BOSTON – The Military Friends Foundation, a non-profit organization serving Massachusetts National Guard, Reserve and Gold Star Families, is offering emergency financial support for local families of deployed Guard and Reserve and families of Fallen Service Members who were impacted by Wednesday night’s tornado. “We are grateful that while our service members are sacrificing for […]
Last week, at our first Annual Meeting and Award Dinner, the Military Friends Foundation was pleased to announce a partnership with four Gold Star Families to establish a special program to support service members and their families called Operation Smiles. Operation Smiles is the vision of Paul and Carlene Barrett, parents of SGT […]
On Tuesday, May 24th, the Military Friends Foundation held its first Annual Meeting and Award Dinner. This special event, held at the Hampshire House in Boston’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood, was attended by nearly 100 public officials, military leaders, service members, and their families. The evening gave the Foundation an opportunity to publicly report on […]
On May 24th, the Military Friends Foundation held its first Annual Meeting and Dinner at the famous Hampshire House in Boston’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood. This inaugural event, attended by nearly 100 public officials, military leaders, servicemembers and their families, provided the Foundation an opportunity to report on the success of many of our programs […]
On Friday, May 13th, 160 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment returned home to Massachusetts following a yearlong deployment to Iraq. As part of the ceremony, the Military Friends Foundation once again sponsored a photobooth for servicemembers and their families to create personal mementos with friends and loved ones. We’ve posted some of those […]
Volume 2, Issue 1 WELCOME Dear Friends, Through this quarterly newsletter, Military Friends Foundation will keep our community updated on our activities and how we are helping our Massachusetts National Guard, Reserve and Gold Star Families. Today in Massachusetts, our National Guard and Reserve members are facing some of their highest deployment levels in history. […]
On Sunday, March 27th, the 1st Battalion 182nd Infantry Regiment, was deployed for Afghanistan during a ceremony at Boston College’s Conte Forum. As part of the ceremony, the Military Friends Foundation provided photobooths for the servicemembers and their families. We’ve posted some of those photos below. Additionally, as we posted earlier in the week, the 182nd was […]
WALTHAM – Today the Military Friends Foundation, a non-profit proudly serving Massachusetts National Guard, Reserve and Gold Star Families, joined the family and friends of the late Elinor Marcou of Waltham for a special birthday tribute. It’s been eight years since Bob Marcou’s mother passed away but he and the Marcou family continue with her […]
BOSTON – On March 23rd, the Highland Street Foundation’s “Highland Hoops” program and the Military Friends Foundation, a non-profit serving Massachusetts National Guard, Reserve and Gold Star Families, joined to honor local Service Members and their families with a special evening with the 17-Time World Champion Boston Celtics. The Highland Street Foundation generously provides tickets […]
The Military Friends Foundation, a non-profit proudly serving Massachusetts National Guard, Reserve and Gold Star Families, announced today that the Massachusetts National Guard’s 182nd Infantry Battalion will be receiving support from citizens here at home after being named the Foundation’s 2011 “Adopt-A-Unit” Recipient. The 182nd Infantry Battalion, made up of more than 800 Soldiers including Companies […]
