Using financial assets recovered from the corporate liquidation and a civil settlement, Christopher established a dedicated non-profit organization focused on helping families locate missing relatives who might be living in care facilities, shelters, or hospitals under incorrect or missing identities.

He named the initiative The Thomas Higgins Project.

The organization opened a modest office in town, hiring investigators, social workers, and legal experts.

Martha volunteered to answer phone inquiries three afternoons a week.

While she admitted to struggling with modern computer databases, she possessed a remarkable memory for detail.

She remembered every story, every voice, and every photograph submitted by searching families.

In its very first year of operation, the foundation successfully helped reunite fourteen missing individuals with their loved ones.