MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION

Our organization has lofty goals, and as we look ahead at the impossible... we look behind at the impossible we have already overcome.

Our goal is:

1. The elimination of Veteran suicide one community at a time.
2. The decline of military and veteran divorce rates.
3. The development of healthy family legacies.
4. Families and warriors that are resilient in the face of war.
5. Veterans serving and impacting their communities across the country.

While these may seem like unattainable goals, we have already made great headway in their accomplishment by following a
program that is peer-based, intensive and has built in follow-up. We reject the victimization of our warriors that has become
so common and instead challenge them to stop allowing the past to define them by fighting to move forward and become the
leaders that they were created to be.
While there is much more to be done, we are thankful for the success that we have seen when veterans and active duty service
members extend their brotherhood beyond the military and take it into everyday life. We are committed to this cause and will
not stop until the Veteran Suicide rate is 0, military families are no longer the picture of brokenness, and the men and women
who have served continue to serve a nation that still needs them.
Let's stop pointing out the problem and raising awareness and instead decide that we will each be a part of the solution.
The solution lies in being the men and women we were created to be.

Organization Strategy:
Continue to provide on-base support through our Resiliency Training Programs to Active Duty Military Commands as a preventive strategy.
Through leadership development we will organically grow our capability of program expansion, provide a vast network of aftercare and Outpost sites, and spread our message through the military and veteran community.
Refine our organizational structure and operations to be a prudent and efficiently run organization to maximize resources to support as many Warriors as possible, only growing in a balance that maintains quality.
Position ourselves as a viable organization to receive grants and support to reach the needs of the community we serve.

Program Strategy:
Through gender specific programs that define discipline, legacy, courage, honor, faith and family, we challenge these Warriors to be the person that they were created to be as husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, citizens, and leaders in their homes and communities. We remind them of who they are as a Warrior and that there is still a fight to be won and purpose moving forward. Once an attendee of our programs graduates, we connect them with a local church, one of our alumni led outposts, and also assign them a mentor to walk with them on this new journey. By design, our strategy is that no one will face these unique challenges alone.

There are several things that uniquely qualify our organization to achieve our goals:
1. We stand as a niche with a methodology that differs from the many enabling programs that are well intended but entitle veterans and leave them in a victim state.
2. We serve as a clear alternative to clinical programs, hosting a leadership team cultivated through alumni and managed by our qualified staff to engage in an unique and extremely effective peer to peer process that brings the Warriors to a point of accepting responsibility to move forward, going beyond a point of healing, and to a future of new found purpose.
3. We have an uncommon acceptance from the veteran community, and access to, endorsement and approval of the US Military to serve the Warriors on bases and hospitals, as well as receive Active Duty Military on Official PTAD (Permissive Temporary Assignment of Duty) to our programs nationwide.
4. We have a proven program and methodology, supported by a first class infrastructure, team, and resources to accomplish our goals.

Accomplished:
We have developed a program and process recognized by the US Military as a "go-to" resource.
Nearly 4,000 Active Duty Military, Veterans, and Spouses have successfully graduated from a Legacy Program.
Of those graduates, we have zero suicides among our alumni.
We have 27 National Outposts for weekly aftercare.
We have developed 40 Program Peer Leaders from our alumni pool.
We currently host programs on military bases for "Resiliency Training" regularly for the US Marine Corps, Army, and Navy.
We receive Active Duty Military on Official PTAD to our programs and host programs in 5 states.

Not Yet Accomplished:
We have a growing number of applicants on our waiting list due to the demand and need for help. Over 1,500 applicants are waiting to attend a Legacy Program.