Hero 1 of 100 — Joshua L. Holm. Walker signup is open. Pledges start at launch.
A Promise Kept
With America's wealth and the availability of cutting-edge technology, there is no reason these heroes should be left in a wheelchair. We are going to help 100 veterans walk again. There are two things you can do to help.
The Model
1,000 walkers × 15 miles × 10 backers → one named hero standing.
One person says yes, and it starts.
Walk For A Hero, our Heroes, and corporate sponsors recruit 1,000 people to take the challenge: “Walk 15 miles so a veteran can walk again.” Each Walker has 30 days to complete their 15-mile mission — on a neighbourhood route, a park loop, a trail, or spread across the walking you already do. Your phone’s GPS records the distance as you go; start the tracker when you set off and stop it when you’re done for the day.
At least ten people stand behind them.
A walker needs at least ten backers to get started, and there is no ceiling — the more they bring, the more the walk raises. Each backer makes a pledge and watches their pending, tax-deductible donation build in real time as the miles add up. The moment the walker finishes, one button fires — every backer's preferred card is charged, and every dollar is designated to the hero they chose to help walk again, less the card processor's fee.
A veteran stands up.
New heroes are being selected all the time. They help recruit their own walkers and backers — and we expect many of America's 17 million living veterans to sign up as a walker, a backer, or both. The real goal is bigger than any one campaign: integrate every step with social media and make this the most transparent, viral, feel-good charity event in American history.
The Next 99
Joshua L. Holm is the first verified hero on this campaign, not the only one. As donors and walkers fund each exoskeleton, the next real, named veteran joins this page.
Hero #1 · U.S. Veteran
Joshua L. Holm deployed to Iraq in 2003 and sustained combat-related injuries that left him paralyzed. An author, ordained minister, professional speaker, and founder of Steel Hope Foundation — Joshua's Journey is our anchor campaign.
Walker signup is open. Pledges start at launch.
Walkers and backers can sign up today — the full funding breakdown is on Joshua's story page.
1of 100 named
99 campaigns still unopened.
Our goal is to fund approximately 100 exoskeletons going forward.
100 names, 100 stories, 100 families, 100 futures — we change 100 lives, and we prove what is possible.
And then, we walk farther.
Over 20,000 people have medically qualified for exoskeleton mobility technology in the last decade — decades of life ahead of them, and decades of potential benefit from technology that already exists.
The Technology
The Wandercraft exoskeleton is an FDA-cleared, self-balancing bionic suit that enables people with lower-limb paralysis to stand and walk again. The technology is market ready today — what stands between a paralyzed veteran and walking is funding, not engineering.
A Wandercraft exoskeleton is market ready — but the hardware alone is just hardware. A suit sitting in a closet doesn't stand anyone up.
The Exoskeleton
The FDA-cleared Wandercraft unit itself — market ready, and the single largest line in the package.
5-Year Maintenance
Fully covered. No surprise bill lands on a veteran's desk.
Travel
Fitting, training, and delivery logistics — wherever the hero lives.
Therapy
The physical rehab that turns hardware into an actual walk.
