On July 30, Senator Brian Joyce and Representative Walter Timilty joined the Military Friends Foundation to present one of the new “Massachusetts Cares! Grants” to the family of Massachusetts Army National Guard Sergeant David Thompson of Milton.                             Sergeant Thompson, a South […]

Taunton family of deployed Army National Guard SGT John Spagna honored with a new “Massachusetts Cares!” Grant. State Senator Marc Pacheco and State Representative David Sullivan honored the family of deployed Army National Guard SGT John Spagna with a new “Massachusetts Cares!” Grant. Sgt. Spagna is a sergeant in the 1058 unit of the National […]

On June 23, five Massachusetts military families were recognized by by Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Major General Joseph J. Carter, Adjutant General, Massachusetts National Guard, Mr. Coleman Nee, Undersecretary, Department of Veterans’ Services, and State Representative Harold P. Naughton, Jr., House Chair, Veterans & Federal Affairs Committee & Iraq Veteran.   […]

The Massachusetts National Guard’s 1058th Transportation Company of Hingham will be receiving more support from citizens here at home after being named the Military Friends Foundation’s 2010-11 “Adopt A Unit” Recipient. The 1058th Transportation Co., made up of Soldiers from many South Shore communities including Hingham, Bridgewater, Stoughton, Randolph and Quincy, mobilized this past January […]

Massachusetts citizens who serve in the National Guard and Reserve forces willingly leave their civilian jobs and families to serve our Nation, and many face a loss in pay when they are activated. The Military Friends Foundation offers need-based grants (up to $1000 per year) to support families who face pay-differentials

The Union Mutual of Vermont Companies announced today that it was making a yearend gift to the Military Friends Foundation to assist families of Massachusetts National Guard members activated to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.