Law Abiding Biker | Street Biker Motorcycle Podcast May 8, 2026

LAB-429-Riding 22 in 22 VSA (Veteran Suicide Awareness), Standing By Our Veterans

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Brand

Ciro 3D

Ciro 3D is a company that makes add-on parts for motorcycles, like lights and comfort accessories. In this segment, they’re advertising their LED lighting line.

Term

LED lighting refers to headlight and auxiliary light systems that use light-emitting diodes instead of traditional halogen bulbs. On motorcycles, LED upgrades are popular because they can offer brighter output and faster response, and they’re often sold in kits meant to fit specific bikes.

Term

CANBUS plug and place system compatibility

CANBUS is the motorcycle’s electronic “network” that talks to all the parts. The claim here is that these LED lights are made to plug in and work correctly without you having to rewire or fight warning lights.

Car

Dodge Charger

The Dodge Charger is a sporty car with four doors that’s known for having a powerful engine. People talk about it because it can be driven daily, but it’s also built to feel fast. It’s often chosen by drivers who want a mix of practicality and performance.

Term

USB type A

USB Type-A is the common “rectangular” USB plug you see on lots of chargers. It’s used here to power devices from the motorcycle’s charging setup.

Term

USB type C

USB Type-C is the newer USB plug that works either way up. It’s commonly used for charging phones and other devices from a motorcycle power setup.

Term

SAE plug

An SAE plug is a standard plug used on many motorcycles for charging. It makes it easy to connect a charger or power accessory to the bike’s battery.

Term

battery monitor

A battery monitor tells you how healthy your motorcycle battery is. It helps you make sure you’re not draining it while using chargers and electronics.

Term

Stealthport

Stealthport is a mounted charging/power connection on the motorcycle. It gives you an easy place to plug in USB charging without running wires every time.

Brand

Cardo Pactalk Edge

Cardo Pactalk Edge is a Bluetooth communication system for motorcycle helmets. It lets riders talk and listen to audio, so it needs power—especially on long trips.

Brand

Deltran

Deltran is a company that makes motorcycle battery chargers and accessories. The host mentions it as one of the options for charging gear and keeping the bike’s battery ready.

Term

USB and C adapters

USB and USB-C adapters are plugs that let you power/charge gadgets from the motorcycle. They’re used so you can run charging cables for things like your phone or helmet gear.

Brand

Techmate Optimate

Techmate Optimate makes battery chargers for motorcycles. It can automatically monitor the battery and stop charging if the voltage gets into a risky range, which helps keep the battery in better shape.

Term

battery drops below 12 volts

This is when the motorcycle battery gets too low. Newer bikes have more electronics, so if the voltage drops too far, it can cause problems—so people use chargers that keep it from getting that low.

Term

IFCU

IFCU is a bike’s electronics control box. If the battery gets too low, that control box can act up or cause starting/electrical issues, so riders try to keep voltage from dropping too far.

Term

125 Enduro

A “125 Enduro” is a smaller 125cc dirt-style motorcycle. It’s meant for riding on rougher ground, like trails, not only smooth roads.

Car

Honda Goldwing

The Honda Gold Wing is a touring motorcycle made for long trips. People pick it because it’s designed to handle lots of miles and keep you going comfortably.

Topic

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder is a big motorcycle event that focuses on veterans and missing service members. The host mentions it to show how long they’ve been doing these kinds of trips.

Term

ultra limited

“Ultra limited” means a very high-end touring version of a motorcycle. It’s the kind of bike you’d choose when you plan to ride far and want more features and support on the road.

Term

dealership network

A dealership network is the chain of official shops that can fix your bike or get parts. When you’re traveling, having more nearby dealerships can help you get help faster.

Term

parts

Here “parts” means replacement pieces your bike might need to get fixed. If parts are easy to find quickly, it’s less stressful when you’re far from home.

Brand

Harley Davidson

Harley-Davidson is a well-known motorcycle company with lots of local dealerships. Here, they’re saying their charity events work with those Harley dealerships.

Term

one-touch saddlebags

These are side storage bags on a motorcycle that you can open or release with one simple action. It’s meant to be faster and easier than older bag designs.

Term

mo-tech tethers

Mo-Tech tethers are small straps or links that help keep the saddlebags controlled when you open or move them. They help the bags behave properly instead of flopping around.

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All right, got a great show planned for you here, guys.

It's going to be an interview.

It is a organization that's called Writing 22

and 22VSA Veteran Suicide Awareness.

And really looking forward to talking to these folks.

So we'll dive in.

We're going to tell you what that is all about.

We got Javon on a mic.

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All right, well, thanks for joining us.

Why don't you tell us, give us a little,

just your names and give us just a little bit about yourselves.

My name is Jason White, I'm here with my wife, Angela White.

We are riding 20, well, we have a whole board,

but we are co-founders of Riding 22 and 22VSA

as in Veterans Suicide Awareness.

We love to ride our motorcycles and help out veterans

and spend time with our daughter and granddaughter.

Nice, so diving into motorcycles a little bit,

obviously you love to ride,

and we're gonna dive in deeper to your organization here

and stuff like that from Ohio, right?

Correct.

Okay, and do a lot of riding around there.

What do you guys, how'd you get in,

let's start with motorcycle,

how'd you get into a motorcycle and when did that all start?

Well, as a kid, my father had motorcycles

and I always loved them and was intrigued by them.

And about the time I was 16, I couldn't afford a car

and dad helped me get a motorcycle.

So I had a little 125 Enduro that I would ride every day

to high school and catch flat and everybody

about when you're gonna get a real motorcycle

and I would look around the parking lot

and there was only one there,

so I assume it was the only real motorcycle there.

Yeah, nice, and how about you, Angela?

I actually, I didn't start riding

until Jason and I got married.

We've actually known each other since we were four,

but we were kind of, kind of went on our own ways

and then got back together and got married.

