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Founded in 2012, Angels of America's Fallen encourages and funds healthy, positive activities for the children of fallen firefighters, military, and law enforcement where they gain self-confidence and an identity outside of their grief. With your help, Angels is fueling these kids’ dreams beyond the ultimate loss.
Last year, Angels supported more than 600 children in 48 states thanks to donors like you. However, more than 850 children are currently on our waiting list. Your support today helps to ensure we can continue to expand access to our impactful programs. So far this year, Angels of America's Fallen has provided:
But Angels of America's Fallen makes an impact far beyond these numbers. Together with donors like you, we provide critical support to the families of the fallen, ensuring these children can write their own stories of positivity and possibility, defined by their passion and goals, not their loss.
Honoring our fallen. Supporting their children's dreams. The Angels of America's Fallen encourages and funds healthy, positive activities for the children of fallen military, firefighters, and law enforcement. Angels stands beside the children all year, every year until adulthood.
With your help, we're fueling these kids' dreams beyond the ultimate loss.
Angels of America's Fallen (AOAF) was founded in 2012 to fill a crucial gap in the support provided to the children of America's fallen military, firefighters, police, and EMS technicians. More than 16,000 children have lost their military or first responder parent since 2001, and their average age at the time of loss is just seven years old. A gap existed in long-term support while these children face their most crucial developmental years without the guidance of their fallen parent. Founder Joe Lewis, a military veteran, started AOAF on the premise of fulfilling the support he would want for his family if he did not come home. When a parent dies, the child loses one of their biggest mentors, and AOAF was founded to help ensure that the children of America's fallen military and first responders have the support they need to author their own stories of success through participation in extra-curricular interests about which they are passionate.
AOAF's support differs greatly from other programs supporting veterans and their families. The vast majority of programs that exist are for families with living, active duty or veteran service members. In our families, the veteran or first responder is deceased, and we are supporting their children who became at risk youth as a result of the traumatic loss of their parent. Other programs limit support to children whose parent passed in combat or were in special forces units. Our support extends not only to the children of combat fatalities, but also to those who lose their parent to training accidents, illness, and suicide. We are unique among organizations serving veterans and first responders in this long-term investment in the lives of the children of our country's fallen heroes. Our commitment to pay for the interests and healthy growth and development of children of our fallen through extracurricular pursuits extends through the child's 18th year. We are also unique in our support of fallen police, firefighter, and EMS technicians. Their day in and out commitment makes our communities safe and strong and is the foundation upon which our country is built. Many of them are also veterans, National Guardsmen, or Reservists. Support for the children of their fallen often falls through the cracks. AOAF works to remedy this wrong and provide these children with the help they deserve.
Organization name
Angels of America's Fallen
other names
AOAFallen
2012
Tax id (EIN)
45-5029479
Category
Youth Development
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
10010 Devonwood CourtHeadquarters
10010 Devonwood Ct.El Paso County, CO, US