Divide Camp: Finding Peace On The Other Side Of War

By NRAHQ

By Catherine Parks, Divide Camp Volunteer Note: This article was originally posted on NRA Blog

USA -(Ammoland.com)- For combat veterans, there is a great divide between life pre-war and life post-war.

Soldiers prepare, train and are equipped to go to a war zone, but, upon returning home, physically and psychologically injured veterans struggle to assimilate back into a normal life. Divide Camp, located in the scenic mountains of northeastern Oregon, honors the service of post 9-11 combat veterans through small-group outdoor adventures. The non-profit camp offers hunting, fishing and other sporting and recreational activities.

Divide Camp provides comfortable lodging, home-cooked meals and transportation at no charge to the veterans served. The camp features 40 acres of remote forestland, six cabins, a shop and an outdoor picnic shelter. In 2014, The NRA Foundation funded its first grant to Divide Camp—$15,000 for an Action Trackchair—to allow amputee veterans to traverse the mountain terrain. Another grant in 2015 funded pistol range construction, safety gear and targets. Initial range work for a competition 3-D archery course shootable from a Trackchair began with funding …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand