Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Here's a chance to get involved in a local fundraiser to benefit local families of fallen heroes.
If you are looking to contribute to a good cause, you can help area law enforcement and first responders' families make it through the holiday season. Ornaments for Officers, a local fundraiser, is selling new and gently used ornaments; the proceeds go solely to The Backstoppers. The goal is to raise $60,000, according to the charity's local website. Ornaments donated to Ornaments for Officers will be displayed at a number of participating retailers—more than 300—until Christmas, and will be sold for $9 each. The Backstoppers will use the proceeds to help support the families of fallen and injured local heroes. Local participating retailers at which ornaments can be found include: UPS store personnel said they had both the fireman and …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Tickets are on sale for the annual Budweiser Guns 'N Hoses boxing matches amongst area firefighters and police officers at Scottrade Center Nov. 21. Proceeds benefit The Backstoppers, a nonprofit that helps responders' families.
Budweiser Guns 'N Hoses features three-round boxing matches between area police officers and firefighters to raise money for The BackStoppers, Inc., an organization that provides immediate financial aid and long-term financial and other support to the families of emergency responsers who lose their lives in the line of duty. This annual fundraiser is held in the Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis on Thanksgiving Eve, which this year will be Nov. 21. Tickets are $20 and $30 each. The event starts at 7 p.m. Two Eureka Fire Protection District firefighters will compete in this year's boxing matches: Jimmy D’Angelo and Joe Stocker. One Monarch Fire Protection District firefighter also will compete: Steve Kirdy. To secure tickets, call …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The 3rd Annual Run to Remember takes place on Saturday, Sept. 8, starting and finishing in the Wildwood Town Center Plaza.
This Run To Remember 5K Run was organized in remembrance of the lives that were lost on September 11, 2001. Metro West Fire Protection District Capt. Brad Shelton in Wildwood and founder of the run said all proceeds from this event will benefit The BackStoppers, an organization that takes care of the families of fire and police officials who lost their lives in the line of duty. The 5K run will begin at 8:30 a.m. following a Kids Fun Run that leaves the start line at 8 a.m. Shelton said the 5K run is very unique because it takes runners through a fire house. Register by clicking here. Applications also are available at Wildwood City Hall and on the City of Wildwood's website. Pre-Race packet pick-up will be at Big River Running Company, …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
From national tragedy comes a time to locally commemorate the lives lost. Register for the second annual 5K Run To Remember event in Wildwood to be held Sept. 10 this year.
While it's apropos on any anniversary to reflect about the occasion it designates, how does one commemorate that event in the most appropriate and delicate way when it is a national tragedy resulting from brutal terrorism? One Wildwood resident and firefighter had the idea to run full into the face of the memory, literally. Capt. Brad Shelton, shop steward for Metro West Fire Protection District in Wildwood, launched an annual Run To Remember 5K race in 2010. He said he got the concept after addressing local middle schoolers on the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11. "They were only in grade school when 9/11 happened and most of them didn't remember the event when I asked about it in class. This event changed our lives, and I didn't think we …
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11:58 am on Thursday, September 8, 2011
You can also walk in the West st. Louis County/Eureka Lions RUN FOR SIGHT this Saturday morning at 8am in Eureka. We have a 5K run and a 3K walk. more ›