Blue Bond

I am honored to be a small part to the start of healing for the Indy Firehawks. National Police Wives Association president Kelli Lowe and her husband retired Sgt. Charles Lowe set about creating a safe space for the kids and parents to vent, voice concerns, and start the process of healing after trauma.

Over the weekend, one of their coaches was shot after a youth League football game.

A special thanks go out to the officers who, on their own time, came to support these kids as well. Thank you for providing a positive law enforcement experience for the kids and their families. It's always important to continue our mission of bridge building between community and law enforcement.

Major Campbell, Hancock County Sheriff's Department
Deputy Tillman, Hancock County Sheriff's Department
Trooper Bill Spalding, Indiana State Police Indianapolis District
Officer Bower, Ingalls Police Department
Officer Waterman, Ingalls Police Department

Indy Firehawks wants to thank
Sgt Charles Lowe and Kelli Lowe - They Traveled from St. Louis to debrief and discuss how to respond to trauma and secondary trauma after a critical situation Special thanks to IMPD 🔥🦅 God , Family , School

Below are more organizations that are boots on the ground along the path of destruction from Georgia to Tennessee.

If you are able to donate, please consider donating to one of these organizations to help with Hurricane Helena rescue efforts and getting supplies to those that need it.

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/

https://www.cajunnavyrelief.com/donate/

https://ncwg.gocivilairpatrol.org - Civil Air Patrols have been activated all along the path of this storm.

https://fop.net/donate/

https://www.facebook.com/mountainmulepackersranch - this group is using their mule trains to get supplies up into the areas that can't be reached by roads. They have a venmo and contact information on their page. If you can get them the stuff, they can pack it up to where it's needed.

https://watermission.org/

https://prestigehelicopters.com/ - They are deploying their helicopters where they can - but fuel costs money. Call and donate to help those costs and keep them in the air

https://www.facebook.com/totalflightsolutions - again, Total Flight Solutions they are deploying what they can where they can. Call to donate towards fuel costs.

These are just some of the many places that are getting in and getting things done.

By this time, I am sure everyone has seen or heard of the devastation that Hurricane Helene has caused from the Florida Keys all the way up to here in central Indiana.

This storm was unprecedented. Making landfall in an area that had not seen a hurricane make land fall in quite some time as a category 4. It was still a category 1 hurricane as it crossed Georgia into South Caroline and North Carolina. This storm has left a horrific reality in its wake and that was with some warning. As it moved west it's strong wind and rain has literally washed towns away.

The loss of life will take weeks to be fully realized. We already know that first responders and civilians alike have parished.

Our first responders are fighting so hard to save those in need. They are working around the clock, with little to no rest, some having already lost everything themselves.

Blue Bond is asking if you have the ability to, to please donate to the National Fraternal Order of Police the NFOP have deployed 2 of their Disaster Action Response Teams to help those on the ground.

You van donate here: https://fop.net/donate/

We will have other vetted organizations to donate too as soon as they are vetted.

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I wanted to take a moment and give attention to 2 groups of what I consider first responders as well.

This week is National Corrections Week as well as National Nurses Week.

These 2 groups of professionals may not be out in the field like our officers are, but they are a part of our family just like fire, EMS, and dispatchers. They are on the front lines and in the trenches in their own way.

If you see a CO or nurse this week, thank them for their service.