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Table 24There’s a seat saved for you
A family of five walking hand in hand on a wide, pale beach at dusk.

Our story

This is our family’s life, too.

I’m Chelsi Kania, a military spouse and a mom of four. My husband, Calvin, is active duty in the Air Force. Military life is part of our everyday life, and so are the things families carry that don’t always make it into a conversation.

Table 24 grew out of our own family’s experience. The reasons behind it are personal.

Chelsi and Calvin Kania with their children on the beach at sunset.
The Kania family
The Kania family’s dining table, laid with flowers beneath sunlit French doors, a vintage spindle chair at the near end.
The heart of Table 24

IOur story

In 2024, I found a letter on our family table that changed everything. It made me realize how much my husband had been carrying.

That moment is part of why this work matters so much to us. Suicide prevention is personal. Supporting spouses and children is personal. Helping families understand their protection and find meaningful opportunities is personal.

Our table is where our family gathers. It’s where we talk, make plans, and have the conversations that are sometimes hard to start. That’s where the name Table 24 comes from: the table in our home, and the fact that in 2024 I found the letter on the table.

IIWhere to turn

If you are carrying something right now

You do not have to be in crisis to use any of these. They are free, confidential, and answered by people who understand military life.

IIIOur purpose

Why we built this

We want families to have somewhere to bring their questions, their concerns, and the things they have not figured out yet.

That includes understanding family protection, preparing for military transitions, and keeping the whole household in the conversation: the service member, the spouse, the caregiver, and the children.

This is more than insurance to us. It comes from being a family who needed answers and wanting to help other families find theirs.

Chelsi Kania on the beach at dusk.
Chelsi KaniaMilitary spouse & founder

  • I

    Family Protection

    Helping military households understand and secure dependable life, disability, and family protection, and plan for retirement, including options for guaranteed income for life.

  • II

    Military Family Advocacy

    Guidance and support that keeps military spouses, caregivers, and children included in the decisions that affect the household. We are building a strong, growing network of military families, veterans, and trusted professionals, so that help is close for every kind of veteran and every kind of military family.

  • III

    Suicide Prevention & Support

    Honest, personal advocacy and community support for service members and their families. The figure most often cited is 22 veterans a day lost to suicide. We want to bring that number down by building support structures around the people who need help, so no one carries it alone.

    If you are carrying something right now, start here

Guarantees are backed by the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company.

IVFamily moments

Walking this journey together

  • The Kania family walking together along the shoreline at dusk, holding hands.
  • The Kania family standing together on the beach in the evening light.
  • The Kania family in a close embrace, laughing, in black and white.
  • A black and white portrait of the Kania family holding one another.

What we learned that year is the whole reason there is a seat saved at this table.

No one needs to share our faith to have a seat at this table.