2022 National American Legion Auxiliary Public Spirit Award Winner
DTOM 22/0 Foundation & Veterans Ranch
For immediate emergencies please dial 911. For assistance please book an appointment below or contact us at 605-725-3866
Operation DTOM Turkey Drop
2022 Thanksgiving "Feed One Million" Project
Hi everyone! DTOM will be hosting the first annual "Operation DTOM Turkey Drop" this year to help feed our veterans and their families. In the next two weeks we will be providing Thanksgiving food boxes to over 100 families in three states! We are currently looking for the following food item donations, and would be forever thankful for your donations in our efforts to feed one million people over the next year! DTOM will be in SD, MN, and ND!
Cranberry Sauce
Ham (We have the Turkeys covered)
Squash
Vegetables
Rolls
Pumpkin Pie or another desert
Butter
Bone/Chicken Broth
Stuffing Mix
Instant potatoes (we have over 800 pounds of potatoes donated to us so we will be bagging those) this is for veterans that may have a hard time peeling or cooking.
Gluten or Sugar-Free foods.
DTOM Veterans Pheasant Hunt: Rescheduling due to ice storm
Additional Information: Update: Severe Weather coming in..we are currently monitoring this situation
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, Pheasants Forever, Hills View Hunts, the Elks of Aberdeen and 13 Stripes have teamed up with the DTOM Veterans Ranch to host our first ever Veterans Pheasant Hunt. After the day of hunting, the Elks Lodge will host the Veterans for an evening meal in Aberdeen, at the time we will hold our raffle drawing for the KRX Tactical 12 gauge.
Limited spots are available for the hunt so sign up now, raffle tickets will be available for sale by contacting Chris.
For more information please call: 605-725-DTOM (3866) or Chris@dtom220.org
Project Feed One Million
The DTOM Veterans Ranch (in partnership with Set Free Ministry (Pastor JT) of Great Falls Montana) are on a mission to feed the hungry.
"Project Feed One Million" will start on August 1st of 2022 and go through August 2023. Our goal is to feed one million people. We are looking for teams throughout the nation to sign up here at the ranch to see how many people we can feed in one year. If you would like to sign up or donate to our campaign, please contact Dr. Diefenbach at 605-252-8792 or donate below. A gift of 5.00, 10.00, 20.00, or 100.00 would greatly help our mission and we thank you. Doc and Chris: DTOM Veterans Ranch.
Since January of 2022, the DTOM Veterans Ranch (with support from our community members, the Stratford SD Legion and Auxiliary, the Set Free Ministry, and Pastor JT in Great Falls Montana, Save the Cowboy Beef Ministry in Kiowa Colorado, the Troy Engelhart Ranch, and Natural Abundance Food CoOp) has fed over 210 veterans and their families. This campaign is to feed all who are hungry.
Order your American-Made Flags with: Tidmore Flags
Additional Information
If you are looking for great quality, American-made flags, please check out Tidmore Flag and Banner in Aberdeen, SD.
You can either call: 1-800-321-3524 to order your flags, or visit their website at:
Tidmore Flags is proud to offer you American-made flags and flag accessories at the best possible prices. Order here or call today!
The DTOM Veterans Ranch proudly supports the products and services of Tidmore Flag and Banner!
**IF YOU PUT "Veteran" in promo code at checkout, 13% of purchase goes back to the DTOM Veterans Ranch**
DTOM Supports: Veteran-Owned Business: QQP/13 Stripes
Additional Information
Veteran Owned: Quality Quick Print and 13 Stripes have been consistent and dedicated supporters of the DTOM Veterans Ranch and our mission of helping military veterans and their families.
At QQP in Aberdeen (also have other locations throughout South Dakota!) you can get your brand on anything, anywhere, with creative solutions to make you successful! (Print, Signs, Apparel, Engraving, Design, (Marketing Inventory Management Storefronts streamline the ordering process)
For more information please call: 605-226-2541 or visit their website at: sales@myqqp.com
DTOM uses QQP for all of our printing and marketing needs!
DTOM Veterans Ranch Awards
2022 National American Legion Auxiliary https://www.legion-aux.org/public-spirit-award
2022 Evan Williams American Made Heroes Award Winner
2021-2022 National American Legion Auxiliary President's Care Giver Award Winner
2022 Touchstone Energy "Who Powers You" Award Winner
2021-2022 National University Systems NCU Doctoral Alumni of the Year Award Winner
2021-2022 South Dakota State Veteran of the Year Award Winner
2021-2022 Rich Kezar American Armed Services Veteran of the Year Award Winner.
2020-2021 Rich Kezar American Armed Services Veteran of the Year Award Winner.
2020-2021 Abby Bridge Builder Award
Tactical Yoga for Disabled Veterans
Tactical Yoga for Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Coming in fall and winter of 2022, the DTOM Veterans Ranch will be holding tactical yoga classes for disabled veterans. These classes are specifically designed for elderly veterans, veterans with physical disabilities or limited mobility, and neurological/balance disorders. Classes are free for veterans. We will be holding separate classes for civilians as well at a cost of 10.00 per class. All donations from these classes will go to help our veterans and their families. Stay Tuned!
