The Desert Review – Pheasant Hunt for Vets Yields Distraction from Lockdown
IMPERIAL COUNTY — The Special Liberty Project, in conjunction with Woodland’s Hunt Club, held the annual Veteran’s Pheasant Hunt in Imperial Saturday, January 11. “Special Liberty Project strives to get Veterans outdoors in the back country,” said Special Liberty...
Smoky Mountain News – Organization Builds on its Veteran Programs
FRANKLIN – For the first time in its five-year history, the national veteran and Gold Star organization Special Liberty Project, which expanded here in September, completed an onsite Vitality Retreat on its own property. This weekend’s event launched the...
WLOS (ABC) – Veterans Service Provides Healing Opportunities in Nature, Outlet for Entire family
A veterans therapeutic service provider called Special Liberty Project relocated its headquarters from California to Macon County, North Carolina in October of 2020. Founded by Cory and Jessica Merritt in 2016, the nonprofit organization has locations in Arizona,...
Smoky Mountain News – Veteran Retreat Center Opens in Macon
Nov. 10, 2020, Smoky Mountain News, Written by Jessi Stone — Jessica Merritt is counting down the days until her husband returns home from his final days of service in the U.S. Navy. After more than 20 years in the military and nine deployments, Cory Merritt...
The Franklin Press – Franklin Endorses Special Liberty Project’s Veterans Day Celebration
By Jake Browning, The Franklin Press, Tuesday, November 3, 2020 — Franklin’s Town Council confirmed the cancelation of this year’s Veterans Day Parade and Winter Wonderland, but they also laid out alternatives for each event. The annual Veterans Day Parade is...
Macon County News – Special Liberty Project Happy to be Relocated in Macon County
By Deena C. Bouknight – Contributing Writer, Macon County News – October 15, 2020 — A crisp fall day marked the celebratory nature of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce’s recognition that Special Liberty Project, now based in Macon County, is...
WLOS (ABC) – Nonprofit Dedicated to Helping Veteran Families Moves Headquarters to Franklin
FRANKLIN, N.C. (WLOS – ABC) — The Special Liberty Project held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the opening of a new national headquarters and retreat center in Franklin. The expansion gives Special Liberty Project its first location to...
KUSI-TV – Hiking Into The Holidays Event
MISSION TRAILS (KUSI) – The “Special Liberty Project is hosting an event next month that helps benefit military families and kids. The Special Liberty Project is a nonprofit organization serving ill and injured Veterans and Gold Star Families, who are families who’ve...