Road to Hope Radio

Welcome back Kacey. Welcome in, Jerome. Jerome is a veteran of the Vietnam War. It’s taken 53 years to get to Camp Hope. We have a lot to talk about with him including his revealing some very tragic life events he’s been through.

Welcome to the show Darren, and welcome back Kacey. We talk to Darren this week about his journey on his road to hope. While Darren is from Houston, he's been everywhere. Just wait and hear for yourself. Darren explains why when he got home he wouldn't stop at toll booths but instead would run through them. Darren speaks on other places he sought help and where they came up just short. Fortunatley...

Welcome back to the show Kacey. We welcome in Derek from Nacogdoches. Here at Camp Hope, we hope to never ever be the best kept secret. When we ask you to share our show with everybody, we mean it. We hear from Derek today and one of the things he mentions to us is that he wished he'd found out about Camp Hope sooner. We hope you will help people like Derek by sharing this show with everybody you...

We welcome back Kacey and welcome in Ben. Ben comes from Philadelphia so the first question we need answered: Gino's or Pat's? (If you know, you know) While Ben was deployed, his was a very special task he carried out everyday. We talk further about Ben's story on his road to hope and discuss the fact that doing what you think you should do when you get home, may not be what you actually need to d...

We welcome back to the show Kacey and welcome in Richard. We want to let you know that everyone has some way they can help us at Camp Hope and we pay respect to those volunteers that do just that for us everyday. We talk to Richard about how he got to Camp Hope. He explains the moment when service became "real" for him. 

We welcome back to the show Kacey, and welcome in Jack. Veterans learn early to "push it (the discomfort) down, walk over it and move on". That may work during deployment but once the vets get home, that's no longer a good option. We discuss that very thing. We also discuss what the families of the vets at Camp Hope go through. There are programs for them as well that many don't know about. Finall...

We welcome back Kacey and welcome in Bradley. Bradley tells us about his first impressions of Camp Hope as well as how he got here. We also ask: "How long does it take to get through the program". Kacey has the answer to that. It's our Easter show and we hope you give it a listen. 

We welcome Kacey back to the show and welcome in Ray. We talk to Ray about the road he took to get to Camp Hope and it's a journey we seldom hear about. We discuss why peer to peer counseling is so critical and how when you're fighting an enemy that even the Taliban says is bad, you're dealing with some bad people.

We welcome back Kasey and speak with Lewis about his deplyoments with the Marines and Army. He then shares his story about his journey on his road to hope.

We welcome back Will and welcome in Dan to the show this week. We talk about finding hope. It's out there and we also want to instill it in people. We read a Facebook post, and believe it or not, it's a Facebook post with heartwarming news. Then we talk to Dan. Dan gives us a lot of info about his deployment but the story about getting dumped while deployed was something else. He then shares his s...

We welcome back Kacey to the show and welcome in Rob. We discuss the importance of being grateful for something everyday. We ask Rob how he heard about Camp Hope and the answer won't surprise you. Then we talk about trauma on trauma and feelings that haven't been felt before.

We welcome to the show, Bobby. Bobby leaves behind his family to come back to Camp Hope to get the peer to peer help he needs to get back to them. He talks about his better half and the inspiration she and his children are to him. We also discuss the difficulty of turning your emotions back on after coming home from deployment.

We welcome back Will and welcome in John. We want you to know that your help, no matter how small you perceive it to be, is of great value to us. We thank you for all that you do for us. We also talk about the power of reciprocation. Finally, we talk to John about his journey on his road to hope. We ask him what's helped John the most at Camp Hope. His answer is one we hear all the time.

We welcome back Kacey and welcome in Lee. We talk about the transition coming home and not feeling you belong anywhere. Then we talk to Lee. We ask him what's changed in the 5 months he's been at Camp Hope and we get his story about his journey on his road to hope.

We welcome in Richie to the show. Richie talks about his journey on his road to hope. We also talk about getting the world out about Camp Hope. We do NOT want to be the best kept secret in town. We also discuss graduation week. What does that mean for our residents?

We bring in Eric to the show and welcome back Travis. Eric shares his story on his road to hope. We talk legacy donations and other ways to give to Camp Hope. We also discuss eating Bosnian food (good) and the moment Eric finally called for help.

We welcome back in, Travis and welcome in Sterling. Sterling shares his story about his journey on his road to hope. We talked about boy scouts, sharing this podcast and what the holidays are like for our residents at camp hope.

We welcome in Travis and Josh. Josh tells us about his journey on his road to hope. We talk about not being to resolve everything. What does that mean? How do you resolve not being about to resolve?

We welcome back Kasey and welcome in Cody. Cody shares some stories about his time in Korea, he discusses what brought him to Camp Hope and what day one is like there. We also take a minute to recap Thanksgiving at Camp Hope and what pie overload looks like.

We welcome in Rob and welcome back Casey this week. This time of year is hard enough on veterans but given all the combat that happend at this time of year, it makes it even harder on them. We discuss that with our vets today. We also ask "What is the biggest issue veterans have when coming back from service?". The answer surprised us but yet was so obvious.

Will comes back and brings Gerald. Gerald shares his story with us and talks about his journey on his road to hope. Marine Birthday weekend, Veterans Day weekend, there is a lot that happened this weekend. We talk some more about our veteran's reactions to "thank you for your service".

We welcome in Frank and welcome back Will. Will breaks down what he means when he talks about his grounding techniques. What does that look like? We also hear from Frank. He describes himself as a "crayon cruncher". We talk about his journey on his road to hope.

We welcome in Chase to our show this week. He talks to us about his journey on his road to hope. We discuss what it takes to bring someone into Camp Hope. It is a process that may surprise you. We dip into our mailbag and get asked: "Is there an oppurtunity for someone like me at Camp Hope?". The answer won't surprise you. Finally we talk about the cost of war. It's more than who we lose on foreig...