I decided, Jason started having some health issues

and I decided to go ahead and get my license.

So I took the state of Ohio course and got my license,

actually passed second in the class and came home

and told Jason he had no idea how to ride a motorcycle.

And according to the state of Ohio,

and then my first bike was a Honda 750

and then now I have a ultra classic anniversary edition,

2003 anniversary edition.

Sweet.

And when was that that you started actually,

you passed your test and stuff,

how many years ago was that?

Oh, it's probably been 10, about 10 years ago now.

Okay, and that is the bike you have right now?

That is the bike you have, yep.

Okay, wow, how many miles is on that thing?

Yeah, about 65,000.

When we travel our long distance rides,

like this particular ride coming up,

I will ride two up with Jason because I'm a picture taker

and when I'm driving the bike myself, I can't take pictures.

So I prefer to be on the back, taking the pictures

and making the phone calls,

making sure the hotels are all set up

and all that good stuff, so.

Nice, and Jason, so we got to back up a little bit here,

you're riding around on a 125 in Darrow.

At some point, what's obvious,

you graduated to some large street bike,

whether it be an Indian or a Harley, when was that?

Well, all through, surely after high school,

I think it was maybe my last year in high school,

I got a 440 Kawasaki and then it just kept going

different bikes until I got on the Honda Goldwing

and fell in love with distance riding

and we actually did Rolling Thunder eight or nine years

on the Goldwing and the wife decided she wanted to go further,

see more, travel the country and I thought,

well, if we're gonna do that,

the only thing to do is go to an ultra limited

and that way we have,

if something were to happen on the side of the road,

we have access to dealerships and parts.

Yeah, yeah, now that makes sense.

There's a lot of benefits to that with a dealership network,

especially when you're traveling far

because Honda's probably pretty spread out, huh?

Yes, they, actually, if you look it up,

Honda has more dealerships than Harley, I don't think,

because of their motorsport qualification,

I don't think there's readily as available as a Harley,

but they're definitely not as closely,

I don't know, located.

Yeah, they're not as easily accessible.

And the parts aren't as easy to get as quick to get,

I guess you would say.

Yeah, it makes sense.

All right, so we got, you're on motorcycles,

you obviously have a passion for riding and things like that.

So at some point you decided, I assume,

is you started this organization,

which is what we're gonna talk about here today,

and when did that kind of start

and how did that spawn itself?

So actually, Jason had a YouTube channel, Mr. McStash,

and we were riding with some friends,

and both of them actually, a husband and wife,

and they both actually got cancer

within six months of each other.

And so they weren't able to ride with us for a while.

So we were taking all this video for them,

and Jason was like,

what am I gonna do with all these videos?

And I went, just put them on YouTube,

and they can watch them on YouTube.

Well, then he started kind of getting a following.

And we were donating, he had a Patreon page,

and we were donating those funds

to the Fisher House Foundation,

which is kind of like a Ronald McDonald house for veterans.

And so we decided, I said,

I'd like to do something bigger, something more.

We had some friends that had been in the service

and had committed suicide,

and I said, we need to do something.

So in 2022, we decided that the average number

of veterans a day according to the government

is 22 veterans that take their lives a day.

And I said, we need to do something big.

So we decided to do this ride,

22 states in 22 days for the 22 veterans,

which was gonna take place in 2022,

was gonna be our first ride.

Well, Jason then had a heart attack,

had a widowmaker in 2022.

And so it kind of got pushed back.

And last year, I'm like, okay, this is it.

We need to get on the ball with this.

And so I started calling around to dealerships,

and they were jumping on board pretty quick.

And that's how it all started.

We just decided that we needed to be able

to reach the community and let the veterans know

that they do have a support system out there.

There are people who care.

And for Jason, riding the bike is a form of therapy.

And so we know that there are a lot of veterans

out there who ride bikes.

And I am pretty sure it's a form of therapy for them too.

Okay, so I'm gonna back up just a little bit

to make sure I understood everything.

So is 26 here?

So I understand in the 22 and all that.

But then, Jason had some heart troubles

and you weren't able to get it off the ground,

or you did a couple of years later.

Is this the first year that you're getting it off the ground?

No, this is our second year.

On the road last year, last year we did the Midwest,

22 states in the Midwest.

This is our second year.

We're doing 22 states on the East Coast.

And our 2027 ride is already,

all the dealerships are already secured for the 2027 ride

and we're doing the West Coast.

Okay, all right, thanks, appreciate that.

And I may have missed it,

you guys are obviously supporting veteran suicide awareness,

which actually 22 is an astonishing number a day to me.

We have Javon here who's a vet

and then we're retired Leo's

and there's a high rate there too

with retired law enforcement.

So it kind of goes hand in hand.

Or either of you, maybe you said it,

or veterans or you just decided to have,

you had friends that are people you knew

that committed suicide and you want to get involved.

I'm myself, I'm a six year army veteran

and they have a hundred percent rating for PTSD and TBI.

So I'm well aware of the mental struggles

that veterans go through.

I mean, when you're talking about Javon there

that you hang with and Leo's are a lot like military,

their perception and their closeness

to giving up everything far beyond

the regular person's grasp and concept.

And I have my wife, granddaughter,

I have my daughter as a support system.

And I'm telling anybody in any of those situations,

Leo or military that doesn't have a good support system

is in a situation destined to fail.

And we want to help reach out to those people

who don't have those quality support systems

or who can't get a grasp on their situation.

If you haven't been there, you don't know.

And I mean, it's kind of like the Jeep thing.

If you don't have a Jeep, you don't know.

I mean, it kind of funny that way.

But yeah, it's just so hard to explain

because if you, I mean, unfortunately,

the best way to say it is if you don't know, you don't know.

And it's a true struggle.

We want to be that support system for those who turns out

there that don't have a support system.

