Event Raises $450 for 100 Club
Rick Hartley, center, executive director of the 100 Club
of Houston and an SHSU alum, accepts a check for $450 from
Jess Widner, left, and Jason Gomez.
Representatives of Sam Houston State University's
fraternities and sororities have presented a $450 check to
the 100 Club after what they say will be a yearly flag football
fundraising event.
Jess Widner and Jason Gomez made the presentation to Rick
Hartley, executive director of the 100 Club, at the SHSU
Alumni Relations offices. Hartley is an SHSU graduate and
has served in a number of board and officer positions in
the SHSU Alumni Association.
The funds were raised by three flag football games matching
fraternities and sorority players against representatives
of Walker County law enforcement agencies. SHSU'S Greeks
won a traveling trophy and promised to let their opponents
have a shot at it again next year.
The event's profits came from donations from spectators
and T-shirt sales.
The 100 Club was organized in 1953 to help the families
of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. One
hundred people who contributed $100 each formed the initial
base. Today membership exceeds 13,000.
To date over $16 million has been collected and dispersed
to surviving families, for special equipment, to educate
officers, and to award outstanding officers. To date, The
100 Club has provided families with gifts in excess of $4
million.
The club also began providing life-protecting equipment--bullet-proof
vests--in 1977. Since then, The 100 Club has provided a variety
of special equipment to various local law enforcement agencies.
Its services have also been extended to firefighters and
their families.
Several hundred officers have benefited from scholarship
and other educational opportunities provided through The
100 Club. The organization maintains a speakers bureau which
offers qualified speakers, at no charge, to business and
civic organizations in the greater Houston area.
The 100 Club's service area has also been expanded through
the years, and now includes the counties of Austin, Chambers,
Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller, and
Huntsville and Walker county in addition to Houston and Harris
county.
For more information about The 100 Club call 713.952.0100 or check
the club's website.
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SHSU Media Contact: Frank
Krystyniak
May 21, 2003
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