Built on a Legacy of Service

Reinforcements Inc is a new nonprofit, founded in 2024. Our inspiration comes from a deeply personal place. The Founder, John O’Flahavan, experienced firsthand the struggles that military families face after losing a loved one in service. When John’s father, Capt. Lawrence Vincent O’Flahavan, Sr. died while serving in Korea, his mother, Millie, struggled to maintain their home without the support she and her five boys needed.

What touched John most during that difficult time was how strangers stepped in to help when his mother could not afford to keep up with repair bills. Local contractors offered their assistance, mostly in the form of discounted repair services. That outpouring of kindness and generosity stayed with John, and he turned that inspiration into Reinforcements Inc. 

As a licensed home inspector and after decades as an educator, he is ready to give back. Our goal is to extend the same kind of help he witnessed firsthand to the Gold Star and Silver Star families who live among us and need the help now.

We have big plans. We will ramp up operations first in communities across the state of Maryland. As our network of service providers expands and more and more families call up the Reinforcements, we will scale up operations in other US communities. As we grow, we will step in to ensure that no family faces these challenges alone.