Imagine you sacrifice everything - your health and mental wellness  knowing every day when you get dressed for work your life could be taken at any moment all in the name of community service as a 1st responder. You're overworked, underpaid and underappreciated.  Your final words, hugs and kisses with your spouse and kids could be the last.

Then one day it happens. It's sudden, it's tragic and it's absolute.  You're injured in the line of duty and unable to go back to work. You're left with an uncertain future. Or worse, you give your life to save another. Now your family is not only left to pick up the pieces but they have the mental and financial burden of planning and paying for a funeral. 

Then instantly an angel appears. She shows up at your home or next to your hospital bed. This angel has experienced what you're living through and is able to give the emotional support that few others would be able. More importantly this angel is carrying a significant check to help you with your immediate financial burdens. But this check has another significant meaning entirely. It represents the community finally giving you or the loved one you lost the proper appreciation they deserved even though you/they have never expected it or asked for it. 

Meet the angel, Angela Harrolle CEO of 100 Club of Arizona. I had the pleasure and honor to spend 90 minutes to listen to her story and have a very candid conversation about the dangers our heroes face daily.  To date we have lost 55 1st responders in Arizona in 2021, a staggering number and many more seriously injured.  The fatalities range from suicide to shot and killed in the line of duty. They all have amazing stories of heroism but more importantly they all have families left behind with heavy hearts and a mountain of burden.

Angela's story is one of tragedy turned to heroism, although she does not like to be referred to as a hero. After the passing of her husband Bruce Harrolle in 2008, Angela has dedicated her life to becoming a 1st responder to our 1st responders and their families in their most vulnerable time of tragedy and need. 

She does the work that few of us would do to help those that do the work that even fewer of us would do.  The 100 Club of Arizona needs our community to be in support in order to continue to provide this essential assistance. 

Today the 100 Club is experiencing far more need than they can raise money to contribute back.

Listen to learn a new perspective and please volunteer and donate using the website below. 

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