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Behind every dollar is a name, a phone call, a finish line. These are the Massachusetts neighbors who reached out — and the people who refused to let them stand alone.

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Recipient Story · 01

Thirty years of pain. One phone call.

Tom Sheehan Wakefield, MA

Tom had been an amputee for more than thirty years, living with daily pain and unable to wear his old prosthetic. His co-worker Michelle Macaluso at Dockside restaurant in Wakefield, MA, took it upon herself to advocate for him. Then, independently, several other people reached out to A Leg Forever asking for help on Tom's behalf. On January 16, 2022, Liz and JP Norden surprised Tom in person with the news: ALF and a prosthetic partner would work with him to fit a new leg. Nine years after the Boston Marathon bombings put the Norden family on this path, the foundation answered yet another call from a neighbor in need.

A community of strangers refused to let him stand alone.

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Jennie McCarthy

Day 50 in the hospital. A family arrived.

At 21 years old, on day 50 of hospitalization, Jennie was certain her life was over. The Nordens walked into her room and changed the math.

At my lowest point, I thought of them, I threw my crutches to the ground, taught myself to walk, and never looked back.

2014North Andover, MA12

Tommy Cox

A boating accident. A football dream.

Twelve years old. North Andover. One of the first recipients when JP and Paul Norden formed A Leg Forever.

Boston Marathon survivors help boy toward football dream.

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Lives touched by your generosity.

These are some of the Massachusetts neighbors A Leg Forever has stood with — runners, students, parents, kids — each one reminding us why this foundation exists.