Mass Fallen Heroes and Veteran’s Edge is proud to partner with Progressive Auto Insurance once again for the their annual Keys To Progress campaign. One finalist will win a new vehicle, which he or she will receive during the week of Veterans Day 2018.

Applications close September 30, 2018. Open to Massachusetts Veterans only.

Veteran Recipient Criteria

• Must be able to provide a DD214
• Have a valid driver’s license
• Have a clean driving record – no major infractions in the past 7 years
• Be able to insure and maintain the vehicle
• Does not own a vehicle or show a hardship with current vehicle
• One Year Income Tax
• Must be able to pass a background check

April 10, 2018 – Dorchester, MA…. For the sixth year, Massachusetts Fallen Heroes (MFH) will host the Achilles Freedom Team for the Boston Marathon weekend. The team of 40 adaptive Veteran athletes will participate in the 2018 Boston Marathon as runners and handcyclists.

Both MFH and Achilles share the mission of empowering Veterans and providing opportunities that are physically and mentally healing. As host for the weekend, Mass Fallen Heroes provides the team a one-of-a-kind experience with accommodations at the Westin Boston Waterfront, a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial, followed by a “Welcome Dinner” with community partner, Scorpion Bar Boston. On Sunday, the team will enjoy the annual breakfast, a visit to Fenway Park, and a team pasta dinner.

“Achilles has been honored to partner with MFH during the Boston Marathon weekend for several years.  Our mission to empower veterans is what brought us together, and the reverence we have for the men and women we exist to serve is a shared, critical through-line with everything we do. That is what keeps this partnership thriving.  It is a beautiful thing to find like-minded, like-hearted allies within the not-for-profit community.  We look forward to joining forces again to continue giving back to the folks who deserve everything – our nation’s veterans,” commented Janet Patton, Director of Achilles Freedom Team.

Achilles Freedom Team athletes, which includes New England Veterans, their families, and trainers, will arrive in Boston Saturday, April 14th. The Freedom Team members include 34 handcyclists and 6 runners.

“Through community support, Mass Fallen Heroes is able to provide these programs to Veterans and work with organizations like Achilles International,” commented Dan Magoon, Executive Director for Mass Fallen Heroes. “The excitement generated from the weekend’s activities and the personal accomplishment that these Veterans experience during this annual visit to the City of Boston is unmatched,” continued Magoon.

About Mass Fallen Heroes

In 2010, Massachusetts Fallen Heroes was established with the goal of honoring those who sacrificed their lives while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2016, a permanent memorial honoring those men and women was placed in Boston’s Seaport neighborhood. Since the completion of the memorial, MFH has expanded its mission to provide services and programs that empower returning veterans and support families of the fallen. MFH remains committed to supporting and uniting local veterans and their families and raising awareness of their service and sacrifice. Veterans’ events, Gold Star family activities, Patriot Week and its business incubator for veterans, InnoVets, are just a few of the ways MFH continues to Honor, Support, and Empower its veteran and Gold Star community.

To learn more about MFH or to make a donation, please visit www.massfallenheroes.org.

About Achilles International

This non-profit organization has chapters and members in over 65 locations within the United States and abroad. Every day, in parks, gyms, and tracks all over the world, Achilles provides athletes with disabilities with a community of support. Able-bodied volunteers and disabled runners come together to train in an environment of support and community. Within this community, runners gain measurable physical strength and build confidence through their sense of accomplishment, which often transfers to other parts of their life.

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BOSTON (CBS) – A local Gold Star Daughter now has a new ride after Massachusetts Fallen Heroes presented her with a refurbished car.

When Kaleigh Hayes was seven, her father, Sergeant Glenn Allison was killed serving in Iraq.

The now 21-year-old says her father and his service inspired her and was key to her involvement with the Boys and Girls Club.

Hayes says the car, a 2014 Nissan Sentra, will help keep her father’s memory alive through her mentoring work.

“He’s why I wake up every morning,” Hayes said. “I think about him. What would he want me to be doing for the future? Because it’s all about the future. It’s all about the future generations. They need to have safe future because that’s what he provided for me. So I want to provide for other people.”

Hayes is currently in college studying art and English and says the car will help with her education.

From CBS Boston: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/09/27/gold-star-daughter-receives-new-car/

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Massachusetts Fallen Heroes (MFH), a nonprofit dedicated to honoring the fallen, assisting families of the Fallen and empowering veterans, has received over $22,000 from a fundraiser made possible by the sponsors of Mass Save®. From June through December of last year, the Mass Save sponsors worked with retailer TechniArt to sell more than 4,400 specially designed packages of LED bulbs, with half of the proceeds going to MFH. “The amount of support we’ve received from the sponsors of Mass Save is incredible,” said Dan Magoon, executive director of MFH. “The generous funds that were raised will support Mass Fallen Heroes efforts of providing assistance and advocacy services to our Gold Star families as well as our returning veterans, and for that we are extremely grateful.