Programs & Services

Community Programs for Veterans, First Responders & Their Families

Bridging the Gap for Veterans supports those who serve in ways that extend beyond careers and business opportunities.

Our Community Programs bring veterans, active-duty military, first responders, families, businesses, and local organizations together through initiatives that recognize service and turn appreciation into meaningful support.

From scholarships and veteran pet adoption assistance to K-9 protection, community outreach, and sponsored coffee deliveries, each program creates another way to stand behind those who stand for us.

Explore Our Community Programs

Back the Blue
Scholarship Program

The Back the Blue Scholarship Program helps support law enforcement officers and their families through financial grants for law enforcement career advancement.

Since 2016, Bridging the Gap for Veterans has worked to support those who wear the uniform. Back the Blue extends that commitment to the law enforcement community by helping officers pursue opportunities that can strengthen their careers and futures.

Those who protect and serve deserve more than gratitude. They deserve opportunities to keep moving forward.

Veteran Pet Adoption
& K-9 Vest Program

Our commitment to service extends to both two-legged and four-legged heroes.

Through the Veteran Pet Adoption Program, Bridging the Gap for Veterans supports selected local rescue shelters across New Jersey with financial grants that can cover 50% of the adoption costs for veterans adopting a dog or cat.

The program also supports local K-9 Vest Programs, helping provide protective equipment for working police dogs serving alongside law enforcement officers in our communities.

Funding generated through The Coffee Platoon® helps support these efforts.

Meals of Valor

Meals of Valor is a Bridging the Gap for Veterans community initiative created to recognize and support veterans, first responders, and those who have dedicated themselves to serving others.

Through this program, we continue our mission of bringing appreciation and community support directly to the people who have stood for us.

The Commander Program: A Salute in Every Sip

Stand behind those who stand for us.

The Commander Program sends a monthly supply of premium gourmet coffee or hot chocolate directly to Military Units, Veteran Organizations, Police Departments, Firefighters, and EMS Teams as a meaningful thank-you for their service.

Sponsors can choose a three-month or six-month commitment, providing consecutive monthly deliveries designed to keep morale high and remind those serving that their communities continue to stand behind them.

Every sponsorship delivers more than coffee or hot chocolate. It delivers a recurring message of appreciation to the men and women serving our country and communities.

Every cup poured is a reminder: they served us, now it’s our turn to serve them.

The Coffee Platoon®

The Coffee Platoon® turns an everyday purchase into an opportunity to support veterans and first responders.

100% of after-tax profits generated through The Coffee Platoon® support the Bridging the Gap for Veterans Foundation and organizations dedicated to serving veterans and first responders.

Every purchase helps generate ongoing support for programs and initiatives that recognize service and provide meaningful assistance to the military and first responder community.

It is more than coffee. It is coffee with a purpose.

They Held the Line.

We Hold the Door.

Stand With Those Who Serve

Every effort helps turn
appreciation into action.

Supporting veterans and first responders can take many forms.

You can help fund a scholarship, support a veteran pet adoption, protect a working K-9, participate in a community initiative, sponsor monthly deliveries through the Commander Program, or support the mission through The Coffee Platoon®.

Stand With Those Who Serve

They held the line. We hold the door.

For businesses and organizations looking to make an even broader impact, Bridging the Gap for Veterans also offers programs that create ongoing opportunities to support the military and first responder community through business participation and corporate partnerships.

Community Programs for Veterans, First Responders & Their Families

Explore Our Community Programs

Back the Blue Scholarship Program

Veteran Pet Adoption & K-9 Vest Program

Meals of Valor

The Commander Program: A Salute in Every Sip

Stand behind those who stand for us.

The Coffee Platoon®

Every effort helps turn appreciation into action.

Stand With Those Who Serve

They held the line. We hold the door.

Back the Blue
Scholarship Program

Veteran Pet Adoption
& K-9 Vest Program

Every effort helps turn
appreciation into action.