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Veterans Exploration Therapy (VET) is a Colorado based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded and operated by combat veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Since launching on July 31, 2022, we have run over 90 programs and served more than 750 veterans and family members to date.
Our mission is simple but powerful. Empowering veterans, service members, and families to explore the wilderness and therapeutic pathways through outdoor recreation. Every program we offer is intentionally designed to help participants push past fear, rediscover purpose, and build meaningful connections through shared adventure.
VET is not just an adventure group. We use adventure as a catalyst for healing and growth. Whether climbing a mountain, diving with sharks, or taking part in equine therapy, every experience reinforces that veterans do not have to face life’s challenges alone. There is always someone on the other end of the rope.
We proudly partner with organizations such as Operation Equine, Jefferson Center for Mental Health, 988 Colorado Mental Health Lifeline, MindSpa, Colorado Outward Bound School, and the National Sports Center for the Disabled to provide continued access to mental health and wellness resources. We are also deeply grateful for our incredible sponsors GFiber, Scheels Colorado Springs, Battery 621, and We Don’t Waste, whose support makes our work possible.
Join us in helping veterans thrive beyond the battlefield. Your support fuels every adventure, every connection, and every life changed. Together we are showing that it is cool to take care of yourself and that real strength comes from reaching out for help when you need it.
Empowering veterans, service members, and families to explore the wilderness and therapeutic pathways through outdoor recreation.
Since 2001, over 140,000 veterans in the United States have lost their lives to suicide compared to just over 7,000 combat related deaths in post 9/11 conflicts. Veterans remain roughly 22 percent more likely to die by suicide than their civilian peers. Behind these numbers are real people, heroes who came home only to face new battles in silence.
We are in the middle of a mental health crisis among veterans. Many turn to substance use or isolation to cope while the systems meant to help them are often overwhelmed or tangled in red tape. That is where we step in.
Veterans Exploration Therapy (VET) offers a different path. We use outdoor adventure as a catalyst for healing, connection, and growth. Through programs like rock climbing, hiking, paddleboarding, mountain biking, skydiving, and equine therapy, we help veterans rediscover purpose, connection, and strength in themselves and in one another.
Our approach is simple. We bring veterans together in nature, where walls come down and conversations about mental health can happen naturally. We remind them that courage is not only shown on the battlefield but also in asking for help and taking care of yourself.
At our core, we believe every veteran deserves to feel a sense of belonging and hope for the future. By connecting veterans and their families to the wilderness and to one another, we are proving that healing is possible, life is worth living, and no one has to walk this path alone.
Organization name
Veterans Exploration Therapy
other names
V.E.T. VETXTHERAPY
2022
Tax id (EIN)
88-1328493
Category
Military & Veterans Organizations
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
621 Kalamath St Ste 140Headquarters
621 Kalamath St Ste 140Denver, CO, US
Colorado Springs, CO, US
Fort Collins, CO, US
Grand Junction, CO, US
Durango, CO, US