A free community event funding life-saving mental health care for Oklahoma’s first responders and veterans.

18935 Selah Way

Norman, OK 73072

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Challenge Accepted is a community-driven fundraiser designed to provide direct access to mental health care for Oklahoma’s first responders, veterans, and the professionals who support them in high-trauma environments.

This includes law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, emergency room staff, corrections officers, and other frontline roles who are repeatedly exposed to critical incidents and cumulative trauma.

They carry the weight of our worst days—often without the support they need to recover.

This event exists to change that.

Funds raised through Challenge Accepted go directly to the Inner Circle Foundation, where they are used to remove barriers to care—covering the cost of therapy so responders and veterans can access support when they need it most.

And importantly, those funds are not limited to one provider.

They can be used with any qualified mental health provider, ensuring individuals receive care from someone they trust, in a setting that feels safe and accessible to them.

First responders don’t experience trauma once.
They experience it over and over again.

Critical incidents.
Loss.
Violence.
The calls that don’t leave.

And then they’re expected to show up for the next one.

The Job Doesn’t End When the Shift Does

Help make care accessible.

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The people protecting our communities often don’t have the pay or coverage to access the care required to process what they experience.
Not all therapists understand the realities of the job—and when they don’t, responders won’t stay. Through our ResponderReady Clinician Certification (RRCC), we train providers to work effectively with first responders, and maintain a trusted referral network to connect individuals with the right fit. Learn more at Inner Circle Mental Health.
Fear that seeking help could impact their career, reputation, or standing within their department keeps many from ever walking through the door.
In high-performance environments, asking for help can be seen as a risk. Many choose to push through rather than jeopardize their role.

So why don’t more responders get help?

We Remove the Barriers

Through the Inner Circle Foundation, we fund access to confidential, trauma-focused therapy—so responders and veterans can get help without worrying about cost, stigma, or limitations on where they receive care.

They choose the provider.
We make it possible.

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Plan Your Day at Challenge Accepted

Come early. Stay late. Experience the full event.

Vendor Market, food and beverage service, Touch-a-Truck, Splash Zone, and hot air balloon ride ticket sales begin.
Opening stage announcements will include a welcome from event hosts, sponsor recognition, and the fundraiser kickoff.
Pre-registered teams will compete in bracket-style water balloon fights.
Live Music: The Strangers continue on stage.
Sponsor and community recognition will take place during the stage transition.
Water Balloon Battle trophy presentations, donation acknowledgements, sponsor recognition, and drone show reminders.
Live Music: Space Time Dimension continues on stage.
Hosty performs live leading up to the drone show.
Theme: Unity. Community. Connection.
Vendor Market closes during the drone show.