2007 Year End Report

Table of Contents

I. Table of Contents .............................................................................................................. 2

II. Introduction to Camp Patriot ............................................................................................ 3

III. Camp Patriot's 2007 Service Delivery .............................................................................. 3

a. Mt. Rainier Climb July 2007 .................................................................................. 3-4

b. Vietnam Era Disabled Veteran duck hunt ................................................................ 5

c. Vietnam Era Veteran and Iraq War injured veteran ................................................ 5

IV. Camp Patriot's Office Operations ..................................................................................... 6

V. Camp Patriot's Partners .............................................................................................. 7.8,9

a. Pioneer Log Homes, Bryan Reid, Larry George, British Columbia, Canada

b. Jim Shockey, host of Jim Shockey Hunting, British Columbia, Canada

c. Sportsman's Warehouse, Stu Utgaard - Owner

d. Far West Log Construction, Curtis Fawley and Brian George, Arizona and Colorado

VI. Future property acquisition ............................................................................................ 10

VII. Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 12

Camp Patriot 2007

Year End Report

This report contains both anecdotal information. The nature of this report is to tell the Camp Patriot story with words, photographs and data. Camp Patriot is a program that is taking shape daily through the efforts of many people. We believe that process is best told in this essay, photo format.

Even though Camp Patriot has only one employee and does not operate as a full time operation, some extraordinary disabled veterans and some extraordinary outdoor events and outdoor recreational therapy have blessed us in 2007.

Camp Patriot's Mission is to take combat injured veterans into the outdoors for life changing adventures. To do so we need members of the outdoor industry to step forward and take a leadership role in helping Camp Patriot thank and work with our combat injured and disabled veterans. Most of our military personnel are outdoors men and women at heart. They enjoyed the freedom to hunt, fish, hike, camp and experience what God has given us.

In the process of ensuring our freedom, they became injured. Those injuries inhibit or minimize their ability to experience some of the very freedoms they have fought to preserve. As most of us know, a bond is created within the military ranks that cannot be duplicated in the civilian world, a bond that is based on placing your very life in the hand of the soldier next to you. Camp Patriot endeavors to create that type of bonding within the ranks of the injured soldiers, sailors and airmen that come to Camp Patriot outdoor adventures. Camp Patriot wants to stimulate combat injured veterans into again believing that they can accomplish anything they put their mind to.

a. Mt Rainier, July 8-11, 2007

On July 8, 2007 two disabled veterans, one blind and one with one leg set out to climb Mt. Rainier (14,410 feet above sea level) The climb was sponsored by Camp Patriot and led by Mountaineer, Curtis Fawley. Curtis is co-owner of Far West Log Construction based out of Colorado and Arizona. Curtis donated his time and financial assistance to make the climb possible. He also solicited the aid of four other Mountaineers. One of the veterans was 1^st.  LT (Ret) Ed Salau. The climb elicited this response from Ed:

<sup>"My traumatic, life-changing injury could have easily influenced me into a life of bitterness; however, overcoming obstacles, like a mountain, have served as opportunities to realize I am still "me", no less. Camp Patriot has not only provided the trip, but more importantly, you have demonstrated leadership - a leadership that warriors follow... From the front. Camp Patriot demonstrates that supporting the troops is more than placing a bumper sticker on a car. It is understanding an important tenant of the warrior ethos: "I will never leave a fallen comrade."

I followed two warriors up that mountain, an able-bodied one and a visually impaired one. I followed them because they led me up that hill. Captain Scott Smiley, blinded in combat, demonstrated another tenant of that warrior ethos: "I will never quit." It was easy to follow that man because he was leading by example (and he was faster than me). I am certain I would have never climbed that mountain, and ultimately achieving the goal would have been unlikely had Captain Smiley not been there that week. Camp Patriot orchestrated it, and I needed it. I am so proud of myself for getting as far as I did, and that is one of those accomplishments in my life by which I measure the true difficulty of new tasks. If I can do that, I can do anything. Thanks!  Thanks for what you are doing."</sup> 

Respectfully, Ed Salau  

^{The second warrior Ed Salau refers to is Micah Clark the founder of Camp Patriot. If it were not for his vision and determination this mission of scaling Mt. Rainier would not have happened.}

   
Captain Scott Smiley                         Scott with Micah Clark on Summit of Mr Rainier

