How We Give Back

In times of need for our First Responders, LND reaches out to the family to offer our help.  Some ways we have been able to help during these challenging times have been by providing food or gift cards for food, paying for hotel rooms so that families can be near their loved ones in the hospital, offered financial help when needed.

Person rolling up wheel chair ramp

Ongoing Support and Aid

We’ve provided First Responders and Veterans in need of help with things such as replacing a heating system, hot water heater, refrigerator, installing a wheelchair ramp, and providing a dumpster, amongst other things.
Backpacks for veterans

Winter Backpacks for Veterans

Every year we donate 50 winter backpacks for Veterans in need, including cold weather essentials. These backpacks were dropped off at the Brockton VA for the homeless Veterans. 
Grocery bags full in trunk

Thanksgiving Meals

LND donated 10 frozen turkeys delivered to ensure those in need would be able to enjoy a thanksgiving meal.
LND Gift bags

Gift Cards

LND provided turkeys and gift cards for Veterans in need at Thanksgiving
Drink from event with rosemary on top

Drinks That Give Back

Several local restaurants help in our fundraising efforts by offering a specialty drink, The Mustache, and donating a portion of the sales to LND.
Gifts under tree

Adopted struggling families at Christmas

LND provided Christmas dinner for the Taunton Fire Department, sponsored weekly veterans breakfasts in February, hosted a holiday brunch for Rebuilding First Responders, helped with auto repairs for a veteran in need, and completed exterior home repairs for a veteran family.

In 2025, we:

  • Sponsored participants in Wild at Hearts Equine Therapy
  • Provided an electric bike for a Veteran getting back on his feet
  • Sponsored 6 participants in the Mass State Police Trooper Student Program
  • Hosted a deep-sea fishing charter free of cost to Veterans and First Responders
  • Funded two $2500 scholarships for Veterans, First Responders, and their families
  • Helped an unhoused Veteran get set up in his new home
  • Provided grocery store gift cards to Veterans during the government shutdown
  • Helped a young family of a first responder facing terminal illness get a bed to put beside the hospital bed in their home so her family can be by her side