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...