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BackStoppers

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Assistance
Coverage Area
References
Sources

{{notability|Companies|date=June 2017}}{{third-party|date=June 2017}}The BackStoppers, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization^[1] founded in 1959.^[2] The organization provides needed financial assistance to the spouses and dependent children of all police officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters, and publicly-funded paramedics and EMTs who lose their lives or suffer a catastrophic injury in the line of duty in 18 counties in Missouri and Illinois.^[3]

Assistance

The BackStoppers' assistance pays off all debt, assumes financial obligations such as mortgage payments, taxes, health and dental insurance, and helps with the costs of elementary, secondary, and college/vocational education.^[4] In 2014, The BackStoppers provided $1,392,913 in assistance.^[5]

Coverage Area

The BackStoppers serves a total of 18 counties, 13 of which are in Missouri and 5 of which are in Illinois.^[6] Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C Counties Served: Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Pike, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Ste. Genevieve, Warren, and Washington. Illinois State Police District 11 Counties Served: Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair.^[7]

References

1. ^http://backstoppers.org
2. ^http://backstoppers.org
3. ^http://backstoppers.org
4. ^http://backstoppers.org
5. ^http://backstoppers.org
6. ^http://backstoppers.org
7. ^http://backstoppers.org

Sources

Christine Byers, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091128115525/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/AE08C434D8D71EA286257679000DDD70?OpenDocument Families of the fallen reflect on BackStoppers' legacy, 50 years], St. Louis Post-Dispatch November 25, 2009.{{dl|date=June 2017}}
Ann Rubin, Guns N' Hoses event raising money for Backstoppers charity, KSDK November 26, 2009.{{dl|date=June 2017}}
Anheuser-Busch, wholesalers give $83,000 to BackStoppers, St. Louis Business Journal November 23, 2009.

1 : Charities based in Missouri

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