We make sure our officers are not alone
In the event of an officer's sudden death, The Hundred Club contacts the family to see if there is an immediate need for funds. If so, a check is issued. This initial payment is to provide "right now" relief from tension, confusion and panic regarding money matters. At the appropriate time, those members of our standing committee who are responsible for financial assistance will review the financial needs of the family and meet with them. Then the committee makes the appropriate disbursement.
We honor our community's heroes
There is one more not-so tangible purpose to The Hundred Club. We say to our law officers, detention officers and firefighters, "You are not alone." It is getting lonelier out there by the day. In society today, the flagrant irresponsibility and rudeness, the disrespect for order and private property and the insane disregard for human life are bone-chilling and frightening. Any observant person, looking at our world gone mad, feels alone. But our valiant emergency service officers, who are out there in the reality of the darkened doorway, who must at some point stand their ground, alone, and who are simply expected to be brave and do their job, are also only human. It is our hope that somehow our contribution will enable them to be a little freer of worry and, as a result, we hope a little more alert, a little faster of reflex, a little less distracted. We are not ashamed to respect and honor those brave men and women who wear the badge.
In the event of an officer's sudden death, The Hundred Club contacts the family to see if there is an immediate need for funds. If so, a check is issued. This initial payment is to provide "right now" relief from tension, confusion and panic regarding money matters. At the appropriate time, those members of our standing committee who are responsible for financial assistance will review the financial needs of the family and meet with them. Then the committee makes the appropriate disbursement.
We honor our community's heroes
There is one more not-so tangible purpose to The Hundred Club. We say to our law officers, detention officers and firefighters, "You are not alone." It is getting lonelier out there by the day. In society today, the flagrant irresponsibility and rudeness, the disrespect for order and private property and the insane disregard for human life are bone-chilling and frightening. Any observant person, looking at our world gone mad, feels alone. But our valiant emergency service officers, who are out there in the reality of the darkened doorway, who must at some point stand their ground, alone, and who are simply expected to be brave and do their job, are also only human. It is our hope that somehow our contribution will enable them to be a little freer of worry and, as a result, we hope a little more alert, a little faster of reflex, a little less distracted. We are not ashamed to respect and honor those brave men and women who wear the badge.