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Hunting with heroes: Southern Indiana group supports veterans with unique event
The three-day event provides accessible hunting, lodging, meals, and supplies for disabled veterans, funded by $15,000 raised annually by Hoosier Hunters Helping Our Heroes.
- On Saturday, Hoosier Hunters Helping Our Heroes staged a three-day deer hunt out of Hibernia Christian Church in Clark County, providing lodging, meals, and handicap-accessible blinds for veterans.
- Hoosier Hunters Helping Our Heroes hosts an event aligned with groups like Mission 22, with organizers saying hunting helps veterans cope with emotional scars and depression.
- Thomas Jenkins, Vietnam veteran from Shinnston, West Virginia, traveled more than 400 miles and has spent 53 years in a wheelchair, while James Layne, veteran and Hoosier Hunters board member, required 12 knee surgeries after nine Afghanistan deployments.
- Organizers say the event costs about $15,000 t, with fundraising starting the Monday after, supported by community donors and Clark County Sheriff's Office staff cooking steaks Friday night.
- Volunteers prepare for months and treat the event as a year-round effort, fundraising the Monday after each hunt, while organizers sustain it through donations, raffles and covering veterans' expenses.
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