What is a Hero Lodge sponsorship?

A Hero Lodge sponsorship dedicates a guest lodge at Camp Gold Star in honor or memory of a fallen hero or first responder. Each lodge includes a naming plaque and a QR code linking to the hero’s story.

What recognition is included?

Sponsorships include lodge naming rights, an engraved lodge plaque, website recognition, and a QR code that links to the honoree’s biography and photo.

How do I start a sponsorship?

Click the “Request Sponsorship Packet” button on this page or email info@campgoldstar.com. We’ll follow up with details, availability, and next steps.

How are sponsorship funds used?

One hundred percent of funds raised through Hero Lodge sponsorships go directly toward building, maintaining, and operating Camp Gold Star’s mission-focused amenities.

Camp Gold Star — Hero Lodges

What is a Hero Lodge?

Each of the 25 Hero Lodges at Camp Gold Star (CGS) will remember and honor a fallen veteran or first responder who was killed in the line of duty.

There will be three Hero Lodges for each of the following branches: Army, Coast Guard, Space Force, Fire Service, Law Enforcement, Air Force, and Navy. In addition, four Hero Lodges will honor Marines.

Captain Morgan has personally selected the fallen hero each lodge will honor. The full list of fallen heroes will be posted on this website once the Captain has met with the heroes' families and received permission to remember and honor their hero with a CGS Hero Lodge.

Each Hero Lodge will be personalized by the fallen hero's family with wall pictures, a welcome video, and other personal items that help CGS guests learn and appreciate the sacrifice of each fallen hero and family.

The cost for each Hero Lodge is $125,000, and there are two ways for individuals or companies to sponsor a Hero Lodge.

Hero Lodge Style

Featured Lodges

Spc. Joseph A. Graves

U.S. Army - Operation Iraqi Freedom

Granite Bay, CA Age 21 KIA: July 25, 2006

As the proud father of Spc. Joseph A. Graves, US Army, I would like to thank you for the overwhelming support in celebrating his life. I thought I would share a little about Joey with you, how he grew up and what influenced his life. This might give some insight as to the reason that Joey, along with thousands of others, volunteered to join the military, to protect our freedoms, to fight terrorism, and to liberate those around the globe who suffer under regimes of tyrants.

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Hero Lodge Sponsored By: Rich & Vanitha Cotton — (Marina Bar & Grill)

Sgt. Aaron J. Blasjo

U.S. Army Special Forces – Operation Enduring Freedom

Riverside, CA Age 25 DOD: May 29, 2011

A native of Riverside, California, Sergeant Aaron J. Blasjo died 29 May 2011, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device while his unit was conducting combat operations in Wardak Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.

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Sponsored by: Open — Sponsor Needed

Sgt. Victor Dew

U.S. Marine Corps – Operation Enduring Freedom

Granite Bay, CA Age 25 DOD: October 13, 2010

Sergeant Victor Dew of Granite Bay, California, was serving with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. He was killed on October 13, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.

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Sponsored by: Open — Sponsor Needed

Lance Cpl. Travis J. Layfield

U.S. Marine Corps – Operation Iraqi Freedom

Fremont, CA Age 19 DOD: April 6, 2004

Travis was 19 and from Fremont, California. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. He was killed on April 6, 2004, by hostile fire in Anbar Province, Iraq, while serving his country with bravery and honor.

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Sponsored by: Open — Sponsor Needed

Lance Cpl. Travis J. Layfield, U.S. Marine Corps

Firefighter Stephen Gerard Siller

New York Fire Department – Squad 1

New York, NY Age 34 DOD: September 11, 2001

Firefighter Stephen Gerard Siller was the youngest of seven children born to Mae and George Siller. At the age of eight, Stephen lost his father, and a year and a half later his mother passed away, leaving him an orphan to be raised by his older siblings. For a while Stephen went through a period of struggle, but thanks to the love of his family and the values instilled in him by his parents, he grew up to be an extraordinary individual and a dedicated firefighter.

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Sponsored by: Open — Sponsor Needed

Firefighter Stephen Gerard Siller, NYFD Squad 1

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