Crime & Safety

Ballwin Comes Up Big For Backstoppers

Annual golf tournament raised thousands for the non-profit organization that helps families of fallen first responders.

The following article is courtesy of the Ballwin Police Department

On August 15, 2013 the Ballwin Police Department presented a check for $3,975.70 to Chief RonΒ Battelle (Ret.), the Executive Director of The BackStoppers Inc. and Chief Jim Silvernail (Ret.) Β TheΒ money was raised at the Ballwin Police Department’s Annual Charity Golf Scramble that was heldΒ 
on June 17, 2013. Β This was the seventh year for the event which has raised over $30,000.00 forΒ The BackStoppers. Β 

The BackStoppers Inc. is a non-profit organization which provides financial assistance to theΒ families of fallen police officers, firefighters, and publicly-funded paramedics / EMTs employedΒ within the counties covered by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C and Illinois State PoliceΒ District 11.

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