May 21, 2025

Support from Stryten Energy Enables Rivers of Recovery to Expand Veteran Rehabilitation Programs

Rivers of Recovery (RoR) is pleased to announce that Stryten Energy LLC has provided a generous financial donation for the fifth year in a row to support wounded U.S. combat veterans participating in Rivers of Recovery programs. The donation will directly support combat veterans suffering post-traumatic stress, mild traumatic brain injury, or other psychological wounds of war by allowing them to go through RoR’s unique outdoor rehabilitation program at no cost to them. 

“At Stryten Energy, our commitment to supporting military veterans remains unwavering,” said Mike Judd, Chief Executive Officer and President of Stryten Energy. “We are proud to continue our partnership with Rivers of Recovery, enhancing the lives of returning soldiers through innovative outdoor recreational therapy and comprehensive treatment programs.”

As part of the sponsorship, veteran employees from Stryten Energy will have the opportunity to participate in several fly-fishing trips as volunteers alongside RoR guides. These trips provide combat veterans with an experiential rehabilitation program that focuses on outdoor recreational therapy activities along with other self-treatment techniques.

For the second consecutive year, Stryten Energy facilitated an additional generous donation on top of its annual donation. After winning a recent charity cornhole tournament for the second year in a row, Stryten chose Rivers of Recovery as the beneficiary of the winnings. With Stryten's continued partnership, RoR is not just expanding programs, but transforming the landscape of veteran care by making evidence-based outdoor therapy accessible to more veterans than ever before.

"Thanks to Stryten's extraordinary contribution for 2025, we're poised to dramatically expand our impact this year,” said Amy Simon, Executive Director of Rivers of Recovery. “Our remarkable achievements in 2024 were made possible by Stryten's generous donation, which funded our groundbreaking research partnership with Cornell University on outdoor therapy effectiveness and enabled us to expand our programs significantly. This support also helped us conduct additional river trips across California, Arkansas, Connecticut, Wisconsin, New York and our first Idaho trip; launch our all-women veterans' retreats in Wisconsin; and support our landmark Catalina Island experience that served 40 California veterans."

With Stryten’s contributions, RoR plans to expand its program in 2025 to include: 

  • Expanding Existing Programs: Serve more veterans by adding additional trips to California, Arkansas, Connecticut, Wisconsin, New York and Idaho. 
  • Deepening Research Partnerships: Advancing our pioneering collaboration with Cornell University on outdoor therapy research, enhancing the evidence base for nature-based interventions in veteran rehabilitation and suicide prevention. RoR is developing innovative technology to measure program outcomes related to resilience and protective factors against suicide.
  • Revitalizing Previous Locations: Exploring the return to states that previously operated successful programs, including Oregon, Washington and Florida.
  • Breaking New Ground: Evaluating opportunities to establish new programs in states like Arizona, creating more regional access points for veterans seeking healing. 
  • Growing Our Women Veterans Initiative: Building on the success of women-led Wisconsin retreats by expanding this empowering model to additional locations. In 2024, RoR was able to host its first women’s event in Arkansas. With the additional funding in 2025 we will continue to expand on this program and look at other locations
  • Enhancing Hunting Programs: Building on our 2024 success with eight hunting trips across Illinois, New York, and California—including our landmark Catalina Island experience, our Stockton archery group, and our second New York turkey hunt—we will continue to develop more specialized hunting and outdoor skill-building opportunities.

Additionally, Stryten is the platinum sponsor for RoR’s Stars and Stripes charity fishing tournament to be held June 5-6, 2025, in Newburg, MD. Hosted by Mid River Guide Service, teams will compete for awards for the largest fish, most fish and team spirit.  All proceeds from the tournament will help RoR in providing additional therapeutic excursions for our nation’s wounded warriors.

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