1MC 99 Addiction Recovery Program
About
The 1MC 99 Recovery Program is an 18-week, non-residential, intensive mentorship program for veterans seeking assistance with addiction and recovery without the confinement of walls. We focus on the personal and professional goals of the veteran through the creation of individualized recovery plans that helps each veteran create a successful and meaningful path to recovery.
Each veteran collaborates with another veteran and/or small groups who have had similar struggles in an environment of support, mentorship, and leadership to create a personal journey for healing the whole person not just the addiction. We walk each veteran through the realm of trauma recovery, PTS, PTSD, family issues, work and social issues, financial issues, and help them get back on track with their lives. The Staff at the DTOM Veterans Ranch will travel to pick veterans up if they live within a 100-mile radius from the DTOM Ranch. We also work with city and court agencies to ensure weekly reporting as required.
The 1MC 99 Recovery Program Mission Statement: At the DTOM Veterans Ranch, we believe in the mission “never leave a brother or a sister behind.” We believe that it is our responsibility to take care of each other in all walks of life because we understand each other, and it is a part of the oath we took as soldiers when we signed that dotted line. We trained together, we fought together, and now we heal together. The mission of the 1MC 99 Recovery Program is to create intensive, supportive, personal journeys of healing while bringing struggling veterans together to build comradery and support in the mission of addiction recovery.
The 1MC 99 Visionary Statement: It is our mission at the DTOM Veterans Ranch and within the 1MC 99 Recovery Program to not only change the standards of care for struggling veterans and their families, but to create a life-long commitment to an environment of care that supports the whole person, their family, and their personal journeys towards addiction recovery and healing.
Meaning behind the 1MC 99: In the United States Navy, 1MC meant: hot mike on a ship, that the commander was about to give a message. The number 99 means that the message was meant for, and important for all members aboard. “All Hands on Deck” and this has become our approach to working with, and healing military veterans and their families. It takes all of us to heal, and not just relying on a program within a system.
For further information about this program, please contact Dr. Tracy Diefenbach at 605-252-8792 or by email: doct@dtom220.org
605 Junction Program
Powered by DTOM Veterans Ranch
The 605 Junction Program is an alternative diversion program powered by the DTOM 22/0 Foundation for youth ages 6 to 17. This program is for youth who may need or require inclusive guidance or mentorship due to behavioral concerns or adverse choices. This program consists of 16 fully guided weeks of intensive skill building activities and behavioral modifications. The first 8 weeks focus on the individual youth, then we transition them to group sessions for the last 8 weeks. In week 17 all youth who complete the program will graduate and will then become eligible to participate in the Junior Scouts Scholarship Program.
This is a 16-week, direct support mentorship program that teaches youth:
1. Internal and External Goal setting
2. MRMS Horse Therapy
3. Interpersonal Skill Building
4. Social Responsibility: Negative and Positive Influence
5. Personal Responsibility: Self Care and Time Management
6. Risk, Reward, and Consequence
7. Independent Living Skills and Healthy Lifestyle habits
8. Effective Communication: Friends, Family, Authority (Verbal/Non-verbal)
9. Problem Solving
10. Peer Pressure: Safety and Security
11. Personal and Social Boundaries: Self Expression and Emotional Control
12. Respect of Self and others
13. Group Skill Building
Youth enrolled in this program either through their family or court appointed will attend one-hour, weekly sessions with the 605 Junction Team. At the end of each week, attendance and progress reports will be sent out to the receiving authority.
Parents and/or guardians will also be included in the Building Stronger Families portion of this program to ensure program goals are achieved while sponsoring an environment of support and healing.
We are currently accepting 10 youth into this program every 30 days.
The cost of this program is:
120.00 per one hour session, at 4 sessions per month: 480.00 per youth per month.
**Some individuals may need two sessions per week, and this will be determined on a case-by-case basis. **
For further information about this program, please contact Ms. Lane Weeman at Lane@DTOM220.org or Dr. Tracy Diefenbach at doct@dtom220.org.
Building Stronger Families Program: Junior Board
Program Information: Sponsored by TC Energy
Mission Statement: The mission of the DTOM 22/0 Building Stronger Families program and the Junior Board is to provide leadership and community service opportunities for our youth and their families, and build the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of our youth through legislative speaking opportunities, therapeutic program education, foundation development, and through the creation of fundraising activities to support the businesses and organizations that support us.
Vision: To create family-oriented activities focused on community service, ethics, hard work, leadership, education, and mentorship. "Pay-it-Forward!"
DTOM 22/0 Junior Board Schedule of Events:
The DTOM Veterans Ranch Junior Board Committee will be meeting Saturday January 29th at the DTOM Veterans Ranch. Doc T. will be sending out the invites.
Junior Board Schedule of Events will be published the first week of February 2022.
**First Junior Scout Meeting is February 21st from 6PM to 8PM at the Warner Community Center. (We have six slots left for kids ages 6 to 18). Parents are asked to be there for the first half-hour, and we will be providing food, beverages, and activities.
**If you are interested in participating as a volunteer in this program, or you would like to sign your child/children up for this program please contact Dr. Tracy Diefenbach at 605-252-8792.
