
OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Operation Black Hills Cabin is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a comfortable, peaceful and supportive respite to qualified, combat-injured veterans and their families, from any post-9/11/2001 military operations, in their rehabilitation from their traumatic and stressful experiences while serving the interests of our Nation.
Further, our program will provide an opportunity to the disabled veteran to reacquaint themselves with their family, enrich and enhance their lives and create lasting memories in a quiet, leisurely environment with little or no cost to them.
When a service member is permanently injured, the whole family is injured . The entire structure of the family unit is forever changed with the wife and children often becoming the around-the-clock caregivers. Their "family time" takes a back seat to the recovery process. "TIME" is the word we hear over and over that is of the utmost importance to the families. What we are offering is quality time - whether it is time spent on an outing such as visiting the patriotic ambiance at Mt. Rushmore or sharing quiet times on the deck watching the abundant wildlife of the Black Hills. Our one-week respite in our 1,200 square foot, 3-bedroom, 2 bathroom, fully furnished and fully handicap accessible cabin includes no television or computer; only board games, puzzles, playing cards and outdoor games that our families can enjoy together. In addition, they are provided with coupons for free meals, free admission to many popular Black Hills attractions and many other recreational opportunities due to the generosity of our many partners. They are able to enjoy as many, or as few, activities as they would like or as their injuries allow. These families can not bear the burden of all the planning or expense to put together an outing such as this. We offer them the opportunity to reconnect, have some "fun" and create priceless memories of their quality time together.
THE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT: Over 60,000 men and women have come home from post-9/11/2001 military operations with life-changing injuries. Suicides and addictions are increasing due to their inability to cope. These are the same people who felt the selfless patriotism to stand up for our Country and defend it. They did not "sign up" to come home to their families with life-changing injuries, but during the cruelty of war, they were injured and did come home different people, either physically, or emotionally, or both. Our project provides a much-needed diversion to qualifying veterans and their families, from their daily grueling existence of medical appointments and therapy sessions, financial stress and living with a life-altering injury. It provides them with quality time to adjust to their "new normal" and is a small way to say THANK YOU to them, and to show them this Country's gratitude.
Further, our program will provide an opportunity to the disabled veteran to reacquaint themselves with their family, enrich and enhance their lives and create lasting memories in a quiet, leisurely environment with little or no cost to them.
When a service member is permanently injured, the whole family is injured . The entire structure of the family unit is forever changed with the wife and children often becoming the around-the-clock caregivers. Their "family time" takes a back seat to the recovery process. "TIME" is the word we hear over and over that is of the utmost importance to the families. What we are offering is quality time - whether it is time spent on an outing such as visiting the patriotic ambiance at Mt. Rushmore or sharing quiet times on the deck watching the abundant wildlife of the Black Hills. Our one-week respite in our 1,200 square foot, 3-bedroom, 2 bathroom, fully furnished and fully handicap accessible cabin includes no television or computer; only board games, puzzles, playing cards and outdoor games that our families can enjoy together. In addition, they are provided with coupons for free meals, free admission to many popular Black Hills attractions and many other recreational opportunities due to the generosity of our many partners. They are able to enjoy as many, or as few, activities as they would like or as their injuries allow. These families can not bear the burden of all the planning or expense to put together an outing such as this. We offer them the opportunity to reconnect, have some "fun" and create priceless memories of their quality time together.
THE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT: Over 60,000 men and women have come home from post-9/11/2001 military operations with life-changing injuries. Suicides and addictions are increasing due to their inability to cope. These are the same people who felt the selfless patriotism to stand up for our Country and defend it. They did not "sign up" to come home to their families with life-changing injuries, but during the cruelty of war, they were injured and did come home different people, either physically, or emotionally, or both. Our project provides a much-needed diversion to qualifying veterans and their families, from their daily grueling existence of medical appointments and therapy sessions, financial stress and living with a life-altering injury. It provides them with quality time to adjust to their "new normal" and is a small way to say THANK YOU to them, and to show them this Country's gratitude.
OPERATION BLACK HILLS CABIN
PO BOX 855
CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA 57730
605-517-1830
www.operationblackhillscabin.org
[email protected]
PO BOX 855
CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA 57730
605-517-1830
www.operationblackhillscabin.org
[email protected]