Can you talk a little bit about what the experience is like

or what the opportunity is like for a veteran

that has been through some things and saw some things

as we have to have an opportunity to get outside

of your thoughts when you're riding a motorcycle.

Talk about what that feels like to get away

from the things that we typically think about

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People ask that a lot and there's no solid answer to it.

I don't know if it's because we were conditioned to

react in chaos and it's the fact of you're out there

assuming nobody sees you,

but yet you also have to control the motorcycle

and handle the motorcycle properly.

But yet you also have nature

and everything absorbing your senses around you.

I mean, you drive past a skunk on the side of the road.

Yeah, okay, so it's a skunk on the side of the road.

You drive past that on a motorcycle.

You can smell the stink glands.

You can smell how old it's been on the side of the road.

I mean, you just absorb so much when you're riding

plus you have to pay attention to so much when you're riding.

I think it's a perfect storm for somebody

who's conditioned to work under,

shall we say less than favorable conditions.

That's kind of how I explain it.

But the best way to explain it is freedom.

I mean, you're free, everything else melts away

and you become a part of what you're involved in

at that moment.

Seeing it from this side,

I almost see it as taking a deep breath.

So a lot of times you take that deep breath

and it just helps you to relax.

And riding a motorcycle for Jason

is like taking a deep breath.

You just get out there and the focus is just on riding

and where you're riding.

And it's not a focus of thinking about what you have to do

or what's going on or what's running in your mind.

Your mind is focused on just the great outdoors

and the openness and the freedom

and not focused on those things that constantly

bounce back and forth in your mind.

Yeah, that's a great point.

Sometimes my wife, she can see me stir up a little bit

in my head and she'll tell me,

you need to go on a ride.

Stop what you're doing, you need to go on a ride.

And I think that's a great point.

And a lot of people don't understand what it's like

or because they've never been through it, different things.

And I think it's very transitional

and it's very freeing, as you said, when you get on a bike

and it's just you, the bike in nature and your surroundings.

And like you said, it gives you an opportunity

to not stir up and think about those things

that we've been through and we've gone through.

So that's a great point.

I love it.

One of my favorite sayings that I always run back to

is sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere

and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself

and it rings true to me.

And I think there's a lot of law enforcement,

active and military active and then of course retired

and you see it across the board

and everybody has a little bit different way

of explaining what it does for them.

I know it's super therapeutic for me too.

And as Javon mentioned too, but yeah.

And I've explained it in some of my documentary films,

they're just a zone that you get in, some sort of zone.

And I think a lot of it has to do with your focused

and the environment.

And then also, there's not a lot else you can do

on a motorcycle, it just forces you,

it forces you to put down the phone,

it forces you to just be in your own head.

You know what I mean?

Which we don't do a lot.

We're so busy in life, we don't examine things

and examines ourself and you can come up

with some great ideas when I'm writing

and stuff, some of my best video ideas and stuff.

So yeah, I think everybody relates to that for sure.

It's therapeutic for all walks of life,

not just military and law enforcement.

There's a lot of stresses that people have

in their normal corporate jobs,

you know, that they need to get away from.

So it's just for everyone out there,

it's a stress reliever because you get on the bike,

I don't know about you all, but when I get on there,

a smile just comes across my face.

And it's because you gotta concentrate on the writing

and just enjoy nature and it's just beautiful.

And it's very therapeutic for I think everyone.

Yeah, that's for sure.

Yeah.

There's nothing like, they're looking at something

from a motorcycle and looking from a car

are two totally different experiences, totally different.

Angel, I had the opportunity to ride

on the back of Ryan's motorcycle when we were down in Daytona.

I flew down and met him and we had one bike

and we had to run over and pick up my bike.

And I said, hey, are we gonna Uber over there?

He goes, no, you're gonna ride with me.

So I jumped on the back of his bike.

I'm a much larger human than he is.

So I stuck up quite a bit over the top of him.

But my wife, her name's also Angel,

enjoys riding with me.

And I got to kind of experience

what she experiences on the back of the bike.

You mentioned earlier, you can take the phone calls,

you can look around, take the pictures.

And also riding behind Ryan,

who's a former police motorcycle instructor,

I felt really safe.

But honestly, other than feeling a little awkward back there,

I really enjoyed it.

Yeah, it's kind of nice dude.

A lot of people don't get that.

I did that actually as a joke on Father's Day

a couple of years in a row.

I had her take me out and I videoed from the back.

And no, it's actually kind of nice back there.

You ain't got to worry about driving.

You can look around and nobody's yelling at you.

Stop looking at that, look down the road.

Yeah, it's funny like riding back to Sturgis,

will be riding.

And I still remember you'll pass a lot of riders

with riding two up in there,

we'll just say their wife's on the back

or girlfriend or whatever.

And I saw everything from ladies crocheting back there

to watching Netflix on iPads to literally sleeping.

And they just chill back there.

And it's great cause there,

a lot of them just have hobbies

and they're just back there just chilling out.

And I remember the couple of them, yeah, crocheting.

So yeah, it's a nice and relaxing back there.

I have mastered taking pictures at 70 miles an hour.

Like I know exactly when to smack the picture

to get perfect shot and that takes a lot of practice.

The frame rate must be insane.

Yeah, I need somebody else

cause the way I do it is probably not as safe.

I have to do it all myself.

Yeah, Jason tries to do that too.

I'm like, stop, I'll take the pictures, what do you want?

Well, let's talk a little bit.

So obviously you're doing this trip this year.

I'm curious, I didn't do a lot of research.

So it actually benefits me

cause I get to ask a lot of questions

that I don't know about.

But so we understand the 22 and 22 VSA.

How does your organization,

how does it raise money by you writing 22 states

and all that?

So we partner up with mostly Harley Davidson dealerships

and that is not how it started out.

To be honest, we kind of reached out

to all different types of dealerships

and it just so happened that Harley came on board.

And so we up at dealerships and hold an event

in the morning at a dealership.

