"Honoring Their Sacrifice. Protecting Their Legacy"
Fallen Heroes Family Lifeline
About
Our Origin Story
Fallen Heroes Family Lifeline was created in honor and loving memory of Army Private Kimberly Copeland, killed March 31, 2017 - at the age of 21. She joined the military with a passion for protecting others and a love for our country. Her commanding officers all said that Kim was only in competition with herself, constantly pushing to improve. But, she always had an intense focus on protecting everyone around her, helping them to reach their potential. It is with this spirit that we approach our mission, every single day.
Following Kim's death, her family found themselves in an endless circle of frustration in addition to the pain of loss. Literally everything that could go wrong did go wrong. The military provided very limited, conflicting and incorrect information, blaming everyone else for the mistakes and added problems. After 2 years of getting no help or answers, running up the chain of command multiple times, they were told time limitations were exceeded and the family was basically out of luck. They felt abandoned and dejected.
Our Founder (Kimberly's Father), Todd Copeland, refused to give up and started shifting all of his attention to finding his own solutions. As he found other families in need, he was compelled to help them. The more he could help, the more it drove him to do more, broadening databases to include hundreds of resources - military, civilian, private, corporate, charitable and more. Three years after his own loss - he formalized it in the creation of Fallen Heroes Family Lifeline - and was approved for the 501(c)(3) status.
We must do everything we can to honor the fallen
and to protect the legacy...the FAMILY they leave behind.
Our Mission
"PROTECTING THE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND"
Fallen Heroes Family Lifeline's mission is very simple. We provide emergency assistance and advocacy to GOLD STAR FAMILIES in crisis, to restore balance and stability. Our goal is to never allow a single family to feel unimportant, forgotten or lost in the system. These families deserve no less than our best. ​
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Join us in our mission. Be part of the LIFELINE.
Mere words cannot repay the debt they have paid for us.
We MUST take action and honor their sacrifice.
Our Partnerships
Fallen Heroes Family Lifeline works in cooperation and partnership with HUNDREDS of other organizations, all across the United States. This gives us power and ability to help in situations that are beyond the individual organizations guidelines, or limitations. It helps us to fill the GAPS and protect families who have made the ultimate sacrifice, for all of us.​​
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Government - Military - Corporate - Private - Charitable - Religious
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​ The list is long and continuously growing. Many of the largest organizations you already know refer GOLD STAR Families to us every single day. A few of these organizations provide us grants to help us keep doing what we are doing. Our end-goal is ALWAYS the same - to restore stability and hope for the future.
Transparency
We believe in complete honesty and transparency. This mission is far too important for anything less. We will do our best to provide any and all documentation to build and maintain trust with everyone we work with. If you have any questions beyond what we may provide, please feel free to ask.