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Secretary Notes North Carolina FOP Foundation
Continued from P. 6 By Terry Mangum – Foundation President
We know that we all have busy schedules. We The NC FOP Foundation sent a monetary donation to
have to prioritize the items in our lives – family, the Louisiana FOP Foundation to assist in the relief of our
work, church, sports, other organizations, etc. But Brothers and Sisters who were devastated by the recent
my priorities are not necessarily the same as yours flooding in southern Louisiana.
or the next person. The internet/social media is a
great partner so use it to your advantage to contact During our Fall Board of Directors meeting in Ashe-
and inform your members. The State Lodge has sev- ville and in the September/October issue of the BlueNote,
eral avenues for you to use. I announced that the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Po-
Web site – www.ncfop.org lice Foundation, Inc., will be offering scholarships to eli-
Facebook – North Carolina Fraternal Order of gible applicants for the academic year 2017-2018. The
Foundation desperately needs your assistance to iden-
Police@NorthcarolinaFraternalOrderOfPolice tify and solicit eligible applicants. Please assist us by
Twitter – @NCFOP1 checking in your County and surrounding Counties for in-
Instagram – ncfop dividuals who may be eligible for one of our scholarships.
A new members only FOP app During the 2016 State Fall Board of Directors meeting
the Foundation provided a hard copy of the scholarship
And of course the BlueNote applications and information to each North Carolina State
You can set up a group email and forward infor- Trustee in attendance and asked the Trustees to take this
material back to their individual Lodges. Please help us
mation to everyone in your lodge at one time. Use identify individuals in your area who may benefit from
the others to toot your own horn, post information, an NCFOP Foundation scholarship.
or post photos. Let everyone know about all of the
positive things your Lodge is doing. The initial The primary purpose of the North Carolina Fraternal
setup may take a little time but it will be time well Order of Police Foundation, Inc., is to exist as a benevolent
spent. With all the bad press law enforcement re- foundation for the purpose of assisting children and
ceives from the media we need to publicize the good spouses of North Carolina law enforcement officers killed
things we are accomplishing. or permanently disabled while in the line of duty with the
expenses of higher education. The Foundation provides
Now for some Secretary information – you must scholarships to enable eligible recipients to complete their
remember to inform your Lodge Secretary of any post-secondary educational studies, including both aca-
changes in your personal information. Your Local, demic and vocational training.
State, and Grand Lodges must be kept up to date
with changes of names, address, phone numbers, The awarding of scholarships is determined by the
email address, marital status, and especially benefi- NCFOP Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors.
ciaries. A couple of consequences of not keeping Please contact any of the Foundation Board of Directors if
your Secretary updated – you do not receive your you have any questions, need a scholarship application, or
dues notice so you do not get your dues paid and you locate an individual who may be eligible to apply.
get suspended. If you are suspended, you have no
benefits. Another example and one that we have had NCFOP Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors
at my Local Lodge on more than one occasion, the President Terry Mangum - Lodge 2 – terry-
member did not keep the beneficiary information up mangum@frontier.com
to date. Our application/information sheets have the Vice President Ron Wyatt - Lodge 10 – Ltronwy-
beneficiary information on them and that is what we att@yahoo.com
go by when a death benefit is sent to the State Lodge. Secretary Gunnar Matthews – Lodge 68 – bang-
We have given death benefit checks to ex-spouses bang@centurylink.net
and the current spouse received nothing. Please Treasurer Marty Wilson - Lodge 1 –
make sure all of your information is current. volfan2596@aol.com
2nd Vice President Greg Brown - Lodge 46 –
Thank you again for electing me as your State brown_bg@earthlink.net
Secretary. Feel free to contact me if you have any
questions or concerns.
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