And we sell supporter t-shirts or event t-shirts

and we have donation boxes we collect that way.

And then in the evenings,

this year we've actually partnered

with local home chapters, VFWs, American Legion, Elk Clodge

and we're holding a community dinner.

And so, excuse me, whether it's the Lodge

or the Hogue chapter, whatever,

they're putting on the community dinner,

they're charging somewhere between 10 and $15 for the dinner.

And then they're donating those proceeds

to writing 22 and 22.

So that's the main way this slide

is our big fundraiser of the year.

We'll also be doing a flag field in November this year

where people can purchase flags in honor of a loved one

and we'll feel the field with flags for people.

So we have several fundraisers throughout the year,

but this is our big fundraiser.

We also have, this year we're raffling off a 2006 of...

Heritage soft-tail plastic.

It's been custom airbrushed.

It has a settlement seat, clear view,

has donated a windshield for it,

it has mo-tech tethers inside the one-touch saddlebags.

It has Eagle lights, LED lights on the front of it.

And then some companies like American Freedom

and Bagger Gages,

Bagger Gages did a custom gauge for it.

And then American Freedom did some derby covers

and horn cover and timing cover for it.

So it's a pretty sharp bike.

So we're selling raffle tickets for that as well.

Every dealership that we're visiting donated a t-shirt.

We had that made into a quilt.

That will also be raffled off.

You can get tickets either online at writing22and22VSA.com

or at one of the sites

when we come through the different towns.

Rick Rack has been a big sponsor this year.

They are actually hosting us when we come through...

North Carolina.

Nice, yeah, I know him well.

I talk on the phone with Shane a lot.

So yeah, good folks over there.

Right, my friend, group people.

Yeah.

So, okay, so we raised money there.

And then is anybody like...

Is it just you two that ride the 22 States?

Or is there other people that are involved?

Or how does that work?

No, we have a whole board of...

We have a board of 10 total.

10 total.

And we have 10 to 12 people.

Actually, I think we have 14 people

so far that we know of

that are riding all 22 States this year.

Now, each stop will pick up riders.

We have...

We know several people, especially through YouTube,

people in different states.

We have some friends that'll meet up then.

I think Louise Gannon ride all the way through to Florida.

I got a friend that's meeting me in...

North Carolina, actually a couple of them

that's meeting me in.

The Carolinas are riding up through to Delaware.

And then we pick up at each dealership.

We usually pick up between 25 and 50 bikes

and they may ride a state

or they may ride a gas stop or something like that.

Last year we had a gentleman who joined us in Michigan.

He was just gonna ride to the first gas stop

and he left us five States later.

He actually had gotten into a fight with his wife,

went to the dealership and said,

hey, I wanna go for a ride.

What's going on?

And they said, well, this group's coming in.

He said, that looks like somebody I can ride with.

So six States later, he went home

and last I talked, he's still married.

He must have worked it out.

Yeah, he worked it out in his head.

See, he just needed five States to figure it out.

See, he's riding, so all his problems.

Yeah, so it sounds like it's pretty,

what you're telling me, it's pretty open

for people just to show up

and if they wanna ride, they can.

Is that correct statement?

That is correct.

We encourage people to join us.

And even if, you know, we have a couple of people

that can't ride motorcycles

and they are gonna, one guy's gonna follow us in a truck.

And so we encourage that too.

If you're not able to ride a motorcycle,

but you still wanna be a part of this event,

you're welcome to follow us in whatever vehicle you have.

We met a guy in Georgia, his brother,

was ex-military and committed suicide.

And he actually rode with us through a couple stops.

On our rides, we do roadside attractions

or military memorials.

Well, instead of going from one stop to the next stop

and just beating ourselves stupid,

we go for about an hour and take a break

and went in between the stop at either the stations,

obviously, or a military memorial

or, you know, roadside attractions.

So, man, we're stopping a giant watermelon this year.

We're stopping the Eiffel Tower,

little things like that to just kind of, you know.

Keep it fun and keep it light.

So do opportunities and have some fun.

Nice. So you're doing the 22 states.

Tell me about the logistics of this.

More specifically, like how many days,

is there a specific amount of days that you're gonna,

is it the 22 days?

Is it 22 and 22?

So you've gotta make like how many miles a day

are you looking at?

We typically, I think our longest day is like 400

and some miles this year.

Next year, we have a couple days

that are gonna be a little bit longer

because the states on the West Coast

are a little further apart.

So we have some longer days next year,

but we tend to do about,

I think our longest this year might be like 467,

I wanna say, or maybe not quite that.

It's actually from Vermont to New York,

because we're going from Bennington, Vermont

to Western New York to Jamestown, Harley-Davidson.

So that's, I think is our actual longest day.

So typically is about, I would say 400 miles.

Okay, yeah, well that's a, with stops,

that's actually a fairly long day.

You know, with gas stops and lunch

and then any other sightseeing

that puts you at a real good long day.

Yeah, interestingly, we're our club this year.

We do a doc film every year and we do a big trip.

We're actually riding 18 states in 12 days,

all Northeast states.

So we're gonna be making a huge loop around there in July.

So we're looking forward to that.

Awesome.

Yeah, it looks something similar to what you guys are doing.

Just looking at their map.

Make sure they're stopping in Rattlesnake.

Yeah, I saw that.

That's not too far from us.

We're stopping where?

Make sure they're stopping at Rattlesnake in the dealership.

Okay, yeah, Tri-Cities, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Can't wait, yep.

Okay, so next year,

okay, so next year you're doing what states?

You don't have to name them all,

but you're doing this area?

Yeah, so the dealership's already on our website.

If you go to the website and look at 2027 map,

but we're actually going to go out of Ohio,

down through Kentucky.

We're gonna go across the bottom of the United States

through like Texas and Arizona and Nevada,

over to California, up California.

