Under construction · Warrick County, Indiana · Opening 2027
We're building a sanctuary where veterans and their families heal.
Ninety wooded acres in Warrick County, Indiana. A place for the veterans who served, the families beside them, and the community building it together.
Photographed on the grounds · 2026
Why this exists
Healing doesn't end when service does. No one should have to heal alone.
About 7 in 100 veterans live with PTSD, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Roughly 16,000 veterans live across our four counties: the neighbor, the coach, the person in the next pew. There's no place near here built to help them and their families heal together.
The proof
This isn't a concept. It's a construction site.
$6.7M
lead grant secured
Mar 2025
ground broken
2026
lodge standing · activity center done
Apr 2027
opening
Lead funding: a $6.7M grant from The Community Foundation.
Watch it rise
From ninety acres of woods to a place that's almost ready.
Every photo here was taken on the grounds. Scroll, and watch two years of work go by.
2024
Ninety acres of woods
It began as raw land off I-69 in Warrick County: trees, a dirt track, and a plan for what could be.
March 2025
Ground broken
Crews cleared and graded the footprint. For the first time, the sanctuary had a shape you could stand in.
2025
The work begins
Crews got to work: roads cut, ground cleared, the site made ready. This was being built by the community, together.
2026
The lodge, standing
Timber gable, cedar trusses, stone and steel: the Ronnie Brookshire Lodge rose from that same footprint.
Today
Almost ready inside
A wall of windows over the lake in the activity center. Nearly finished, and opening in April 2027.
Two years in. One more to go.
See the full build timeline→What will be here
Somewhere your whole family can just be together again.
A lodge for gathering, cabins by the lake, stables and trails, and other veterans who understand. Room for the whole family, and quiet when you need it.
Architectural renderingThe Ronnie Brookshire Lodge
for events, gathering, and connection
The Activity Center
a light-filled hall over the lake
The four-acre lake
for fishing and quiet mornings
Family cabins
so families can stay together
Horse stables
for a planned equine therapy program
Trails & wooded grounds
90+ acres to slow down and reflect
On the grounds today
A four-acre lake, for quiet mornings and a line in the water.
Who's building it
Led by veterans, for veterans and the families who serve alongside them.
The Sanctuary Story: Origins
The Sanctuary: A Place
The Need
Sanctuary Timeline
Veteran assistance comes from three places.
The Individual
The VA
The Community
Like a three-legged stool, each place is critical to providing a stable foundation for veterans to find the support they need to build a productive life, and thereby strengthen the community in which they live.
Find your place
Whoever you are, there's a place for you here.
Veterans & families
This place is being built for you: to rest, reconnect, and heal, together. Be first to know when we open.
Get on the listNeighbors
It's Warrick County's own. Follow the build, walk the grounds, and lend a hand as the site takes shape.
Follow alongGive
Every gift helps finish the sanctuary before opening day: the trails, the cabins, the lake.
Help build itPartners & major gifts
Fund a piece of the sanctuary, or partner as an organization. Let's talk to a real person.
Start a conversation
This gets built by people who give. Help us reach opening day.
Your gift helps build the trails, furnish the cabins, and stock the lake.
Ground broken
Mar 2025
Lodge & center up
2026
Cabins & stables
Underway
Opening
Apr 2027