2020 Accomplishments
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2020 Accomplishments FLYER horizontal FINAL FEB2021
SDIA 2020 Total Impact Infographic FINAL JAN2021
SDIA 2020 OAs Infographic JAN2021
SDIA 2020 DRM Infographic FINAL JAN2021
SDIA 2020 COVID-19 Infographic FINAL JAN2021
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SDIA’s Warrior PATHH Training Program is Now Available!
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA) will host the first Warrior PATHH training class in Northwest Arkansas next month, and we are so excited to help our nation's heroes transform times of deep struggle into profound strength and lifelong growth. The March class is full, but we have classes available throughout the year for you to participate in. Here is our class availability: March 13-19, 2021 – FULL
April 14-20, 2021 - 7 spots available May 14-20, 2021 (Female only) - 3 spots available June 23-29, 2021 - 6 spots available September 18-24, 2021 - 6 spots available October 16-22, 2021 - 8 spots available November 15-21, 2021 (Female only) - 8 spots available December 4-10, 2021 - 8 spots available
We want you (and Sheep Dogs you know) to take this first brave step in making peace with your past, living in the present, and planning for a great future.
Interested? Start the process by completing this Form.
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Helping Others is Truly a Way of Life for SDIA!
Happy New Year, Sheep Dog Nation!Over the past few months, Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA) has been extremely busy with outdoor adventures, Warrior PATHH courses, staffing changes, disaster response missions, our Celebration & Turkey Trot for Heroes 5K, the holidays, and so much more. We are most excited about breaking ground on our dedicated Warrior PATHH Training Facility at Heroes Ranch at Rush Springs!We have much to share...read on for the latest, and be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
As you are probably aware, last year SDIA purchased 50 acres of property just over the Arkansas border in Pineville, Missouri. This property - named Heroes Ranch - was immediately put to use for our Outdoor Adventures as well as the Warrior PATHH training program.Heroes Ranch at Rush Springs has two existing Lodges (LCpl Anthony Darbonne Lodge & Senior Chief Joseph Paul Engleman Lodge) and Heroes Ranch Stables. The Darbonne Lodge is mainly used by Outdoor Adventure...
SDIA Partners with BCF to Launch Warrior PATHH Training in NWA
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance is honored to partner with Boulder Crest Foundation to deliver their life-changing Warrior PATHH Training for Combat Veterans and First Responders to Northwest Arkansas beginning in March 2021.
Warrior PATHH (Progressive and Alternative Training for Healing Heroes) is the nation's first non-clinical program designed to cultivate and facilitate Posttraumatic Growth (PTG). The program focuses on Combat Veterans and First Responders struggling with PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and other challenges associated with trauma, and teaches them how to transform times of deep struggle into profound strength and lifelong growth.
In 2021, SDIA will hold this training at Camp War Eagle while a dedicated facility is developed. How It Works This transformative 18-month program begins with seven days of intensive and immersive PTG training that taps into each students' strengths, skills and abilities. Throughout the program, they learn proven techniques to regulate thoughts, feelings, and actions, connect head and heart, and have the opportunity to...
SDIA Salute Raises Nearly $75,000 to Help Veterans, First Responders #GetOffTheCouch
THANK YOU! Sheep Dog Nation has helped us raise almost $70,000 towards our $100,000 goal!
This $100,000 goal will allow SDIA to bring 28 Sheep Dogs in need on an Outdoor Adventure and 30 Sheep Dogs in need on a Disaster Response Mission.
We are only $5,000 away from our CEO and Founder, SgtMaj Lance Nutt, shaving his head! And when we hit the $100,000 mark, he will skydive wearing a dress!
Help us reach this goal! Donate now!
#GetOffTheCouch #OurMissionContinues
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SDIA Deploying Disaster Response Team for Hurricane Laura Recovery
Overnight Hurricane Laura slammed into the Texas/Louisiana coasts with Cat 4 strength. The need for assistance in recovery is great, and Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA) is responding. SDIA will deploy a Disaster Response (DR) Team from Sunday, August 30, to Friday, September 4, to the Lake Charles, Louisiana, area to perform chainsaw operations, trees & debris removal, tarping roofs, and other assistance as needed.
The Northwest Arkansas DR Team, along with volunteers from other SDIA Teams and Chapters, will depart from the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s at 10:00am on Sunday, August 30.
Those who are not high-risk for COVID-19 and are willing/able to deploy next week, may register to volunteer at this form.
While this is a challenging time for most Americans, SDIA would greatly appreciate the public joining their DR Team by making any financial donation possible. No donation is too small - and every bit will help SDIA assist those affected by Hurricane Laura and other...
Our Mission Continues with Northwest Arkansas Outdoor Adventures!
Throughout COVID-19 pandemic, the SDIA Northwest Arkansas Chapter has adapted, improvised and overcome many of the challenges presented by the guidance/mandates in place. While we have postponed our large-scale adventures to 2021, #OurMissionContinues! We have reformatted our Outdoor Adventures to include groups of 10 or fewer whenever possible, and press on to keep our Sheep Dogs off that couch. Since June, we have taken groups of Sheep Dogs in need on 2-day adventures to experience the thrill of off-roading with razors at Rush Springs Ranch and skydiving at Skydive Fayetteville, the fun & relaxation of water activities on Beaver Lake, rockcrawling at Byrd's Outdoor Center, and with the cooler weather, we've added indoor axe throwing, climbing and other activities. We ramped up our efforts to get and keep our Sheep Dogs moving, and the camaraderie, peer support and connection felt during these adventures is at an all time...
2017 Accomplishments
2017 Accomplishments (Calendar Year)
Because of your support, 2017 was an incredible year of disaster response missions and opportunities to help our fellow Sheep Dogs in need get off the couch and reengaged in living life.
Here's how YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of the nearly 3,500 people we assisted in 2017.
DISASTER RESPONSE MISSIONS – 425 Members and Volunteers deployed on 4 different major disaster response missions to Texas (hurricane), Florida (hurricane), Michigan (flooding) and Puerto Rico (hurricane) assisting 2,570 people and clearing 224 properties of trees & debris. Our WA Team also distributed water and sports drinks to fire fighters battling wild fires in Washington state, bringing total water distributed to 2,817 cases, and 1,950 pounds of food and supplies delivered to those devastated by natural disasters.
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES – SDIA sponsored 187 Sheep Dogs in Need to participate in 18 Outdoor Adventures, including hunting, skydiving, fishing, obstacle races and our national trip to Washington DC &...
ARTICLE: SEAL Team 6 by Robert Johnson
This article originally appeared in Business Insider on May 2, 2011. Sheep Dogs of the purest form, a group of men living “normal” lives, while training and always at the ready for when their nation calls. Men with the confidence to know their strength’s, without the need to brag about it. Proud, brave men, Sheep Dogs all of them.By Robert JohnsonThe military team that killed Osama Bin Laden is an elite special forces group unofficially called Seal Team 6.Officially, the team’s name is classified and not available to the public, technically there is no team 6. A Tier-One counter-terrorism force similar to the Army’s elusive Delta group, Team 6’s mission rarely make it to paper much less the newspaper.It shows how important the publicity about Bin Laden’s killing is to the U.S. that Team 6 has continued to be front-page news.The members of Team 6 are all “black” operatives. They exist outside military protocol, engage in operations that are at...
Christmas Outreach 2012
Christmas Outreach is our annual program to adopt the children of any military, law enforcement, fire & rescue or EMS family that needs assistance during the holiday season.
This years Christmas Outreach was a great success…we were able to provide gifts to more than 160 children of Sheep Dog families in need.