We will be doing a couple of dealerships in one day

in a couple of states,

just because California is gonna take us two days

to get through.

So we will then go up to, like up through Washington,

Oregon, all those states,

and then straight back we'll go across

through South Dakota, Nebraska.

I'm just trying to think of some of the states over there,

but yeah, so we're going through all those,

and then back to, we end in Ohio

for our celebration ceremony each year.

Nice.

Okay, so if the audience, what number one you said,

so Matt's looking at it, he did more research here,

but he's looking at a map of this trip for this year.

So this is all apparently posted.

Number one, what's the website?

And then number two, I assume, based on the itinerary

that maybe you post on your website

that people can know where you are,

what time and what dealership.

That is correct.

Our website is www.riding22in22vsa.com,

and if they go into the website and go up to the menu

and click on the 2026 route map and information,

you'll see the map and beside the map,

you'll see a list of all the states.

If you click on whichever state you click on,

it'll tell you what dealership will be at,

what time will be at,

where we're having our community dinner,

who's hosting our community dinner,

if there's sponsors in that area,

what hotel we're staying at.

So each state has all that information on its own page.

And the map of the route from that state

to the next state is also on there.

And whose job is that to do all that?

Is that you?

So I put everything to get to the route, Jason does the route.

And then I send everything to our webmaster,

he's on our board and he loads it onto the website.

Very cool.

And what remind me of the dates again this year?

So we will, our bike night kickoff

is at No Cage Harley-Davidson, which is on the 21st.

That's our kickoff night.

But our actual first day of the ride

is Friday, May the 22nd, out of No Cage's Harley-Davidson.

And we'll leave from there

and head down towards Manowar Harley-Davidson in Kentucky.

Very nice.

Our last date will be Pennsylvania,

Three Rivers Harley-Davidson

and that'll be on Friday, June the 12th.

And then we'll have a big celebration ceremony

and a poker run on the 13th at Motobotique.

And that's where we'll raffle off the quilt

and the motorcycle.

And we have some other items that have been donated

for raffle, we'll do all that at our celebration ceremony.

Okay, so on an event like this,

I guess, obviously you guys are 100% nonprofit

where, you know, have funds to help

with, you know, veteran's suicide awareness.

So number one, I guess,

how much do you usually, are you able to raise

for veterans?

And then number two, I'm really interested in,

like, what does that provide?

And how do veterans take advantage

of what's being, you know, what services are there

if you're comfortable with that?

Last year we raised $13,000

for an organization called Strive,

which we work closely with.

They provide the treatment and writing 20 to and 22

provides transportation, lodging and meals

while the veteran or their caregiver

go through the treatment.

Okay.

So it's 100% at no cost to the veteran.

Very nice.

And our goal, our very goal, our goal for this year

is 22,000.

We're actually hoping to blow that number out of the water,

but our goal is 22,000.

And we will again provide transportation, lodging

and meals for some veterans and caregivers through Strive.

It has a 76% success rate that program does.

And that's, we allocate where the funds go.

So we want it to pay for a veteran

to have transportation, lodging and meals.

So they don't have to pay anything.

Another thing that we're doing with our,

with the funds, we will hold some rides.

And we're actually hoping this year to hold rides

in different states at the same time

and provide free rides.

We'll provide some veterans with gas cards.

And this year we want to raise enough to be able

to provide one veteran with the entire 22-state trip

next year.

So we'll pay for all of their hotels and all of their gas

for them to go on the 22-state ride next year.

Awesome, awesome stuff.

So I'm, Jevon's here and I'm just gonna ask this

cause I'm not completely familiar.

So Strive is the organization that you're working with.

Is that a like a inpatient type facility

that the vets go to?

Is that?

Yes, that is based here at the Ohio State University.

The Ohio State University gets grants

and such to cover the clinicians time,

the research they do and the care of the...

Veteran or the caregiver?

Those veteran, the caregiver so to speak.

But now the part that we provide is when a veteran says,

okay, look dude, I've had enough,

I'm at the end of my rope, I need some help.

Well, there's the VA, but if anybody's worked with the VA,

they can tell you it's a long drawn out process.

Strive can qualify and get this veteran

to Ohio State in two to three days

and get them in treatment and get them working

with a wonderful success rating.

When a veteran needs help,

we wanna get it to them as quick as possible

because a veteran is quick to send a, you know what?

Nobody wanted to help me, I knew this was coming, I'm done.

But they also, they're able to get this veteran

from anywhere in the United States.

That's what we do is we make sure

that this veteran in Texas says I need help,

but the program is out of the Ohio State University.

We wanna make sure that veteran is able to get from Texas

to Ohio, have a place to stay while they're here,

going through this treatment

and have providing meals for them while they're here.

So that's the portion writing 22 and 22 does

when it comes to fundraisers.

We also work with veterans,

they can call into our organization

and we can connect them with the proper person

to help them with their disability rating.

A lot of times I just had a veteran last week call me

and he had been calling and

and nobody was returning his call.

The VSO just wasn't returning his call.

So we will actually, we have a list of VSOs

that we can work with in different states

and different cities.

We'll reach out to them and actually get them on the line

and then call the veteran

and we'll actually put the two on the line together.

So we're not just saying,

here's a phone number, call this person.

That's where we lose a lot of our veterans

when it becomes a struggle

and the system doesn't work the way

that they've been trained, the system works,

that's when we lose them.

So we try at 22 and 22

to be able to make that a smooth process for them.

And we have been, that we do these 22 states,

we have the VSOs there at the dealerships and at the dinners.

So we, a lot of these VSO we may have had

a personal contact with and have built a rapport with.

So we, that's, we're trying to build a community that way too.

And for you guys listening, the audience here,

this is what gets me fired up

because, you know, a lot of us,

just citizens in general,

a lot of us complain about what the government

is and doing over certain programs is or aren't doing.

For us veterans, it's the VA.

