~ Summer 2025 Update - Making a Big Difference in the Lives of Many Children ~
A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Generous DonorsIt has been almost 12 years since Sean died. We are profoundly grateful for your incredible support and generosity. Your donations have made a significant impact on the lives of young adults. We cannot thank you enough for your commitment to our cause. Your contributions have enabled us to foster connections between law enforcement and the communities they serve. In particular, the Lowell Youth Services Boxing Facility and swimming lessons; spreading Holiday Cheer with Market Basket and Target Gift Cards, Scholarships to graduates Lowell Regional Vocational High School; the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem; NH, supporting St. Ann’s Home & School’s young adults who are faced with serious emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges and learning disabilities; Melrose Junior Police Academy; and honoring those Officers who died in the line of duty. These projects would not have been possible without your help. It is through the kindness of supporters like you that we can continue to have influence in the lives of young adults. Your belief in our work is both inspiring and humbling. Once again, thank you for your invaluable support. We look forward to sharing more successes with you in the future. With deepest gratitude, Sean’s family. |
Make sure to check out all the events we have established and hosted over the past 7 years to raise funds for the children. |
The Officer Sean A. Collier Memorial Fund was established to honor the memory of Sean A. Collier who was Killed In the Line of Duty by the Boston Marathon Bombers on April 18, 2013.
Memorial Fund Background
On April 15, 2013, two explosives went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding 264 people. The three killed by the explosions were 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, 8-year-old Martin Richard and 23-year-old Lingzi Lu.
Three days later, on April 18, 2013, at approximately 10:30 pm, Patrol Officer Collier was shot and killed by the two suspects wanted for the terrorist bomb attack during the Boston Marathon. Officer Collier was ambushed and shot multiple times by the suspects while seated in his patrol car on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Officer Collier was transported to the hospital where he died.
The bombing suspects were tracked to Watertown, MA were there was a shootout with law enforcement officers. One of the suspects was killed and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Police Officer Richard H. Donohue Jr. (a Police Academy classmate of Sean’s) was critically wounded but survived. Boston Police Department officer Dennis Simmonds was injured by an explosive device and he died of this injuries almost a year later on April 10, 2014. Eight other officers were also injured in the shootout with law enforcement officers.
The second suspect was apprehended the following day, tried and by unanimous decision sentenced to death on May 15, 2015.