We ride for the ones still fighting in the dark.
Every day, an average of 17–18 veterans die by suicide. Not on a battlefield. At home. In the silence after service. Hope 4 the 22 exists to ride into that silence — with community, with purpose, and with the Hope found only in Jesus Christ.
Our Story
17-18
Veterans lost per day
An average of 17.6 veterans died by suicide every day in 2022 — and 17.5 per day in 2023. The crisis has not let up.
¹ VA 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report
² VA 2025 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report
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When all who served are counted
Adding active duty service members, Guard, and Reserve brings the daily total to nearly 20 lives lost — the population Hope 4 the 22 exists to serve.
¹ VA 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report
³ DoD 2024 Annual Report on Suicide in the Military
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Veterans who feel they don't belong
Half of U.S. veterans report feeling like they don't belong in society after leaving service. The isolation that kills silently.
⁴ Graham, E. Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, Syracuse University, December 2022
WHAT WE DO
Motorcycles as the on-ramp. Authentic community as the destination.
Hope 4 the 22 meets veterans where they are — not in a clinic or a conference room, but on the road. We use the shared language of motorcycles to build the one thing that actually saves lives: authentic community.
Through rider education, group rides, and motorsports experiences, we create environments where guards come down, stories get told, and healing begins. Every event is intentionally designed around three things: community, discipleship, and the kind of brotherhood that doesn't end when the ride does.
We don't replace clinical care. We fill the relational, spiritual gap that clinical care cannot — and we point every veteran toward the ultimate source of Hope.
01 Education & skill development
MSF-based rider training creates a structured, safe entry point into the community. Learning together builds trust faster than any icebreaker.
02 Community & shared experience
Group rides reduce isolation, build brotherhood, and create the kind of shared memory that bonds people for life. The road heals what the desk cannot.
03 Performance & inspiration
Track days and MotoAmerica events connect veterans to the discipline, precision, and excellence of motorsports — and to a community that pushes each other forward.
Christopher Ferguson
Executive Director & Founder
Joy Ferguson
Co-Founder
Built from a calling,
not a concept.
"Hope is not just a concept. Hope is a Person."
— Chris Ferguson,
In September 2022, Chris raised his hand. A deployment a few years prior had caught up with him in ways he hadn't fully admitted — to himself or anyone else. The coping mechanism was running. Miles every day, until his knee gave out and the lid came off everything underneath.
What followed was hard — and honest. Professional counseling. Real conversations. The slow, difficult work of healing. And somewhere in that season, Chris found motorcycle riding. The focus it demands, the freedom it offers, the community it creates — it helped in ways he hadn't expected. But something was still missing.
In 2023, Chris and Joy watched the Daytona 200 together. Watching the camaraderie, the passion, the shared experience of that community — something shifted. The seed was planted: motorcycles could be a pathway to healing for veterans, service members, and their families. Not a distraction from the pain. A road through it.
How we got here
September 2022
Chris raises his hand — begins professional counseling and the honest work of addressing the effects of his deployment. Motorcycle riding enters his life as an unexpected catalyst for healing.
2023 — The Seed
Watching the Daytona 200 together, Chris and Joy see it clearly for the first time: the motorcycle community holds something veterans need. The vision for Hope 4 the 22 is born.
2024 — The Work Begins
Chris works alongside MotoAmerica racer Kayla Yaakov, supporting her season virtually and immersing himself in the professional motorsports community. He trains alongside Ryne Snooks — Marine veteran and founder of Ready to Ride — showing up at amateur races and MotoAmerica events side by side. The vision is tested. It holds.
December 2024 — The Pivot
Chris and Joy take honest inventory. God makes the direction clear: stop chasing personal goals on the track. Pour that energy into building something for others. Chris steps back from personal track days. Hope 4 the 22 moves to the front.
2026 — Launch
Hope 4 the 22, Inc. is incorporated. The 501(c)(3) filing process begins. Pilot programs launch in the Southeast. The mission begins in earnest.
FROM BOTH OF US
"This is not a hobby.
This is not a side project.
This is a calling."
Chris and Joy Ferguson launched Hope 4 the 22 not from a boardroom or a business plan — but from a season of personal struggle, hard honesty, and a clear word from God. They believe with everything in them that Jesus is the only lasting Hope. The motorcycles are the road. He is the destination.
WELCOME TO HOPE 4 THE 22
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