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About.We are a South Dakota non-profit Corporation formed on February 11, 2018 whose mission is to bring the returning veterans back into society through job training, education, or just PTSD counseling. Founder Dave Gates discovered through personal experience when a Veteran feels like they are a member of the team, it raises his/her chances for survival. VHHP is a member of the BLACK HILLS HOME BUILDERS ASSOC., SOUTH DAKOTA HOME BUILDERS ASSOC, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS
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A New CharityVeteran's Helping Hands Project came into being when Dave Gates started to get some of his Vietnam PTSD back after 48 years of it being buried, causing Dave to rethink where he was headed in life. VHHP started as a non-profit aimed at education, etc., but this all changed when talking to the local VFW and Veteran's Affairs. He found that there was an 800 lb. gorilla in the room that was out of sight, pertaining to veterans being passed from one group to the next. Nobody had any finances to help veterans, or the need didn't fit the programs offered by that group. VHHP will be teaching veterans how to build homes for other veterans, and with every home sold, the profits will be returned to local organizations to help provide the funds necessary to better meet the needs of our veterans.
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Our GoalDave Gates has had a very popular outdoor TV show called Dakota Sportsmen TV which has aired on The Sportsman Channel, The Pursuit Channel, WildTV Canada,, in Europe, MidCo Sportsnet, streaming on The Hunt Channel, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon Fire, and OANTV.com. What VHHP wants to do is to present our case to the national audience for support and to start a National discussion about our warfighter's plight when they come home from war to a Country they no longer know. If we can stop one suicide from happening (which we already have done) our reason for existence has been justified. We want to remake the show to be totally about the veterans and our mission to teach the returning vets new construction industry job skills to enable them to enter the workforce as productive citizens, along with alone time either hunting, or fishing.
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Our Team
BRECKIN CHURCHWELL
Public Relations Director Secretary CELLPHONE: 661-599-8397 EMAIL: [email protected] First and foremost, the Lord is my rock, He is my strength. My three kids are my world, but I am very grateful to all the veterans-those who have been deployed as well as those who were not. They all enlisted knowing they could be making the ultimate sacrifice for us and our Country. I am not a veteran, but I care so deeply and want to do my part to fight for them. What I have found since I have been associated with this project is that the VA system has all the pieces to help the veterans reintegrate but the pieces are not working with each other and the system is broken. I have a heart for those who battle substance abuse and want to overcome it. Please join me in the fight for our veterans. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 
William Groves
Member-at-Large General Contractor of record C: 605-484-7722 E: [email protected] Bill has been in the construction business since working with his dad as a teenager. Bill moved to California and started The Groves Company where he was a general plumbing and electrical Contractor from 1994 through 2013 when he moved back to Rapid City. He also was an estimator, design, and project manager for All star Construction; a job superintendent for Hospitality Builder Inc., and a compliance officer for Complete Concrete, Inc. along with managing projects. He currently is back running his own construction consulting business when he heard about the veteran's project and jumped in with both feet to help. |
Dave Gates
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Don Ackerman
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