Today we’d like to introduce you to Jason Steiner

Hi Jason, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.

I exited my military service in April of 2000. I focused on building my tile business after my service time was up. In 2019 I got asked to be a founding member of a local nonprofit for veterans. I fell in love with helping our heroes and poured a ton of time into that organization. 2022 came around and realized we needed a night for our group to just hangout. I was going to organize a night for us to hangout with a band and just be veterans. My neighbor who is also a Marine came down one evening and we were talking about this idea. He had contacts to multiple bands.
We ended up contacting and setting up the event with both singers. After the event we had so many people reach out to us and asking for us to do it again we decided we had something special. March of 2023 we filed paperwork for a nonprofit. By May it was accepted and we became a full fledged 501c3 nonprofit. With a great board we have grown very quickly and have been invited to 31 states to hold this event.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?

Nothing great is a smooth road. Building something like this takes time and patience. We have had some ups and downs but mostly ups. We have struggled with everything from donations and grants to people that are jealous of what we are doing. But we keep our noses on the grindstone and continue to push forward. We have come up with events outside the music events that we do. We just finished a golf tournament and have a smoke off event coming up soon.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?

Herostock focuses on helping our nations heroes. Military, veterans, first responders, and Gold Star Families. With our events we honor those that have served or have lost a loved one while serving. Our events focus around 2 main parts, first the heroes that we honor, also the nonprofits that are available to our heroes in their local communities.
We have had so many amazing things to be proud of its hard to pick one. We have had many people reach out and say this is something that needs to happen more often. Bringing everyone together to just be brothers and sister that have served.
I would say what really sets up apart is being honest and genuine. Our full board is 100% volunteer and we all just want to help spread positivity and make our heroes lives better.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Www.herostock.org
• Instagram: Herostock_
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• Youtube: @herostock_
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