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For The 22
Movement Creates Momentum.
Veterans and first responders often carry burdens most people never see. For The 22 exists to connect them — and their families — with trusted resources, community, recovery, purpose, and a path forward.
Tri For The 22 is one campaign in that larger mission. Through endurance events, fundraising, partnerships, and community action, we raise awareness and support organizations already doing the work.
Because 22 ≠ 0.
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Who It Supports
Who Your Support Helps
Tri For The 22 raises awareness and support for organizations already doing meaningful work in the veteran community.
The Mighty Oaks Warrior Program works with veterans through a lens centered on faith, responsibility, and purpose — helping veterans and their families move forward after difficult experiences.
Learn About Mighty Oaks Foundation →
Veterans and Athletes United uses adaptive sports, outdoor recreation, and community to help wounded, injured, and ill veterans rebuild strength and purpose — reaching veterans who need exactly the kind of mission, movement, and community this campaign is built around.
Learn About Veterans and Athletes United →Tri For The 22 does not operate these programs. We use our platform to raise awareness and direct support toward organizations already doing the work.
More Than One Race
What Is For The 22?
For The 22 is a broader mission focused on helping veterans, first responders, and their families find trusted resources, support, and community.
Tri For The 22 is one way that mission comes to life — using endurance sport to create attention, raise funds, build partnerships, and start conversations that matter.
Current Campaign
Tri For The 22 — IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga
May 16, 2027 · Chattanooga, Tennessee
Tri For The 22 uses endurance sport as a platform for something larger. The goal is not simply to finish 70.3 miles — it's to turn those miles into awareness, support, partnerships, and funding for organizations serving veterans and their families. Chattanooga is the current challenge — not the definition of the mission.
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- 70.3 Miles
- Goal
- $70,000
- Beneficiaries
- 2 Organizations
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For The 22's Shared $70,000 Mission Goal
The current goal is $70,000 — roughly $1,000 for every mile of IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga, the race that inspired the number. But Tri For The 22 doesn't have to raise it alone — every For The 22 campaign moves the mission forward.
The $70K Mission
One Goal. Multiple Campaigns. One Mission.
Mighty Oaks Foundation · $1,038
Veterans and Athletes United · $255
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The $70K Mission
One Goal. Multiple Campaigns. One Mission.
Ruck For The 22
A ruck-focused challenge promoting veteran and first-responder awareness and participation.
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Music moves the mission — a benefit concert series supporting the same shared goal.
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Support Mighty Oaks and Veterans and Athletes United through the current campaign.
Support the Mission →Participate
Join the Triathlon Team, volunteer race weekend, or take part in a future For The 22 challenge.
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Businesses, organizations, and clubs can support the mission through sponsorship or in-kind contributions.
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Help put veteran and first-responder resources in front of the people who need them.
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Stories From the Mission
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PTSD Is Not Just Your Burden
PTSD doesn't stay contained to the veteran who carries it — it reshapes the people who love them too. A personal reckoning with the damage, the accountability, and the grace it took to start living differently.
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Shoutout to Delfina: Designing the Race Suit
Delfina is designing Cody's triathlon suit for Chattanooga — and waiving the design fee to do it.
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Organizations Standing With the Mission
These businesses, clubs, and organizations contribute equipment, services, expertise, visibility, financial support, or community reach to help For The 22 move forward.
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Why Cody Chose to Carry This Mission
Tri For The 22 began with one person deciding to use endurance sport as a platform for something bigger. Cody Hitson is a combat veteran, husband, father, and endurance athlete who created the campaign to support organizations helping veterans and their families rebuild, recover, reconnect, and move forward.
I have benefited from people and organizations willing to invest in veterans when it mattered most. Now I want to return that investment. I cannot solve everything a veteran or first responder is carrying, but I can swim 1.2 miles, ride 56, run 13.1, and tell my story.
Read Cody's Story →Need Support? Start Here.
For The 22 connects veterans, first responders, and their families with vetted resources across mental health, physical wellness, faith, family support, career development, financial assistance, community, and more.
Explore Resources at ForThe22.org →Join the Mission
Every Mile, Every Dollar, Moves This Forward
Chattanooga is one finish line. The mission continues after it.