A DECADE OF REFLECTING

So there’s a thing making its rounds on social media called the 10-year challenge. Have you done it? Shared a photo of yourself from 2009 and one from today. Maybe […]

Boot Campaign 2018 Impact Report

This year I celebrated my one-year anniversary at the helm of Boot Campaign, and I found my footing. It’s been a privilege in my 27 trips across this great nation […]

Voices Cry Out In Oil Leak

photo courtesy James G. Howes It would be easy to cap this oil leak, and in the grand scheme of things it would probably cost very little to do. At […]

When PTSD becomes personal

Something — a smell, a taste, a phrase, a glance — triggers the emotions of our past, emotions that we do not necessarily want to rise to the surface of […]

#LaceUpAMERICA in the News

ConnectingVets.com: Boot Campaign Wants You to Lace Up America! By Elizabeth Howe “Veterans Day is very near and dear to my heart,” said Sarah Lucas, Boot Campaign veteran ambassador. “The […]

Original Boot Girl Heather Sholl: My Why

Usually people ask HOW I got involved with Boot Campaign, HOW did it start. That’s easy. But sometimes I get the bigger question… WHY? Why did you start it? Why […]

HELPING FELLOW VETERANS BATTLE INVISIBLE WOUNDS

This article originally featured in the November 2018 issue of Homeland magazine and is republished with permission. U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) Chris Talcott and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant (Ret.) Kelsey […]

John Maas of Mountain Primal Meat Co. Laces Up

Pictured above: Catherine and John Maas at Mountain Primal The Mountain Primal Meat Co. website, mountainprimal.com, pays tribute to “those brave few who charged trenches, stormed beaches, flew sorties, took […]