Our Purpose
The purpose of The Hundred Club is to provide direct financial help for spouses and dependents of law enforcement officers and firefighters who have lost their lives or become disabled in the line of duty. We, of The Hundred Club, simply want those brave public servants to know that they are not alone.
Our People
By design, we are not a high-profile organization. We have no permanent nameplates. Our primary purpose is to benefit the spouses and children of fallen law enforcement and detention officers and firefighters. Those who protect our society deserve the recognition, not those of us pledged to support them and their families in time of need.
Our History
The idea of The Hundred Club was born in 1950 in Detroit, Michigan. Law officers and firefighters had been on full alert dealing with social unrest that led to numerous casualties. In 1950, Detroit auto dealer Bill Packer found a way to assist a police widow. He wrote to 100 friends and associates, asking for $100 each. They responded overwhelmingly, and as a result, the first of The Hundred Clubs was born. Today there are more than 500 members in that Detroit area club and there are clubs like it all over the country. St. Lucie County Hundred Club, Inc., was formed in 1987 by a core group of concerned citizens consisting of Jim Russakis, then-Sheriff R.C. "Bobby" Knowles, Vernon Smith, Steve Barnett, Al Brown and then-Fort Pierce Mayor William Dannahower. These men decided to get started building up a meaningful capital fund to prepare for the future - when the fund might be needed.
To the law enforcement officers, detention officers and firefighters:
Who's Covered
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office
St. Lucie County Fire District
Fort Pierce Police Department
Port St. Lucie Police Department
Florida Highway Patrol (St. Lucie County)
St. Lucie Village Marshal
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (St. Lucie County)
State Attorney, 19th Judicial District
F.B.I (St. Lucie County)
U.S. Coast Guard (St. Lucie County)
U.S. Customs (St. Lucie County)
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (St. Lucie County)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservated Commision (St. Lucie County)
Internal Revenue Service (St. Lucie County)
In the realm of social order, community preservation and the improvement of the quality of our lives, we - all of us - are not alone. In order to remind our peace officers that we realize this, that we stand with them, though in a small way in comparison with what they bring to the community, we choose to honor them. Participation in The Hundred Club enables each of us to honor our peace officers and to proudly say to each of them, "You are not alone."
The purpose of The Hundred Club is to provide direct financial help for spouses and dependents of law enforcement officers and firefighters who have lost their lives or become disabled in the line of duty. We, of The Hundred Club, simply want those brave public servants to know that they are not alone.
Our People
By design, we are not a high-profile organization. We have no permanent nameplates. Our primary purpose is to benefit the spouses and children of fallen law enforcement and detention officers and firefighters. Those who protect our society deserve the recognition, not those of us pledged to support them and their families in time of need.
Our History
The idea of The Hundred Club was born in 1950 in Detroit, Michigan. Law officers and firefighters had been on full alert dealing with social unrest that led to numerous casualties. In 1950, Detroit auto dealer Bill Packer found a way to assist a police widow. He wrote to 100 friends and associates, asking for $100 each. They responded overwhelmingly, and as a result, the first of The Hundred Clubs was born. Today there are more than 500 members in that Detroit area club and there are clubs like it all over the country. St. Lucie County Hundred Club, Inc., was formed in 1987 by a core group of concerned citizens consisting of Jim Russakis, then-Sheriff R.C. "Bobby" Knowles, Vernon Smith, Steve Barnett, Al Brown and then-Fort Pierce Mayor William Dannahower. These men decided to get started building up a meaningful capital fund to prepare for the future - when the fund might be needed.
To the law enforcement officers, detention officers and firefighters:
Who's Covered
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office
St. Lucie County Fire District
Fort Pierce Police Department
Port St. Lucie Police Department
Florida Highway Patrol (St. Lucie County)
St. Lucie Village Marshal
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (St. Lucie County)
State Attorney, 19th Judicial District
F.B.I (St. Lucie County)
U.S. Coast Guard (St. Lucie County)
U.S. Customs (St. Lucie County)
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (St. Lucie County)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservated Commision (St. Lucie County)
Internal Revenue Service (St. Lucie County)
In the realm of social order, community preservation and the improvement of the quality of our lives, we - all of us - are not alone. In order to remind our peace officers that we realize this, that we stand with them, though in a small way in comparison with what they bring to the community, we choose to honor them. Participation in The Hundred Club enables each of us to honor our peace officers and to proudly say to each of them, "You are not alone."