^{Capt. Scott Smiley of Pasco WA, lost total sight when a homicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives in Iraq. Shrapnel struck both of Capt. Smiley's eyes leaving him totally blind. Two days after the climb, Captain Smiley was named Army Times, Soldier of the Year. Capt. Smiley is also attending Duke University studying for his MBA. Upon completion of his degree, he will be assigned to the Military Academy at West Point as an Instructor.}

b. Vietnam Era Disabled Veteran Duck Hunt

(Ret) LG Bartlett, Bill Hogan, Micah Clark

^{Barker Ranch in Southeast WA, managed by Mike Crowder who in coordination with Retired Lieutenant General Bartlett, helped donate a duck hunt in October of 2007. A Vietnam disabled veteran, Bill Hogan had always wanted to duck hunt but had never been. Bill was a "tunnel rat," a soldier that would take a .45 hand gun, a flashlight and crawl through tunnels dug by the North Vietnamese. Bill had been shot; stabbed and received other injuries while in Vietnam. Even though he is confined to a wheelchair for most of his time, he was able to get out to a blind with help from Micah of Camp Patriot and harvest three nice ducks. Bill was excited and appreciative for the opportunity of a lifetime to hunt on an exclusive private hunting ranch.}

 c. Goose Hunt, Vietnam Era Veteran and Iraq War Veteran

Andrew McMann and Bob Slater

^{Bob Slater, a Vietnam Veteran, along with Andrew McMann went on a goose hunt cosponsored by Camp Patriot, Sportsman's Warehouse and the Tri-City American Hockey team. A team of guides from the local Sportsman's Warehouse (Kennewick WA) led the disabled veterans to a perfect hunting location complete with blinds and many geese. Both men were able to shoot some geese. This was Andrew's first goose hunt. After shooting his first goose and hugging the guides, it was evident that it would not be his last. Andrew recently had both legs broken as well as his feet when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off under his Humvee in Iraq. The new design of the underbelly has a V shape that creates ballistic angles and causes the blast to deflect. Had the vehicle not been so designed, most likely Andrew would have received injuries that are more devastating. Andrew is healing well and should return to duty in time.}

^{Camp Patriot has one employee, our secretary, Laura McGlasson. Laura runs the office and the raffle in Libby Montana. Camp Patriot is operating the raffle on the internet to reach across the US and Canada. Montana law prohibits us from using the proceeds from the raffle to run the raffle. Therefore, we are constantly searching for donated cash to run the operation. Our web site tracking has shown that our site is being visited by almost every developed country in the world. We have sold tickets and received donations from about every state in the US and every Province in Canada, yet our outreach has only been ongoing since this past October. We receive a number of referrals from Log Home Illustrated, Jim Shockey and Pioneer Log Homes of BC through web site links. We need to sell a minimum of 50,000 tickets and we are falling short of that goal.}

^{During the first few months of 2008, we will be attending three specific functions with Pioneer Log Homes and Jim Shockey. They are; Barrett Jackson January 12-20, 2008 in Scottsdale AZ, Sun Country Quarter Horse Show in Scottsdale AZ, January 25- Feb. 2, 2008, Federation of North American Wild Sheep http://www.fnaws.org/ in Salt Lake, Utah, February 6-9, 2008}

^{Bryan Reid will be constructing a log home at each of these shows and Camp Patriot will be there to talk about our mission and show appreciation of our sponsors. We have taken disabled veterans on a number of outdoor adventures over the past two years and will increase the number in the years to come as we work toward buying land and building a lodge in Montana. That lodge when completed will house 20 disabled veterans per week for extraordinary outdoor adventures and recreational therapy. A first class facility, which will reflect well on our corporate sponsors with nationwide recognition at every opportunity Camp Patriot is given.}

^{Our immediate need is funding to carry on day-to-day operations, meet the costs of traveling to shows that we are invited to and making our raffle visible to a larger audience. Camp Patriot was recently featured in an article in Eastman's Journal Bow Hunting Addition, and an article in Backpacker magazine will appear in the April 08 issue. We have also been fortunate to be interviewed on TV stations from Washington State and Montana.}

V. Camp Patriot Partners

^{a. Pioneer Log Homes, Bryan Reid, Larry George, British Columbia, Canada    www.pioneerloghomesofbc.com}  

^{b. Jim Shockey, host of Jim Shockey Hunting, British Columbia, Canada    www.jimshockey.com}  

^{c. Sportsman's Warehouse, Stu Utgaard - Owner    www.sportsmanswarehouse.com}

^{d. Far West Log Construction, Curtis Fawley and Brian George, Arizona and Colorado   www.farwestlog.com} 

^{e. Sun West Sportswear, Kennewick WA. Debbi Caldwell www.sunwestsportswear.com}

^{f. Lockheed Martin, Richland Location}

^{Camp Patriot has teamed up with two Canadian companies that have a desire to help U.S. Military Combat injured veterans. Both of these companies realize a good deal of indebtedness to the men and women who, by their very existence, protect the North American Continent.  Bryan Reid owner of Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia has forged relationships with Camp Patriot and Jim Shockey.}

