$5.5 Million Capital Campaign
Turn Struggle
Into Strength
Help us build a dedicated home for Warrior PATHH — where veterans and first responders find post-traumatic growth, healing, and renewed purpose.
Why We Build
The Need Is Real.
The Wait List Is Growing.
At the Travis Mills Foundation, we believe service does not end when the uniform comes off. For years, our retreat in Rome, Maine has been a place of recovery, connection, and growth for veterans and first responders. But demand has outpaced what one facility can hold.
“Post-traumatic stress is not a sentence — it’s a starting point for growth.”
Our Warrior PATHH program now has a wait list. Warriors who are ready to do the work are waiting. By acquiring an adjacent property and dedicating it entirely to Warrior PATHH, we can run two programs simultaneously — serving twice as many warriors without sacrificing the intimacy that makes PATHH work. This expansion will also grow our Women of Valor program from 2 to 4 retreats per year, and create space for Struggle Well community workshops.
One Building Wasn't Enough
Our original retreat can only host one program at a time, leaving hundreds of warriors on a wait list for a program that could change their lives.
Demand Keeps Growing
As Warrior PATHH gains recognition for delivering results 5–7× better than traditional mental health approaches, more warriors are asking for help every day.
More Programs = More Grants
Increasing the number of PATHH programs per year unlocks more grant funding — a sustainable cycle that funds future growth at no cost to participants.
Built on a Strong Foundation
TMF holds $20M in property assets and $14M in cash with zero long-term debt. Your gift joins an organization built to last.
About the Program
What Is
Warrior PATHH?
Warrior PATHH — Progressive & Alternative Training for Helping Heroes — is the nation’s first program dedicated to cultivating Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) in combat veterans and first responders. This is not therapy. It is transformation.
Peer-led healing, hope, and strength — delivered by PATHH Guides who have walked this path themselves. The program is rooted in the science of PTG: the understanding that trauma does not have to be the end of the road, but the beginning of a new one.
58%
Increase in PTG
58%
Decrease in Depression
53%
Decrease in Anxiety
Days 1–7
A 7-day immersive initiation at the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat in Rome, Maine — a peaceful, rural setting designed for learning, reflection, and genuine transformation.
Days 8–90
90 days of ongoing peer-led support from PATHH Guides — warriors who have faced the same struggles and are just a little further along the path.
Who Is It For
Combat veterans, first responders, and service member families — active or retired. Warrior PATHH is training to thrive because of your warrior experiences, not in spite of them.
Always Free
Thanks to a partnership with the Boulder Crest Foundation and support from the Avalon Action Alliance, Warrior PATHH is provided at no cost to every participant. Your gift keeps it that way.
Results
Warrior PATHH delivers outcomes 5–7× better than traditional approaches to mental health — not a temporary fix, but a lifelong foundation for growth.
NOT Therapy
Not a faith-based program. Not about existing as a diminished version of yourself. Warrior PATHH is intensive training designed by Warriors, for Warriors.
Architectural Renderings
See What We're Building
These renderings show the vision for the new Warrior PATHH campus — a purpose-built facility nestled in the woods of Rome, Maine, designed to support healing, growth, and lifelong transformation.
Front Entrance View
Aerial View
Architectural renderings are illustrative. Final design subject to change during permitting and construction.
The Capital Campaign
Building Strength. Restoring Hope. Empowering Warriors.
The $5.5 million Warrior PATHH Capital Campaign funds three interconnected projects — each essential to delivering more programs, housing more warriors, and supporting the team that makes it all possible.
$3,000,000
Warrior PATHH Expansion Building
A state-of-the-art training facility dedicated entirely to Warrior PATHH — purpose-built for peer-led healing, workshops, reflection, and growth in a peaceful rural setting.
- New purpose-built training space
- Peaceful rural Maine setting
- Supports Struggle Well workshops
- Building naming: $1,500,000
$1,500,000
More Programs = More Grants
On-site lodging for an immersive PATHH experience. Private apartment-style and hotel-style rooms to support rest, reflection, and healing during the 7-day initiation.
- 10–12 private participant units
- 2 apartment-style Guide suites
- 13 hotel-style participant rooms
- Room naming from $25,000
$1,000,000
One Building Wasn't Enough
Expanding and modernizing our administrative hub gives our growing team the space and resources to serve veterans and families with excellence.
- Expanded space for staff growth
- Supports increased program volume
- Enables Women of Valor expansion
Leave a Lasting Legacy
Every major gift in this campaign carries the option to be permanently named in honor or memory of someone who matters — from individual rooms to the building itself.
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June 2025 — Campaign Launch
Campaign Officially Announced
The Travis Mills Foundation publicly launches the $5.5 million Warrior PATHH Capital Campaign. Adjacent property has been acquired and planning is underway.
Coming Soon
Site Preparation Begins
Ground preparation and site development for the new Warrior PATHH expansion building is expected to begin this season. Check back for photos and progress updates.
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The Capital Campaign
No Warrior Fights Alone.
Your gift is not just a donation — it’s a declaration that those who have given everything deserve a chance to grow, heal, and thrive. Help us build the place where that happens.
Secure online giving portal coming soon. To make a gift now, contact Foundation@travismillsfoundation.org
$25,000+
Legacy Donor
Permanent recognition on the Warrior PATHH Capital Campaign Donor Wall inside the new expansion building. Room naming available.
$5,000+
Champion Donor
Named recognition in campaign publications, the TMF newsletter, and the campaign honor roll.
Any Amount
Warrior Supporter
Every dollar directly funds construction of a place where warriors turn trauma into growth. No gift is too small.
Travis Mills Foundation
Warrior PATHH Capital Campaign
647 Castle Island Road
Mt. Vernon, ME 04352
Foundation@travismillsfoundation.org
(207) 480-3490
www.travismillsfoundation.org
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Building Strength. Restoring Hope. Empowering Warriors.