“Veterans Patriot Ranch” (For Homeless Veterans)

Hello fellow Patriots I need help getting the Patriot Ranch up and running and getting our Honored Veterans OFF THE STREETS!! Any advise will be appreciated!! ! We have come to a stand still UNFORTUNATELY!! At this time we have about $1,850 USD collected. I can break ground with $350,000 collected. So i need all of you PATRIOTS to please help us get these Veteran's off the streets and into a new  hand built cabin that they will help build anc be very proud of!! So please help us make the “Patriot Ranch” a reality!! If I were a rich man I would write the check myself!! But I’m not!! But i am willing to put in the hard labor to build there new cabins and give these Homeless Veterans a clean, new hand built cabin they can be proud of and call home!!  I was 18 when I joined our Armed forces, I Served in the Gulf War, Desert Storm & Iraqi Freedom, Etc. When I return home I was changed!! I was damaged both physically and mentally from WAR!! I do not have any regrets of Serving America, I would do it again, again and again!! It has been my greatest life’s Honor!! But I have baggage from the war, I am physically injured (3 Traumatic Brain Injuries, about 12 lbs of titanium here & there and a really cool prosthetic leg (the prosthetic and titanium were from a car crash) PTSD, Anxiety, insomnia, terrible night terrors and Gulf War Syndrome!! I was lost and homeless for a while when I returned. It was awe full and we have so many Veterans homeless right now, tossed away because they are no longer needed to pull the trigger !! I find this disgusting!! AND I AM GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME!! WE are going to build an off grid homestead the “Patriot Ranch”!! It will be in Minnesota in the wilderness!! (With more to follow I hope) It will be completely “OFF GRID” using Solar, wind, hydro and wood for heat and geothermal for cooling. We, the Veterans will build the cabins the Veterans will live in. I will purchase on kit log home that we will assemble on the 100 acres and after that (with the $8,500 (Pre owned) saw mill we will build every other cabin, machine shed, wood storage building, shops, Etc. By hand!! This building process will give these beat up Veterans a sense of purpose and a very valuable skill set!! We will also raise Akita and Swedish Elk Hounds, these dogs will serve as “Service Dogs” and some will be sold to purchase items we will need. My Service Dog (Ox) has saved my life!! Being around dogs lowers stress & anxiety better and saver than the tubs of pills the VA prescribes!! In addition to providing a safe, clean and really sharp home for these veterans to live in we will have a large garden, we will fish, hunt & trap, raise chickens, pigs and other livestock!! These Veterans will find PURPOSE finally, they will once again be part of a team!! They will be taught valuable skills like building cabins from the ground up, installing Solar Systems, free AC which comes 10 feet down in the earth where it’s always about 50 degrees!! “OFF GRID” which is very popular there days!! After this first 100 acre oasis for our Wounded Warriors I will start others all over this wonderful Country!! I plan on starting spin off businesses so our Veterans will always be able to put in a solid 8-12 Hour Day!! Nothing cures insomnia better than exhaustion!! We will also have therapy (group & one on one, there are many Veterans dealing with Alcohol & Drug addiction. So I will be purchasing 2-3 large cargo vans so the whole crew can attend AA & NA, Etc. meetings after we eat dinner together in our community dinning hall. There will be one large log cabin (The Dinning Hall) that will house the kitchen, coolers, freezers and several huge dinner tables that will fabricate from the trees on the property!! I am going to put my life savings into this, but it’s not nearly enough!! So if you Love this Country like I do!! We have an obligation to care of the brave Women & Men that make it possible for everyone to live and prosper in America!! The military makes all of this possible and I am sick and tired of having our Veterans DISCARDED after they have “served their purpose”!! Your donation is tax deductible I’m sure, if your well off enough to make a sizable donation you won’t even miss it!! But when you come visit you will be amazed how far I can stretch a dollar!! ! And just think!! You will be saving a Veterans life by taking them off the street or from under a bridge!! And making it possible for these Veterans to have a home (that they built) to lay their head down and night, with a full stomach and surrounded by his/her brothers and sisters for support and really understand the struggles they are having!! This is going to be expensive but AMAZING!! but in the picture it’s so worth it!! The VA isn’t taking care of us Vets!! I know I’ve tried using the VA!! We will need to purchase 2 trailers to live in while we’re building cabin market, a Heavy Duty Truck (all of these will be Pre owned, I’m a pretty handy mechanic so I can fix just about anything) tractor with implements, saw mill, hand tools, Etc, Etc. Every evening we will have a camp fire chat!! A nice big fire pit surrounded by chairs the we will make from the trees on the property!! There we will vent, discuss, scream, cry and most important HEAL!!

I hope this message reaches the right people God has intended it to!! The $750,000 may seem like a big number but the land alone is $500,000. And all of the labor will be free!!

I thank you for taking the time to read this!! This idea came to me in a dream, and it was so clear !!! I now know WHY I was put on this earth and my life spared on so many occasions!!

THIS IS MY MISSION AND I WILL COMPLETE IT !! If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call or text me!! I really look forward to speaking with you, and I am so excited to get started!! I’ve already found the piece of land, I hope it will still be available when we’re financially ready!! If not I will find another location!!

Sincerely

Jon Eriksson (Veteran, Patriot and Lover of this fine United States of America!!)

May God bless you and yours and the United States of America!! Man, is this a Fantastic Country!! We are all so Blessed to live here, it’s sad that people take this Country for granted!!