Hogs for Heroes looks to gift motorcycles to vets

Hogs for Heroes, a Wisconsin-based charity, is now accepting applications from injured Wisconsin veteran riders, for their next three Harley-Davidson motorcycles, that will be gifted in May through July.

Having returned 16 veteran riders to the road in a fouryear time period, this season’s opportunity far exceeds the charity’s goal of one bike per year.

The first application period of the year, opened Feb. 11, and submissions must be postmarked by March 20. All application materials can be found at www.hogsforheroeswi. org.

Hogs For Heroes offers “wind therapy” as alternative therapy and provides a motorcycle as the life-changing tool.

“We are working to help those injured veterans who once had a passion for riding and now find themselves struggling – mentally and physically – and without the means or ability to have a bike in their life,” said Hogs for Heroes president Kevin Thompson. “Getting back on the road has been powerful healing for our 16 recipients and we encourage Wisconsin veteran riders who have been injured in the course of active duty, and are longing to return to riding, to apply, as this program is for them.”

Hogs for Heroes is a Wisconsin 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to healing the mental and physical wounds suffered by Wisconsin Veterans during the course of active duty, through the therapeutic benefits of owning and riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

It was founded in 2015 in Madison, by Kevin and Audra Thompson, along with his brother and sister-in-law, Craig and Michelle Thompson, with the belief that there is a long-standing tie between the Wisconsin military, its service members and the therapeutic benefits of motorcycle riding.

The family non-profit anticipates giving at least one more bike away later this summer, and will open another shorter application period in late May.

Applicants submitting once, can be considered for all giftings in 2021.