The following account was written by a Heritage Defense member family we assisted.

I am so grateful I am a member of Heritage Defense.

On a Saturday morning, I was packing up my chairs after my daughter's soccer game when a police officer approached me. I instantly knew what it was about.

Earlier that week, my 8-year-old daughter had an accident at our homeschool co-op. She wears a nametag on a lanyard around her neck, and while she was swinging on the playground, the lanyard got caught on the swing and wrapped around her neck.

Her teachers saw it happen and were able to untangle the lanyard quickly. She was alright, the injury was superficial, but she was understandably shaken. They brought her to me in the class where I was helping, and I applied burn cream to her neck. She felt better right away.

My daughter was excited about her soccer game on Saturday and was well enough to play. My husband was with our oldest son, so it was just me and the other children at the game.

After the game ended, that's when the police officer approached me. He said someone was concerned about the injury on her neck and had called to report it. I calmly explained what had happened and asked who had called. He told me it was my daughter's coach.

The officer wanted to take a photo of the injury, but I told him I didn't want to do anything until I spoke with my attorney.

On my way home, I called Heritage Defense for help. The lawyer I spoke with was incredibly helpful and advised me to let the police officer take the photo. I immediately called the officer back and told him my attorney said to proceed with the photo.

We scheduled a time for him to come to our home. Thankfully, my husband was home by then. When the police officer arrived, we brought our daughter out to the porch for the photo.

The officer explained that we needed to get witness statements from the teachers at our co-op who had witnessed the accident. He wanted the statements delivered to the police station within a week.

One of the directors at our homeschool co-op provided me with contact information for my daughter's teachers. I was able to get their statements quickly and deliver them to the police station right away.

The next week, my husband received a call from the police officer informing us that our case had been closed.

Having Heritage Defense in our corner made all the difference when we needed it most.