Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Brett and Alexa are New Jersey residents paving the way for veterans to find assistance with a new and easy-to-use resource. ROGER is a revamped search platform that leads vets to helpful tools including family services, local veteran benefits, employment opportunities, and much more. The website is powered by Backpacks for Life, which is another amazing resource started by Brett and Alexa.
Brett served in the Marine Corps for 6 years and was called for deployment to Afghanistan while he was at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Upon his return to the United States, Brett struggled to integrate back into society. While he was lucky enough to have a great family and support system, he quickly realized that many veterans didn’t have the same help.
After meeting Alexa in college, they decided to start Backpacks for Life in 2014. These bags were made to contain essentials they knew vets would need on a day-to-day basis.
At that time, Top Notch Cinema assisted them with creating an animated video to explain their efforts, purpose, and vision for Backpacks for Life. Since then, they have given out more than 7,500 backpacks across 22 states.
Working together again with Brett and Alexa in 2019, we interviewed a man named Robert R. Max who at the time was the only person alive who had escaped Nazi slave labor. By filming Mr. Max during our conversation, we gave him an online platform where he could share his entire story.
These details combined with aspects of Mr. Max’s book “The Long March Home” made it possible to create a documentary of his life and unique, historic experiences.
Once he was able to view the documentary himself, Mr. Max commented on it saying, “...I am so pleased with the film. You’ve not only presented and preserved a unique story, but also captured the imagination of the viewer through the visual and vocal combination...”
Robert R. Max passed away soon after he had the opportunity to see the completed documentary. The team at Top Notch Cinema will always be grateful to have worked with such an amazing man and will forever treasure this memory.
Their journey through the previous few years led Brett and Alexa to a new idea, which turned out to be their resource website known as ROGER. After already working with Top Notch Cinema to create video content for their Backpacks for Life campaigns and for Mr. Max, they felt it was a no-brainer that videos would be needed to promote ROGER as well.
Read the full Roger case study here:
topnotchcinema.com/case-studies/roger
Brett and Alexa are New Jersey residents paving the way for veterans to find assistance with a new and easy-to-use resource. ROGER is a revamped search platform that leads vets to helpful tools including family services, local veteran benefits, employment opportunities, and much more. The website is powered by Backpacks for Life, which is another amazing resource started by Brett and Alexa.
Brett served in the Marine Corps for 6 years and was called for deployment to Afghanistan while he was at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Upon his return to the United States, Brett struggled to integrate back into society. While he was lucky enough to have a great family and support system, he quickly realized that many veterans didn’t have the same help.
After meeting Alexa in college, they decided to start Backpacks for Life in 2014. These bags were made to contain essentials they knew vets would need on a day-to-day basis.
At that time, Top Notch Cinema assisted them with creating an animated video to explain their efforts, purpose, and vision for Backpacks for Life. Since then, they have given out more than 7,500 backpacks across 22 states.
Working together again with Brett and Alexa in 2019, we interviewed a man named Robert R. Max who at the time was the only person alive who had escaped Nazi slave labor. By filming Mr. Max during our conversation, we gave him an online platform where he could share his entire story.
These details combined with aspects of Mr. Max’s book “The Long March Home” made it possible to create a documentary of his life and unique, historic experiences.
Once he was able to view the documentary himself, Mr. Max commented on it saying, “...I am so pleased with the film. You’ve not only presented and preserved a unique story, but also captured the imagination of the viewer through the visual and vocal combination...”
Robert R. Max passed away soon after he had the opportunity to see the completed documentary. The team at Top Notch Cinema will always be grateful to have worked with such an amazing man and will forever treasure this memory.
Their journey through the previous few years led Brett and Alexa to a new idea, which turned out to be their resource website known as ROGER. After already working with Top Notch Cinema to create video content for their Backpacks for Life campaigns and for Mr. Max, they felt it was a no-brainer that videos would be needed to promote ROGER as well.
Read the full Roger case study here:
topnotchcinema.com/case-studies/roger
