The concept of the 100 Club was born in Detroit in 1952, following the fatal shooting of a young Detroit officer. Moved by the situation, William M. Packer, who was the largest Pontiac Dealer in the nation and a friend of the police commissioner, wrote to 100 of his friends encouraging them to donate to a fund for the fallen officer. He received a 100 percent response rate. Packer and the commissioner met with the expectant widow, reviewed her finances and arranged to pay off the mortgage on their recently purchased home, pay all the bills, set up an education account for the yet unborn child and deposited $7,000 in the widows checking account.

In 1965, a young Phoenix officer was killed in the line-of-duty. Several acquaintances with knowledge of the Detroit 100 Club got together and started the Phoenix 100 Club, and became an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 1968. One of the earliest members was Frank Haze Burch. Franks father was the first Phoenix police officer killed in the line-of-duty in 1924, when Frank was just five years old.

Today, I am asking 100 of my friends to support The 100 Club of Arizona and their programs by donating $100 and helping me reach my goal of $10,000 which will help support 50 monthly assistance payments to First Responders who have been injured in the line of duty!