Build "The Basecamp Pavilion": The Social Heart of Inclusion

Funding a $1.25M Universally Accessible National Park Lodge-Style Gathering Hub

Moving From "Accommodated" to "Expected"

When a family navigating a disability approaches a public park shelter, they are all too often forced to scout ahead or feel like an inconvenience. From gravel floors and fixed benches to steps and isolated seating layouts, traditional outdoor spaces routinely relegate wheelchair users and disabled veterans to the physical margins of community life. They are treated like an afterthought.

The Basecamp Pavilion completely rewrites this narrative.

We are launching our $1.25 Million Capital Campaign to build the Basecamp Pavilion—a stunning, 5,000-square-foot open-air timber structure inspired by historic national park lodges. Positioned as the social and emotional heartbeat of our flagship Kentucky sanctuary, this facility is engineered from the ground up on a zero-entry concrete foundation. It is an elite, high-end communal space where families, veterans, and children of all abilities gather, cook, share meals, and experience the wilderness together—with absolute dignity and zero barriers.

Architectural Masterpieces: What Your Donation Funds

The Basecamp Pavilion transforms universal accessibility from a simple legal checklist into a welcoming art form, utilizing luxury eco-retreat design elements:

The Campfire Commons ($60,000 Target): The emotional centerpiece of the campus. Unlike traditional dirt fire pits surrounded by inaccessible seating, this space features flush concrete approach paths and safe, wheelchair-level fire viewing zones. Families and veterans gather around the same flame, at the exact same level, for storytelling under the stars.
The Adaptive Community Kitchen & Cooking Terrace ($55,000 Target): A revolutionary outdoor culinary environment designed for complete independence. It features lowered countertop heights, roll-under preparation stations, side-access grills, and touch-safe heating zones, allowing wheelchair users to safely host cookouts without ever needing to ask for help.
Universal Dining & Modular Layouts ($50,000 Target): We live by a strict architectural rule: Every seat belongs to everyone. The pavilion utilizes completely flexible, modular furniture configurations featuring roll-under accessible tables, companion seating zones, and dedicated integrated spaces for service animals.
Sensory-Conscious & Trauma Support ($35,000 Target): Engineered with acoustic-dampening wood treatments, quiet ceiling fans, and non-flickering indirect lighting to create an emotionally safe, psychologically calming environment for guests with autism, PTSD, or sensory sensitivities.
The Solar Sanctuary Grid Integration ($110,000 Target): Operating with 100% off-grid resilience, the pavilion integrates an advanced solar roofing array, rapid-charging terminals for power chairs, and emergency backup battery systems to double as a community climate resilience hub.

Naming Rights & Donor Legacy Tiering

Because nearly every single visitor to the sanctuary will pass through this central living room to eat, rest, and connect, the Basecamp Pavilion offers extraordinary, high-visibility naming rights for visionary philanthropic and corporate partners.

$500,000 | Pavilion Title Patron: Secure exclusive, permanent naming rights to the entire flagship open-air timber lodge structure, anchoring your legacy to the heart of the property.
$250,000 | The Eco-Mobility Solar Roof Initiative: Name the advanced solar roofing infrastructure and high-capacity mobility device charging grid powering the facility.
$75,000 | The Campfire Commons Endowment: Permanently name the universally accessible fire circle, linking your family or brand to our most emotionally powerful evening gathering zone.
$50,000 | The Adaptive Cooking Terrace Sponsor: Secure premium naming rights over the high-tech, roll-under outdoor kitchen and community dining hall.
$25,000 | The Gathering Plaza & Sensory Gardens: Sponsor the beautifully landscaped, low-glare entry plaza and native pollinator gardens framing the pavilion.
Any Amount | The Belonging Fund: Every dollar directly purchases heavy timber beams, concrete foundations, and adaptive infrastructure to bring this circle together.

Join the Circle Today

This is where isolation ends and true community begins. Help us build an outdoor environment where human dignity is elevated, and where no one is pushed to the outside edge of life.

Click "Donate" today to fund the Basecamp Pavilion and help build the heart of inclusion.

The Basecamp Pavilion

The Social Heart of Wheelable Wilderness in Kentucky