guide Christopher Rupp visited the display to pay his respects to our fallen Heroes.

Location: La Push, WA

Heroes Attended: 2

WHHC Guide: Matthew Houston

Outcome: The WHHC sent 2 Heroes out for a day of Halibut Fishing with Captain Marcus out of La Push, Washington. The Heroes had an action packed day and brought home a lot of fresh fish.

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

Heroes Attended: 13 

WHHC Guide: Christopher Rupp and Christopher Bird

Outcome: The Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp hosted the 6th Annual Trap Shoot for Heroes this weekend. We had 13 WHHC alumni in attendance and were able to raise funds to support our upcoming outdoor adventures. A pre-event dinner on May 19th was held at Monte Cello’s restaurant in Wexford, PA for all of our Heroes. After the event, Ditka's Restaurant - Wexford hosted a Patio Party for our Wounded Hero in honor of Armed Forces Day! We had the privilege of hosting a very special guest, Congressman Keith Rothfus. The Congressman took the time out of his day to hear all about the WHHC as well as meet and shake the hands of all of the Wounded Heroes in attendance. A big thank you to our supporters, volunteers, Monte Cello’s Restaurant, Ditka's Restaurant, and Congressman Rothfus for making this a special event! 

Date: May 15-19, 2017 

Location: T. B. Wilderness Lodge in Hollidaysburg, PA

Heroes Attended: 2 

WHHC Guide: Tommy Belinda

Outcome: This was our 5th annual Turkey hunt and we would like to thank property owners Tommy and Wendy Belinda for their continued support of the WHHC. The Heroes always have a great time and this year was no exception! Our Heroes gave it their all everyday but the turkeys did not cooperate.