About

About Campfire Garage

Where experience meets purpose. Where stories are honored. Where healing begins.

Mission Statement

“To create a space—physical and symbolic—where people recovering from trauma can rebuild themselves through hands-on work, nature-based healing, and shared experience.”

To create a courageous container where 'strong' individuals can safely explore their unsharables, embrace vulnerability, and transform through Kurtz's vision of "mutual vulnerability' into authentic wholeness.

My name is Eric Kreitzer

My score is a 10, I am not my score

I’m a veteran, a father, a former Marine Corps Sergeant turned cybersecurity professional—and now, a mental health counseling student on a mission. After more than a decade of working with intelligence agencies and private defense contracting, I hit a wall. In 2022, my life came to a full stop during a mental health crisis. What followed changed everything.

Through the Save A Warrior program, I rediscovered something I had lost: a reason to live, a reason to give. That spark became Campfire Garage—a place for connection, reintegration, and growth. I created this space to help others like me: veterans, first responders, and anyone who's been through the fire and is ready to forge something new from the embers.

Campfire Garage is more than a name. It's an idea. A return to the land. A community built on vulnerability, hands-on work, and nature-based healing. It's motorsport mixed with mindfulness. Trade skills combined with trauma recovery. And it’s all grounded in ecotherapy, adventure, and the belief that we heal best when we do it together.

I’m not here to “fix” anyone. I’m here to walk alongside. Whether you're navigating life after a clinic stay, looking for new ways to stay grounded, or just need someone to talk to—

I'm here to listen.

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“The campfire is where stories are shared. The garage is where things get rebuilt. Welcome to the intersection of both.”