When veterans return home, the hardest battles often begin — Heroes in Transition (HIT) walks beside veterans to provide additional emotional, community and financial support that traditional military support organizations can miss. HIT strengthens relationships and offers a pathway to healing for service members, veterans, and their families, which is why local independent insurance agency The Baldwin Group chose to partner with the nonprofit.
“At The Baldwin Group, protecting the possible for our clients—helping them build resilience and safeguard what they love—is core to our mission as an insurance agency. Supporting service members who have sacrificed to protect our freedom and safety goes hand-in-hand with that mission,” says Michael Redfield, partner at The Baldwin Group. “That support must go beyond words—it means showing up, carrying weight, and funding programs that help veterans heal.”
For four years, the agency has fielded a staff team in Ruck4HIT, a grueling 36-hour, 200-mile relay across Cape Cod where runners carry 20-pound rucksacks to honor the burdens that service members bear. The race is a family affair, with staff and loved ones volunteering to support water stations along the course. The Baldwin Group team (TBG Ruckers) has raised more than $60,000 to date between sponsorships and employee donations, including $35,000 in 2025 alone, and was the top fundraiser among 20 teams.
At a recent HIT Friendsgiving dinner, TBG Ruckers teammate and HIT Ambassador Gary Bruno sat with an older veteran. Hearing their stories made the miles, fundraising, and organizing feel personal and concrete—demonstrating that the agency’s advocacy had made a real difference for veterans.
A $10,000 Make More Happen Award would bolster HIT’s Pathway to Healing program, providing fitness regimens, mindfulness and group therapies, equine therapy, and other services that address PTSD, anxiety, depression, and isolation for 300–400 service members, veterans, and their loved ones as part of a network of 15 programs serving more than 2,300 participants.
Vote for The Baldwin Group and Heroes in Transition to ensure veterans get the tools and care they deserve.