Hello Brothers and Sisters,
As you know, the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio has its own charity, the Critical Incident Response Foundation that provides for peer counseling for first responders who are subjected to critical incident stress. This program literally saves the lives and/or careers of our brothers and sisters in law enforcement.
This program is funded through a combination of your dues and grant funding. In an effort to prepare for the day that the grant funding is no longer available (as we all know it will not be forever) the FOP of Ohio is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Critical Incident Response Foundation Golf Outing.
Please join your friends at the Foxfire Golf Club in suburban Columbus on August 4th. You will get to play on a great course, have a great meal, you will get to have a great time and the whole while….you will get to support a very important cause.
If you are not a golfer, you can support OUR charity by locating some door prizes and/or raffle prizes. You can also support OUR charity by locating Hole Sponsors. Our Hole Sponsors from last year are listed below:
FOPA of Ohio ($500), Steve Young Memorial Lodge #24 (Marion)-VIP, WilliamJ. Taylor Memorial Lodge (Mansfield)-VIP, Akron Lodge 7, Dayton Retirees #44, C&A Transportation, Chet Delong-National Trustee, Dayton Lodge #44, Cops and Rodders (3 signs), Crabbe, Brown &James LLP, Delta Dental, J. Darrell Birmingham Lodge 140, Jerome Ernst (FOPA Trustee), Derric McDonald-State Sgt. At Arms, DJC & Associates, Ashtabula Lodge 26, Forest Rose #50 (Fairfield County), Knox County Lodge 147, Portage County Lodge 70, Get Behind the Badge, Government Initiatives Group, AmVets Post 51-Thornville, Marion FOPA #49, Fairfield FOPA 39, Jay McDonald-State Secretary, Scott Tipton for Vice President and a special tribute was made by Friends of Larry Deck, who made a contribution in his memory.
This outing was successful last year and we are hoping for an even bigger success this year. Please do what you can to help our Foundation that does so much to help the members of OUR organization.
Jay McDonald
FOP of Ohio Secretary