National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children’s Foundation sends grant to family of officer lost in the line of duty

National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children’s Foundation (NLEAFCF) recently sent out a $5,000 emergency grant to the family of a police officer lost in the line of duty. The check was sent to help with some of the immediate needs of the family of Hattiesburg, Mississippi Police Officer Benjamin Deen, who is survived by his wife and two children, a 9-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl. 

NLEAFCF provides special-need grants and college scholarships throughout the country to families of law enforcement and firefighting personnel lost or permanently disabled in the line of duty. NLEAFCF founder Al Kahn noted of Police Officer Deen, “Like many of the men and women who dedicate their lives to protect and serve, Benjamin Deen saw his career as more than a job – following in the footsteps of his grandfather, he saw his work as a higher calling.”

In 2002, Kahn formed the NLEAFCF which provides long-term support through emergency grants, college scholarships and family friendly events for the children of fallen first responders. Since 2006, the NLEAFCF’s Scholarship & Grant Program has provided over 225 college scholarships and special need grants to individuals from line of duty families and law enforcement and firefighter organizations across 29 states.   

Each Thanksgiving since 2001, NLEAFCF hosts more than 1300 children and family members of fallen heroes from the New York City Police Department, New York City Fire Department, Port Authority Police Department, Wounded Warriors, America’s Camp and other local law enforcement and firefighting teams for a hot breakfast and a front row view of the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  

For more information on the NLEAFCF visit http://nleafcf.org/.