We always talk about, oh, the VA isn't doing this

or the systems are outdated and this and that.

And while that is true,

there are thousands and thousands of us

with different skill sets, different capabilities.

That's one of the beautiful things I love about the military.

And I'm sure law enforcement as well is similar,

different people from different backgrounds,

different skill sets, all coming together for a cause

or for a purpose mission.

And, you know, individuals like this

can start organizations to do the work

that isn't being done on the upper echelon of the government.

And we can sit there and we can complain about it all day long,

but when we step up to make a difference

and have an impact in our own communities,

that's what helps America become great

and that's what helps America thrive.

And so my hat's off to you because this is something

that's definitely near and dear to my heart.

I experienced a rough challenge with,

you know, suicides across our,

you know, formation here,

you know, during my time in service.

And it hits home for me because you never know.

Yeah, I'll tell you kind of a brief story here

because I don't want to get emotional,

but, you know, came back from Afghanistan to Kandahar

and, you know, had a squad leader

who was going through some things

and went out for, the whole team came in,

went out for dinner on a Sunday night.

We went back to his house, you know, to have a good time

and kind of, you know, trying to work him out of it.

And I want to say we didn't leave his house until 2 a.m.

And we had Monday morning formation at six to run six miles.

And we were drinking obviously,

so that wasn't going to go well,

but, you know, we do what we got to do

for our brothers and our sisters and arms.

And, you know, he didn't make it to Monday morning formation

and, excuse me, but that's four hours time frame

when we left his house.

And we all went to sleep for a couple of hours,

woke back up and he didn't make it to Monday morning formation.

And that's how quick it can happen.

And so initiatives like this have a tremendous impact

on our community because you just never know.

You never know what people are going through

and also things compile on top of each other.

And so we got to really watch out

for our brothers and sisters, not just in the military,

but, you know, in life in general, checking on your people.

And this is really near and dear to my heart.

So again, my hats off to you for starting this.

Thank you.

And we work, I know, Ryan, you said you're a law enforcement

or a former law enforcement.

We actually went last year down

and we actually spoke about our organization

to the Blue Knights, which is a police motorcycle group

and sharing with them, so many of the stories are the same.

The stories are the same, it's a different welcome,

but the self is the same.

I always tell people the difference

when a veteran is gonna commit suicide

and a civilian's gonna commit suicide,

there's different warning signs.

So a warning sign with a civilian,

like they tend to leave a note

or they tend to start giving possessions away,

whereas a veteran, they've already given everything away

and they've already left everything behind

when they went into the service.

So they don't see a need to do that.

So we have to look for other warning signs, like withdrawal.

And, you know, we're big on our organization,

we say love one your family and check on a buddy,

because it just takes that one text message

or that one phone call that says,

hey, I was just thinking about you today.

And you don't even need to ask how you're doing,

just tell them you're thinking about them.

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Yeah, and backing up a little bit,

just some of what you said,

I wanna break down a little bit,

but yeah, amazing, like Devon said,

work that you're doing, you know,

like law enforcement, it's very similar.

As far as, you know, there is a high suicide rate there too

and intervention is everything

and expedient intervention.

If you don't do that, we see the consequences of that

and especially if they think they can't get help

or if there is no help, you know, they're reaching out

and there's a lot of pride involved there too

amongst military and law enforcement, you know,

and, you know, if they reach out to that friend

or have the ability to actually get somebody to respond

and pulling them out of that situation

is like that saves lives.

And so when I hear that and I don't know, you know,

I don't have, I was 30 years law enforcement,

but so I don't know all the VA stuff,

but it sounds to me, number one,

I appreciate what Devon said is, you know,

we don't rely on the government for a lot of stuff,

entrepreneurs change the world

and whether that's a nonprofit or that's just a business,

when problems need to be solved,

we don't expect the government to do it

because they're really poor at it.

And that's where just people taking up, you know,

the cause like you did and just saying,

okay, it's not working,

we're just gonna make changes outside the government

because things can get done a lot quicker

and a lot more efficient.

So whenever I see somebody step up like that,

so I don't know what the process is

and Devon, maybe you can jump in to educate me

is if you have somebody that is on the edge,

you know, dealing with stuff and they are contemplating

ending their life, is this a long process

if they go through the VA?

Like what are we talking here?

Well, the challenge is there's always,

obviously a suicide hotline

and we always encourage people to call

if they're going through something,

but most of us don't wanna make that call

because when it comes down to brass tacks

and comes down to the end of our rope, if you will,

we've already made a decision

and it takes somebody who's been through

what you've been through

and seeing what you have seen

and have done what you have done

to really have that impact on your mind state

and convince you that you still have a life worth living

and there's so much that you can still get done

and you still have a mission

because at the end of the day,

veterans are all about purpose

and when we feel like we've lost our purpose

or we've lost our way,

that's what happens, you know, getting to the end of the rope

and there's a bunch of challenges I could talk about,

but when we make that call

or when you call the hotline

or you have to make an appointment or whatever,

the appointments could be, you know,

oh, well, we can't get you in until like three months

even if it's as serious as this and you're like, what?

I need help, I need therapy, I need counseling.

Well, yeah, I get that,

but we have these other processes and systems

that we have to, or they say they have to do, right?

And I can somewhat get it

because you can only see a certain amount of people,

you know, these people also have families

they gotta get home to or whatever.

So I get the appointment thing.

However, like I said,

it takes somebody who's been through

what you've been through to just reach out and talk to you.

Sometimes that's all you need is somebody to talk to

and somebody who will listen to you

and not just say something that's been rehearsed

and that could really make a change in your life.

So when I get that the VA has its pain points

and I get that there's a lot of policies that, you know,

we have this saying in the military

where I'm sure they have it in law enforcement too

or it's just the way it is, you know,

policies hasn't been changed in freaking 20 years,

but, you know, it's just the way it is.

Yeah, it's always been that way

when nobody steps out the way to, you know, change it.

