About our beneficiary.

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Camp Freedom is an adventure camp for disabled Veterans & First Responders, their family members, and Gold Star families providing quality hunting, shooting sports, fishing, camping, hiking, biking, and other year-round outdoor activities. These activities remove individuals from clinical settings into the healing environment of the outdoors and nature. They also promote the social well-being of the participants through peer-to-peer interaction, camaraderie, and outdoor adventures.  Activities are led by Camp Freedom's Staff and experienced volunteers. Camp Freedom provides services to other nonprofits who have a similar mission for a collective impact.

Camp Freedom was founded in January 2018 by Bill and Laura Bachenberg due to a passion to serve others and provide healing outdoor adventures for disabled Veterans, First Responders, and Gold Star families. The Executive Director, Matthew Guedes, shares the same passion for Veterans, First Responders, and Gold Star families and has an extensive background in the outdoors. There are over four million registered disabled Veterans and numerous others that choose to not seek VA benefits. While many suffer from physical challenges, there are an abundant amount that face the challenges of PTSD, TBI, and other mental disabilities and suicide among Veterans is high. Whether trauma is a single occurrence or cumulative from repeated exposure to trauma, the results lead many down a pathway of isolation, drugs and or alcohol, and desperation.  

The mission of Camp Freedom is simple – to heal heroes through outdoor adventures. Camp Freedom is an adventure camp for disabled Veterans and First Responders, their family members, and Gold Star families providing quality hunting, shooting sports, fishing, camping, hiking, biking, and other year-round outdoor activities. These activities remove individuals from clinical settings into the healing environment of the outdoors and nature. They also promote the social well-being of the participants through peer-to-peer interaction, camaraderie, and outdoor adventures. Activities are led by Camp Freedom's Staff and experienced volunteers. 

Camp Freedom provides services to other nonprofits who have a similar mission for a collective impact. During the first year, Camp Freedom was able to serve forty-nine guests. In the four years since Camp Freedom opened their doors, they have served over 3,800 of America’s Heroes from over thirty states and have saved lives of many of those men and women.