Hyperbaric access
Chamber and recovery therapy for those who need it, at no cost to them. The same door that opened this story, held open for the next person.
Heal. Empower. Rise Again.
Restore to Rise
Strengthening the mind, restoring the body, healing the heart and rebuilding the spirit. Rising together.
Health, wellness and healing alternatives, given free to those who need and deserve them, and could not otherwise reach them.
01The Origin
Every cause begins somewhere. This one reflects my journey, inspired by a friend.
Paul Vespie. A disabled military veteran and one of Richard's closest friends, considered his brother. A man who sacrificed for this country's freedom and your liberty, and suffered because of his service. And like so many of our veterans of war, he carried more than most of us will be asked to endure.
For Paul, the road back started with a spiritual awakening, coupled with a lengthy prescription of hyperbaric chamber sessions provided by Mama Lee.
America's Mighty Warriors, founded by Debbie "Mama" Lee, whose son Marc was the first Navy SEAL to fall in Ramadi. They fund hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans living with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress, and they hold themselves to a rare standard of transparency: nearly every dollar given reaches the mission.
"That kind of got me back on track, by getting him on track."
Richard Vietor, founder
- Forge a strong mindGrit is built, not issued. Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts.
- Restore a broken bodyAging, injury and disability on your own terms, never anyone else's.
- Heal a wounded heartHonesty with yourself, then the vulnerability to be known by others.
- Nurture an empty soulShared by example, never preached. Walk the walk without talking the talk.
Helping one friend heal became the work of helping many. Restore to Rise exists to hold that door open wider.
Not just for veterans, but for anyone who has sacrificed on behalf of others, or faced injury or illness these services might help heal.
From one friendship, a promise: no one restores alone.
02The Work
Restoration, given freely
Providing health, wellness and healing alternatives, free, to individuals who need and deserve them but could not otherwise obtain them.
Mentoring, guiding, and giving people a hand up, never just a hand out.
The work starts simple, and it starts now: real therapy, real resources, real people beside you.
This is Richard's "Die on Empty" philosophy in practice: living a meaningful existence and helping others experience the blessings he has received.
Wellness alternatives
Blood work, diet and nutrition, exercise and fitness. Total health and wellness restoration, given free to recipients. Body, mind and spirit, treated like they belong to one person.
Mentoring and guiding
Someone who has walked the hard road, walking beside you. Help taking your own calculated risks and chasing your own unrealistic dreams, at your own pace.
In time
The vision reaches further: a place of restoration to give from, and chambers to give away. Phase one comes first, and it comes free.
Be the tugboat that pulls, not the lighthouse that watches.
The line the work is built on
See who this helps
03Impact
Who we lift
This page will never carry a number we cannot stand behind. As the first recipients are funded and the figures are verified, they will be stated here plainly, the way the people we serve deserve.
Warriors and neighbors funded through therapy
Verified figure, to be published
Of every gift reaching the people we serve
Stated plainly, once counted and verified
Our standard
Real numbers only, published as they are verified. Nothing rounded up, nothing borrowed. The people this work serves have been promised enough.
04Get Involved
Rise with us
No countdown clocks. No guilt. The story you just read is the whole pitch. If it moved you, there are three quiet ways to stand in it.
Give
Fund a warrior's restoration. One hundred percent of every gift goes to those we serve. Richard covers every administrative cost himself, so your gift never pays for overhead.
GiveGet involved
Volunteer, partner, or refer someone who needs this. If you know a veteran or a neighbor carrying too much, that referral may be the whole reason this page found you.
Reach outStay close
Updates as the work grows. No noise, no asks in your inbox every week. Just what the mission did with what it was given.
Thank you. We will write when there is something worth saying.
If you need this
Apply to be considered as a recipient of a medical grant or of services offered by Restore to Rise.
Apply hereApplications will open in stages. The full process is being finalised now.
Every dollar given is a dollar given forward. The founder pays the org's own way.
Restore to Rise is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
A note on the founder
Founded and self-funded by Richard Vietor, to pay his lessons and blessings forward.
His goal is for this work to stand on its own, and he prefers the background. The cause is the star here. For the man and the long road behind him, his story lives on its own ground.
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Strengthening the mind, restoring the body, healing the heart and rebuilding the spirit. Rising together.
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Restore to Rise is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. One hundred percent of every gift goes to those we serve. The founder covers every administrative cost himself.
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Founded and self-funded by Richard Vietor.
Founded and self-funded by Richard Vietor.