In the foreground attorney-volunteer Jeannie Fissinger (right) works with Patrolman Stephen Joseph Proscia and Dawn Proscia, and in the background attorney-volunteer Mike Mueller interviews Detective William R. O'Keefe and Susan O'Keefe during the Wills for Heroes session held at the Bristol Township Police Station, Feb. 27.

Pennsylvania State Trooper Andrew Watkins, center, and his wife, Tachelle, work with attorney volunteer Chad Rumsey at the Feb. 20, 2010, Wills for Heroes session in Bensalem. Nearly two dozen lawyers, law students, paralegals and notaries helped produce estate planning documents for about 40 first responders as part of the PBA YLD’s Wills for Heroes program.

Wills for Heroes County Events
       Jan. 9, Lancaster County
       Jan 30, Luzerne County Police and Fire, Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke
       Jan 30, Pittsburgh Police, Pittsburgh Police State, Pittsburgh
       Feb 20, Pennsylvania State Police, Trevose Barracks, Bensalem.
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       Feb 27, Bristol Township Police, Bristol.
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       Feb 27, Philadelphia Police and Fire, Philadelphia Community College, Philadelphia.
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       March 6, Second Alarmer’s Rescue Squad, 307 Davisville Rd., Willow Grove
Wills for Heroes has been able to expand its work through a training program designed by national Wills for Heroes board member and Pennsylvania program Director Dan McKenna, with the support of his firm, Ballard Spahr, to develop a cadre of locally based coordinators. Want to bring Wills for Heroes to your county? Click here for a list of county coordinators, or for more information, contact the YLD or the Pennsylvania program Director Dan McKenna.

A program cosponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, “Wills for Heroes” provides free basic estate planning documents to first responders in Pennsylvania.

“Wills for Heroes” provides police, fire and emergency medical personnel — those on the frontlines for our personal safety — the tools they need to prepare adequately for the future. Programs are staffed by lawyer volunteers and are conveniently offered to first responders at meeting halls and police and fire stations.

Information for First Responders
Questionnaire for First Responders
Information for Lawyer Volunteers
Online Registration Form for Lawyer Volunteers
Wills for Heroes Foundation Web Site

Daniel J. T. McKenna Receives Alan J. Davis Award from His Firm for Leading Ballard Spahr's “Wills for Heroes” Team, July 2009
'Wills for Heroes' Program Presents Award Honoring Early Volunteer, Verdina Y. Showell, June 2009