Their Sacrifice. Our Commitment. Their Legacy.
On February 9, 2007, SSG Alan W. Shaw was killed in action while serving his country in Iraq. He left behind a wife, three young children, and a family whose lives would never be the same.
Today, those children are grown, and Alan has grandchildren who will never know the sound of his voice or the strength of his embrace. They know him through photographs, stories, and the memories we have worked so hard to preserve.
Our family is one of thousands who understand that the cost of war is not measured solely in lives lost on the battlefield. It is carried home by the families left behind, through missed birthdays, empty chairs, and generations growing up without someone who should have been there.
The SSG Alan Shaw Foundation was established to ensure that America's combat fallen are never reduced to names on a memorial or numbers in a history book.
Our mission is to honor service, remember sacrifice, and preserve the legacies of America's combat fallen while standing in the gap for the families they left behind.
What Your Donation Will Support
Our inaugural fundraising campaign will help establish and support three initiatives:
Legacy Flights
Helping Gold Star families travel to Arlington National Cemetery to visit their fallen loved ones. No family should have to forgo visiting a grave because the cost of getting there is beyond their reach.
Legacy Flags
Providing Gold Star families with American-made flags and permanent residential flagpoles, creating a visible, lasting tribute to their loved ones and the sacrifices they made for our country.
Section 60 Outdoors
Creating opportunities for Gold Star families to find connection, fellowship, and meaningful experiences outdoors alongside others who understand the sacrifices of military service.
These programs are the beginning of a commitment we intend to carry forward for generations.
Help Us Build Something That Lasts
Every contribution to this inaugural campaign will help the SSG Alan Shaw Foundation establish its programs, fund its charitable work, and reach the families who deserve to know their loved ones have not been forgotten.
Whether you give $10, $100, or more, your support helps turn remembrance into action.
We cannot bring our fallen home. We cannot give their children another birthday with them or return the years their families have lost.
But we can honor the lives they lived, preserve the legacies they left behind, and make certain their families never have to carry the responsibility of remembering them alone.
That is our commitment.
Thank you for standing in the gap with us.
SSG Alan Shaw Foundation
IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity
EIN: 42-4426703
Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