And so that's kind of been the thing with the VA

over the years.

Oh, it's just the way it is really

because technology has developed quite a bit

and you guys still can't figure out how to, you know,

create a button online or whatever to make this thing happen.

And so, you know, like I said,

organizations like this just really blow my mind

because this is what it takes to make things shift

in our culture and our society

and somebody's got to do it.

That's why my organization is called

the Grunt Works Association.

Somebody's got to do the grunt work

and we can't just shy away from it.

So, yeah.

Yeah, well said.

And the other thing that we offer at wedding 22 and 22

is people can just call in

and say they're having a hard day, you know,

my wife's being a real pain in the butt today

and I just need to talk to somebody.

A veteran can call in and talk to a veteran

or a caregiver can call in and talk to a caregiver

because anybody that's been a caregiver,

I'm actually Jason's caregiver.

And if you've been a caregiver,

you know when that veteran's having a hard day,

it lands on the caregiver.

It's our responsibility to get that veteran

to help them get through that day.

And so caregivers can have bad days too.

You know, we need to be able to have that sounding board.

And although the VA offers some caregiving assistant,

it is a very huge struggle to become that

and to get help with that.

So we offer that service as well.

You can just call in and talk to us.

You need somebody to talk to.

There's veterans on our boards.

We offer volunteers that are veterans

that are willing to talk to people

or caregivers, talk to caregivers.

But you need somebody that has been

through what you've been through.

You can't just, like you said, Javan,

that rehearsed statement just doesn't work.

Yeah.

Yeah, so on the phoning in for listeners,

you know, we have a veteran out there listening

when the podcast goes out and they wanna call,

is that like a 24 hour thing?

How does that work with the organization?

It is a 24 hour number.

They can call 24 hours a day, seven days a week,

365 days a year.

It's 614-940-3360.

And they can call that number anytime.

They can, you know, if they need us to call them

for some reason and they have access to a computer,

they can send us a message on our computer.

We respond right back to those.

We get notification as soon as somebody

sends us a message on the website.

We get a notification.

And we get right back to those messages.

Maybe they're not quite ready to talk,

but they wanna share something.

So they'll send us a message on the website.

And one of us, whoever it is,

whether it be a veteran or a caregiver,

somebody will get back to that person and say,

you know, we're here if you wanna talk,

if you need to talk, you know,

we want them to have their avenue

to feel free to release what they're going through.

Maybe they're not quite ready to talk,

but they wanna share it on the computer.

You know, they wanna share it online.

Whatever they need,

22 and 22 wants to be that support system.

Yeah, that's amazing.

And so when they call, you have a,

it sounds like you said you have a lot of veteran stuff.

Do you have people, you channel them

to a specific person or something from there?

So it depends.

We tend to take, I guess you'd say shifts.

There's a veteran and a caregiver that's like each day

that will handle those calls.

And if two happens to come in at one time,

there's always a backup.

So we have veterans and we have caregivers

and whatever particular day it is,

that particular veteran or caregiver

will respond to that call because they can,

you know, Jason may not be able to exactly relate

to somebody that served in Vietnam War,

but Jason served in Desert Storm Desert Shield

so he can relate to serving in the war, you know what I mean?

And so if we have somebody, if they say,

hey, I was in Vietnam and we have one of our board members

can served in Vietnam.

So we will attempt to connect them to them.

So they, as close as we can to relating

to what they've been through.

And so what's the best way like somebody's listening

and they wanna, you know, support your organization

and maybe they can't get involved with the, you know,

the ride, the 22 and all that.

And they're from a different state.

Is there opportunities for people to help out with that?

Yeah, they can go to the website, Riding22and22VSA.com.

There's a donation page there.

There's a volunteer page there.

They can do a monetary donation.

They can volunteer to, you know, pick up donuts

and bring it to the dealership.

If they're close to the dealership, they can.

They can volunteer to do like when we do our rides

per state, you know, if there's somebody there

that can help out there.

If they are a veteran or they are a caregiver,

they can become, we can put them,

help them with a little bit of training

and they can become a phone volunteer.

They can help us respond to phone calls

when veterans or caregivers call in.

There's lots of opportunities for help.

And there was a VFW called the other day said,

they wanted to do a donation,

but they wanted to hand write a check and mail it.

We even, if they get a hold of us through the website,

we can even give them a PO box or an address.

They take and mail it to just got in with the PO box.

So I gave them an address to mail it to.

So yeah, if they get a hold of us,

either through the phone number or through the website,

we can point them any direction they want to do.

If they want to just volunteer and make phone calls,

we can even give them a script to use to make phone calls

to ask for donations or whatever it is we need.

Whatever it is we need.

Okay, amazing stuff.

You guys, Javon, Matt,

you guys have any follow up questions?

Yeah, I want to highlight something real quick

since we're talking about the donations.

And again, it's organizations like this

who create a massive change in our society.

And so I want the listeners to kind of picture this,

if you will, just bear with me for a moment.

But if you are a coffee drinker or a coffee addict,

as I like to say it like myself,

but you go and pay for your coffee,

you don't make it at home and you spend $10 a day on coffee,

just imagine if you would,

if you're helping somebody save a life

and instead of purchasing one of those coffees per day,

you instead go to writing22and22VSA.com

and offer that $10 once a month

toward their organization, what they're trying to do.

And imagine if 500 people did that.

Imagine how many lives we could help

if more people got involved instead of spending $10

on a coffee that you might not,

I shouldn't say you might not have needed

because you still might need it to be honest with you,

but it's sacrifices, you know what I'm saying?

So if you're on the fence about donating to an organization

like this or many other organizations in your community,

think about that.

Think about what you can sacrifice realistically

to be able to help someone else because guess what?

Unfortunately, you may need help yourself someday

and you would want somebody to be in position to help you.

So let's work together as a community and as a society

to help elevate each other.

