2026 Heroes Ranch Poker Run Supports Veterans & First Responders | SDIA
Riders from across the region came together for the 2026 SDIA Heroes Ranch Poker Run, supporting Sheep Dog Impact Assistance programs for Veterans and First Responders.
550 Disaster Response Go Bags Packed for Sheep Dog Impact Assistance
Walmart and Sam’s Club associates packed 550 Go Bags for Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, helping SDIA Disaster Response Mission teams prepare to serve communities after disasters.
25 Years Later: Northwest Arkansas Sheep Dogs Climb 110 Flights to Honor the Heroes of 9/11
Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, Northwest Arkansas Sheep Dogs gathered in Fayetteville to climb 110 flights of stairs, honoring the courage and sacrifice of the first responders who went up when others were coming down.
25 Years Later: Honor 9/11 with the 2026 Memorial Stair Climb at Razorback Stadium
25 Years Later: Honor 9/11 with the 2026 Memorial Stair Climb at Razorback Stadium 25 years. 110 flights. We remember.
On Friday, September 11, 2026, members of the Northwest Arkansas community are invited to come together at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for a special 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb recognizing the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
For Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA), this is also a powerful opportunity to live out a message at the heart of our mission: #GetOffTheCouch.
Get up. Show up. Remember. Honor. Serve.. Climbing in their memory Participants will climb 110 flights, representing the 110 stories of the World Trade Center towers.
Each step offers an opportunity to remember the firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel, military members, and civilians whose lives were lost on September 11, as well as those whose lives were forever changed in the years that followed.
Some climbed those stairs that morning to save people they had never met.
Twenty-five years later, we have...
Hooligans Homecoming: Veterans Reunite at Heroes Ranch
More than two decades after serving together in Iraq, the Hooligans reunited at Sheep Dog Impact Assistance’ Heroes Ranch for an unforgettable Outdoor Adventure built around brotherhood, connection and shared experiences.
Get Off the Couch: Veterans & First Responders Take on Yellowstone
Veterans and First Responders explored Yellowstone and Montana through rafting, horseback riding, ziplining, wildlife encounters, and connection during an SDIA Outdoor Adventure.
Get Off the Couch This Fall: 2026 SDIA Events & Volunteer Opportunities
Get involved with Sheep Dog Impact Assistance this fall. Explore 2026 volunteer opportunities, the Heroes Ranch Poker Run, Thanksgiving Outreach, Turkey Trot for Heroes and more.
Warrior PATHH Class 081 Completes Intensive Posttraumatic Growth Training at SDIA Heroes Ranch
SDIA celebrates Warrior PATHH Class 081 after completing five days of intensive Posttraumatic Growth training at Heroes Ranch and beginning their 90-day journey.
Honor a Hero. Run With Purpose. Join the SDIA Turkey Trot & Nominate a Fallen Hero
Join the SDIA Turkey Trot and help honor our nation’s Fallen Heroes. Submit a Fallen Hero nomination and run or walk in remembrance this Thanksgiving.
Who Supports the Ones Standing Beside Our Sheep Dogs? Introducing Homefront
Who Supports the Ones Standing Beside Our Sheep Dogs? Introducing Homefront Military Members, Veterans, and First Responders are trained to run toward difficult things. But they rarely run toward them alone. Behind many of our nation’s Sheep Dogs is a spouse or partner navigating the other side of service: deployments, long shifts, missed holidays, uncertainty, transition, trauma, reintegration, career changes, family responsibilities, and the complicated work of loving someone whose experiences may have changed them. These spouses and partners become experts at adapting. At holding things together. At keeping moving. At being the strong one. But who supports them? In August 2026, Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA) took an important step toward answering that question with the inaugural class of the Homefront Support Program, an extension of Warrior PATHH created specifically for the spouses and partners of Military Members, Veterans, and First Responders. The first Homefront class has now completed the program. And this is only the beginning. The People Beside Those Who Serve Sheep Dog Impact Assistance exists to engage, assist, and...