A peer community for veterans, first responders, and the people who love them.

We run a weekly mental-health stream, a peer Discord, and a small emergency-assistance fund named after a Marine’s dog.

Robert Heavilin · USMC ‘13–‘18 · Founder

Wednesdays
7:30 EST
Live on Twitch, mirrored to Discord.
Founded
2025
Great Falls, Montana.
EIN
33-2598998
501(c)(3). Donations tax-deductible.

Free resources, including the In Case of Death Binder

Wednesday nights.

Every Wednesday at 7:30 Eastern, Robert goes live on Twitch and we talk for two hours.

Wednesday · 7:30 EST

Twitch

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A two-hour mental-health stream every Wednesday night. The chat is open, and sometimes a guest from a partner organization joins. Replays are posted in the Discord.

Open · 24/7

Discord

The Heavy Hitter’s server

A peer-support server with channels for vets, first responders, and families. #codeblack is the channel to post in when you’re struggling, and it gets read fast.

See the full schedule and the next stream countdown

Emergency assistance for vets & families.

The Hachi Fund gives fast, direct help to veterans and their families who hit a sudden financial crisis.

It started when a Marine Corps veteran’s dog, Hachi, suddenly got sick, and the Heavy Hitters Project helped pay the vet bills. The fund was named after Hachi.

If you are a veteran or a first responder facing a sudden expense, the fund can help. We accept applications for short-term assistance with veterinary bills, utilities, transportation in family emergencies, and similar urgent needs. We do not means-test. We aim to respond within 48 hours.

You can also support the fund directly. Give to the Hachi Fund →. Tax-deductible.

The people running this.

Stand with us.

Every dollar funds the Hachi Fund and the cost of keeping the Wednesday stream and the Discord on. Tax-deductible.

Donate to Heavy Hitters

501(c)(3) · EIN 33-2598998 · One-time or recurring

Partner with us.

If your organization works in vet care, first-responder mental health, or peer support, we’ll send people your way and you can send them ours.

Reach out

Currently working with American Warrior Outdoors and Honorguard Coffee.

Merch.

The margin goes into the Hachi Fund.

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Friend,

If you found us at 2 a.m., welcome. Most of us did. If you found us because someone you love is having a rough time, welcome too. We have a Discord channel for you and we read it.

I started this in 2025 because, after the Marine Corps and a year in Afghanistan as a contractor, I came home and got handed a stack of forms. Some of them helped. Most of them didn’t. The thing that helped was a couple of people sitting on a stream with me late at night who’d been where I was and didn’t pretend otherwise. We built this so other people don’t have to find that by accident.

We’re small. We’re six people. We have a fund named for a dog. We’re going to be on Wednesday at 7:30. If you can come, come. If you can’t, the numbers at the top of this page are good and we’ll be here when you can.

Robert Heavilin Founder & Executive Director