So I just wanted to put that out there for perspective.

I got one more thing.

Oh yeah, go ahead, go ahead.

I just don't know if I mentioned it,

but Riding 22 and 22VSA is a 100% volunteer organization.

So when we made these big trips, these 22 state trips,

everyone that goes pays their own gas,

they pay their own hotels out of their own pocket,

none of that comes out of the funds

that we raise for our veterans.

Everybody that does anything for Riding 22 and 22VSA

is a volunteer.

Yeah, thanks for mentioning that, appreciate it.

So do you also see, obviously this is,

we love motorcycles, we're all passionate about motorcycles

and then you're bringing those into a way

to raise awareness and funds and to help and all that.

And you've been doing it for a little while,

do you see maybe some veterans that are having some troubles

but also realize like what is this whole motorcycle thing

about and as a therapy tool and try to kind of steer them

that way, I know it's an expensive sport too,

but do you see a lot of that transition?

I don't know that I've seen that transition.

I've seen where they kind of melt into the community

of Riding because the people in Riding are just...

It's like a brotherhood too.

It is very much a brotherhood like the military was.

And usually I tell people all the time,

usually you see a group of bikers,

there's probably a charity going on somewhere,

raising money for something.

I know there were a couple of people last year

that we talked to, for example,

the one young man that we met

whose brother committed suicide.

He's now thinking about getting a bike.

He's the one that rode behind this with a car last year

and he's been thinking about getting a bike.

We do share with a lot of people how it is Jason's form

of one of Jason's forms of therapy by getting on the bike.

So we're hope just by sharing our own stories

and other people sharing their stories

that maybe somebody will hop on a bike

and find out how freeing that really is.

Yeah, that's nice.

If we're up to me, we get every veteran a bike.

There you go.

Just need to raise some more money, that's all.

Yeah, for sure.

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Matt, you have some follow-up?

I just want to follow up on the bike raffle

that we mentioned earlier.

You don't need to be present to win that.

So you can go on to the website and buy the tickets.

Don't need to be present.

I just want to make that clear

because I think that'll help if people are aware

that you want to be there.

They'll have to go get it.

Right.

But from Washington, we can buy tickets and win that bike.

I mean, it's cool.

The deal with donating that bike is that you don't have to go

to a motorcycle dealership.

So they'll be able to work with you on getting the title

and all that stuff taken care of.

What a great opportunity.

One, you're supporting a cause, but two,

you might win a motorcycle.

Yeah, heck yeah.

Who doesn't like that?

Heck yeah.

Jason and Angel, do you have anything else

that you want to get out to the motorcycle community

about this that maybe we didn't cover?

I don't think so.

We want to thank you guys for having us on

and for helping us get, you know, get the bike.

Get the word out.

We're hoping that these type of things,

we reach somebody out there that we might not

otherwise reach.

Absolutely.

And yeah, yeah, for sure, we have no problem

and I appreciate you reaching out.

Okay.

All right, great interview we just had.

Really want to thank both of them for, you know,

just taking the time.

And like Javon said in the interview for actually

taking a position and doing something about it.

Wish there were more people like that, you know.

Absolutely, absolutely.

I didn't realize it was interesting to find

because I had done a lot of research

that, you know, they have a 24 hour, 365 line.

I mean, that's huge.

Yeah, especially for an organization like that.

Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

I don't know.

That's a big undertaking.

And then that's obviously because they care.

They're doing it with a skeleton crew like

and that gives, you know, veterans an actual number

to call worse.

They're going to get help and being able to pull them

out of a situation.

Somebody who is at the end.

I mean, it's like anything.

If you can stop that right now by a change of environment

by a chain, right?

Pull them out of there.

Yeah, that can absolutely save does save lives

and they can get the help they need

because leaving them in that situation.

That's a hard way to dig out from, you know,

so just amazing stuff.

And of course, being able to incorporate motorcycles into

it better.

That's even better.

You know, we did.

Javon gets a big smile on his face here every time.

Yeah, just awesome.

So, you know, we want you to become a patron member.

We would like to get to know you better.

We want you in the private Facebook group.

We want to give you benefits.

But hey, the way you want to support us through a flat

donation where we never bought at a flat donation.

And we want to thank the following folks, Stephen Baker

of Gold Beach, Oregon, Michael Williams of Rock Wall, Texas

and James Verdon of Madison Township, Pennsylvania.

Thank you.

We do appreciate those very much.

They go to help the cause here and they all did that.

Well, there's a couple ways.

LawBuddingBagger.com forward slash donate.

That's forward slash donate also on the homepage.

LawBuddingBagger.com.

There's a large donate button and yeah, some of them

also amazingly, you know, folks shop in our store.

We are not like the big corporate stores.

We actually use test install.

Many of the products we carry, we make videos to help the

biker community.

You're actually talking to people, you know, when you're

talking to us, you're actually talking to people that care

and ride and know they're not just somebody hired with a

headset, you know, customer service rep.

So we try to do it a little bit different.

And so in appreciation for that, I know it's still as humbling

to me as that folks will go shop in the LawBuddingBagger

store and because we help them through something and shop,

help them shop basically so they made sure they got what

they wanted, they leave a tip at checkout on top of buying

the product.

That's just still amazing and humbling.

And whenever I see those, it lets me know that we are doing

the right thing and doing it different than the larger,

you know, corporate stores.

So yeah, anyways, that's a couple of different ways that

folks donate.

So when you hear those, it's one of those three ways or two

ways they donate.

Anyways, thanks for tuning in guys.

I really hope you enjoyed the interview.

I hope you get involved.

We already said there's some simple ways, even if you can't

ride or do the event, you can get on their website, you can

donate, you know, you can get a bike, you know, yeah.

Oh yeah.

And they have ways you can volunteer to set up a dinner

at your local dealership or your local establishment for

when they come through.

So yeah, reach out to them.

Rock on.

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