^{Neither Bryan Reid nor Jim Shockey are bumper sticker supporters of disabled veterans. But Bryan Reid has donated a log home package valued at $150,000 to Camp Patriot to raffle off. Together Bryan Reid and Jim Shockey have donated the cost of filming commercials and the cost of buying the airtime to run the spots on Jim Shockey hunting adventure television show. Those spots are paid for by these two wonderful Canadians to run 82 times over the next 12 months (2007-2008). The first Jim Shockey commercial can be seen on Camp Patriot's web site under the video section.}

^{Bryan Reid of Pioneer Log Homes and Brian George of Far West Log Construction}

^{Jim Shockey and Bryan Reid did not stop there either. Jim Shockey donated a whitetail deer hunt valued at $5,000.00 on his British Columbia Ranch also to be raffled off by Camp Patriot. Bryan's associate log home builder in Arizona, Curtis Fawley, owner of Far West Log Home Construction has donated the building of the donated log home package and will build it for the winner anywhere in the continental US or Canada. We also have a gentleman who owns an exotic flooring company in Florida that is willing to donate all of the flooring for the log home package.}

^{Micah Clark, Jim Shockey and Bryan Reid}

^{Additionally, R&K Hunting Ranch in Montana has donated a prong horned antelope archery hunt on their expansive Montana Ranch, which is included in the raffle and is valued at $3,000.00 dollars.}

^{Micah Clark founder of Camp Patriot, Dr. Ted Kimball owner of R&K Ranch
and Stu Utgaard, owner of Sportsman's Warehouse}

^{Sportsman's Warehouse is donating a canoe package valued at $1,500.00 from the Kennewick WA store thanks to Brian Howald store Manager. Brian stepped up as a contributor with Sportsman's Warehouse early on. He provided the food used by the climbers to climb Mt. Rainier this past July helping to feed Ed Salau and Scott Smiley the two combat injured veterans. He has also helped with some equipment on a recent exclusive duck hunt for a Vietnam disabled veteran. Brian is also a US Army Veteran.}

^{Also in 2007, Camp Patriot was joined by Sportsman's Warehouse and Tri-City American's Hockey Team to raffle off a goose hunt and other prizes donated by Sportsman's Warehouse. The raffle raised about a thousand dollars. The winner of the goose hunt donated the hunt to a friend, Bob Slater, and disabled veteran Andrew McMann of the Tri-Cities WA area.}

^{Sportsman's Warehouse raffle sales team along with Micah Clark and
his 3 yr old nephew Nathan, held by Brian Howald, manager of
Kennewick Sportsman's Warehouse}

^{The hunt was exciting and successful. Andrew had been in a Humvee in Iraq when an IED exploded under his vehicle. Due to a V-shaped hull of the vehicle, the blast was deflected but Andrew still received two broken legs and a broken ankle along with other injuries. Andrew had never been goose hunting and was thrilled when he bagged his first goose. Andrew is now hooked on goose hunting and will enjoy it the rest of his life.}

^{The above were all unsolicited donations. We met people, told them the dream and showed them we can carry out our business plan with the right help.}

<sup>VI. Future Property Acquisition

The Camp Patriot Board of Director's have considered several pieces of property in NW Montana. Camp Patriot is unable to move forward on any land purchase until adequate funding has been realized. In Camp Patriot's business plan a set of criteria was established that allows the most efficient use of equipment and staff while at the same time minimizing travel time for the disabled veterans while at Camp Patriot. Water access is important to carrying out a good portion of what Camp Patriot will offer, that being fishing and other water borne activities. Being able to keep watercraft in a body of water large enough to facilitate the activities that many disabled veterans will want to be involved in.</sup>

^{We are continuing to search for the perfect piece of property in NW Montana. However, if we are unable to find that perfect piece in NW Montana we will broaden our search to take in other parts of the intermountain state area.}

<sup>VII. Conclusion

These wonderful brave men and women are getting their bodies and hearts broken to preserve freedom around the world. Can we not be ready to help them when they come home?  Please help Camp Patriot help them. They gave to us now it is our turn - "GIVING BACK TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN."</sup>

^{The photos below are of unknown soldiers in Iraq, a combat injury, and a soldier holding an injured child. 
(I wish I could give credit to the photographer, but I do not know who it was.) The photos speak for themselves:}

 
^{"Please God, bless our troops as they are in harms way,
preserve them and their hearts for their own children and families when they come home. Amen"}

Respectfully Submitted
Bill Clark, Secretary-Treasurer
Camp Patriot Corporation