Nacogdoches Hero Foundation
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Foundation Board Members
Each of our board members have a true passion for supporting our local community of Veterans, Active-Duty Military, and First Responders. Whether they have served themselves or have family members who have served, their dedication to this foundation is immeasurable.
Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide comprehensive support and resources to Nacogdoches County veterans, first responders, and their families; honoring their service and fostering community appreciation for their sacrifice.
Nacogdoches Hero Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
We are honored to ensure all proceeds stay in Nacogdoches County serving our local Heroes.
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Fourth Annual Banquet
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4rd Annual Hero Banquet November 6th, 2026 Nacogdoches County Exposition & Civic Center.
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Thirty years on the force wasn't enough. He came back to serve again. This time, on the open water.
After three decades with Houston PD, most people would hang up their badge and finally take a breath. Deputy Constable Glen Dickerson chose a different path.
He looked around at the veterans and first responders in his community, the ones carrying invisible weight from years of service, and decided he wasn't done showing up for them.
Through his nonprofit, Glen takes heroes out on shark fishing trips as a form of adventure therapy. No clinical setting. No paperwork. Just open water, the thrill of the fight, and a group of people who understand each other in ways most never will.
A chance to heal. A chance to breathe. A chance to feel something powerful outside of the battles they carry every day.
That's what service looks like beyond the badge.
Nacogdoches County is full of people like Deputy Constable Dickerson quietly doing extraordinary things for the people who've given so much.
The Nacogdoches Hero Foundation is proud to share their stories and stand alongside every effort that lifts our heroes up.
Know a local hero making a difference in our community? Drop their name in the comments, we want to hear about them. 👇
Source: Lori Jones Reynolds
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Before the hospital. Before the surgery. Before the second chance... there was a paramedic who refused to give up on you. 🚑
This week we recognize the men and women of Emergency Medical Services, the first hands on scene, the calm voice in the chaos, the ones working in the back of an ambulance at 2 AM with everything on the line.
EMS professionals in Nacogdoches County don't just respond to emergencies. They carry them. They witness things most people never will, they absorb that weight shift after shift, and then they show up and do it all over again the next day.
That kind of dedication deserves more than one week but this week, we make sure they know they are seen.
To every paramedic, EMT, and emergency medical professional serving our community, thank you for being the difference between a tragedy and a miracle.
Thank you for the lives you've saved that we'll never even know about and thank you for choosing this work, every single day, even when it costs you something.
Nacogdoches is stronger because you're in it 💙
The Nacogdoches Hero Foundation proudly stands behind our EMS community and the families who support them.
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Right now, somewhere in the world, someone from our community is serving so we can sleep safely tonight. This one's for them. ⭐
Armed Forces Day is set apart from Veterans Day and Memorial Day for one specific reason.
It exists to honor those who are actively serving right now. The ones still in uniform. Still deployed. Still away from their families, their homes, and the people they love most.
In Nacogdoches County, we have sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, husbands and wives who are out there today carrying that weight. They don't ask for recognition. They just keep showing up, mission after mission, day after day.
But today, we show up for them.
To every active-duty service member connected to Nacogdoches County; Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Space Force, we want you to know that this community hasn't forgotten you for a single day you've been gone.
Come home safe. We'll be right here waiting. 🇺🇸
The Nacogdoches Hero Foundation stands behind you and the families holding it together back home. Always.
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