Foundation

Tunnel To Towers

This year, we suffered a tragic loss of Officers Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli. Tunnel to Towers, an organization that was created after 9/11 to help the families of fallen first responders, contacted Lodge #9 and offered to help the families. We cannot thank them enough for what they have done.

For more information, visit t2t.org.

Kroger

If you shop at Kroger, please take a minute to enroll your Kroger Plus Shopper’s Card so that the Foundation can receive the rewards. Enrollment takes a few minutes and can be accomplished by following the below instructions:

1. Go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com and select your state.
2. Scroll down and click on “Enroll.”
3. Click on “Sign Up Today!” under the New Customer section on right and follow the next steps!

The Bridge

After the tragic deaths of Westerville, Ohio, Police Officers Tony Morelli and Eric Joering, retired Westerville Police Officer Mike Pavolino and retired Columbus Police Officer Mick Yinger realized that we do such a great job supporting the families and community when a first responder dies in the line of duty, as we should and will continue to do. The Bridge identified a need to extend this support to the first responder who experiences a single traumatic event or the one who has built up years of stress. For first responders, stress and traumatic events become a regular part of what we do, which leads to problems in both our personal and our professional lives.

The Bridge Corp. is a nonprofit made up of first responders who have experienced traumatic events firsthand, clinicians who have counseled numerous first responders and business and community leaders who have a heart for helping our first responder heroes and their families.

For more information, visit firstrespondersbridge.org.