Big Red Barn Retreat

HELPING HEROES THRIVE

The Big Red Barn Retreat offers Post-Traumatic Growth Based Training and Services for Active-Duty Military members, Veterans, and First Responders

WE HELP HEROES TRANSFORM STRUGGLE INTO NEWFOUND GROWTH AND STRENGTH

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People served annually through our transformative training and services offered.

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In Post-traumatic Growth among Warrior PATHH students

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More effective than traditional approaches to PTSD

Warrior PATHH saved my life and it saved my marriage"
- Nikki
Army Veteran
You Walk Away from this place knowing you’re not alone. Knowing you have teammates. Knowing you have folks to fall back on”
- Roger
Law Enforcement
It didn’t take long for us to realize what we had in common and became a unit and start to fight a different kind of fight, not in combat, but in healing”
- Brooks
Navy Veteran

Did you know?

At some point in their life, 7 out of every 100 Veterans (7%) will have PTSD.

HELPING HEROES THRIVE ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEYOND.

The Big Red Barn Retreat’s Post-Traumatic Growth training serves active-duty military members, veterans, and first responders from across the state of South Carolina and beyond.

Bubbles are based on zip code and sized based on the number of students from that given zip code (1 – 33) that have attended the Big Red Barn Retreat Warrior PATHH program.

WARRIOR PATHH

PROGRAM BRIEF

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, and First Responders

LENGTH: 90 Days, beginning with 7-Day in-person, residential, initiation and followed by 90 days of virtual training and check-ins with fellow program participants and Warrior PATHH Guides

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Road., Blythewood, SC, 29016

STRUGGLE WELL

Program Brief

FOR: First Responder and Military Units

LENGTH: 1, 2, and 5-day programs

LOCATION: South Carolina and North Carolina

MEDITATION

Program Brief

FOR: Active Serving Military, Veterans, First Responders, and immediate family members

LENGTH: Offered twice a year over four consecutive days for two hours each day

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Road, Blythewood

FARM TO TABLE COOKING

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, First Responders, and their immediate family members

LENGTH: 2 hour instructional workshop, offered once a month

LOCATION: 830 Lorick Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016

EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, and First Responders

LENGTH: 1 hour therapy sessions

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Road, Blythewood

YOGA & TAI CHI

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, First Responders, and their immediate Family Members

LENGTH: Hourly Classes Offered Weekly

LOCATION: 830 Lorick Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016; Top of log cabin garage

HEALING LENS

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, First Responders, and their immediate Family Members

LENGTH: 2 Hour instructional workshop, offered once a month

LOCATION: Varies

PEER TO PEER GROUPS

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, First Responders, and their immediate family members

LENGTH: Meets Every Friday In Person for 1.5 hours

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Rd., Blythewood, SC, 29016 and 770 Pelham Rd, Greenville, SC 29615

ART THERAPY

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, and First Responders

LENGTH: 1.5 hour sessions meeting weekly for 8 consecutive weeks

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016

GARDENING

Program Brief

FOR: First Responder & Military Units

LENGTH: 1.5 hour – 2 hour gardening sessions

LOCATION: Veterans Garden at 830 Lorick Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016

MUSIC THERAPY

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, First Responders, and their immediate family members

LENGTH: 8 week workshop, meeting 1.5 hours a week

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016

FORM UP FRIDAYS

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, and First Responders

LENGTH: Monthly 2 hour sessions

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016

FINANCIAL TRAINING

Program Brief

FOR: Active-Duty Military, Veterans, and First Responders

LENGTH: 2 Hour Sessions Offered Quarterly

LOCATION: 8024 Winnsboro Road, Blythewood, SC, 29016

Volunteering is at the very core of being a human. No one has made it thRough life without someone else's help"
-Heather French Harry

Help Serve Those That Served...

Your support helps us provide these life-changing programs and services at little to no charge to veterans, military, first responders, and their families. With your help, our Warriors won’t just survive — they’ll thrive.

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The 2024 Defender Service Awards

Vote Daily to Help the BRBR Win a Brand New Land Rover Defender Vehicle!

The Big Red Barn Retreat of Blythewood, SC has been selected as a honoree in the Defender Service Honorees Award.
 
The public can cast their votes for the Big Red Barn Retreat from October 2nd, 2024, through October 17th, 2024, generating the ultimate category winners. Based on the public vote, each category winner will be awarded a new Defender 130 vehicle that will be customized to align with their mission of service.
The winners of the 2024 Defender Service Awards presented by CHASE will be announced at Destination Defender on November 23, 2024, at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California.
 
For information and rules on the Defender Service Awards presented by CHASE, click the button below!