The Story Of The
Two Hundred Club
 The concept of the "Hundred
Clubs" was born in Detroit in 1952. Following the fatal shooting of
a young Detroit officer, a gentleman by the name of William M. Packer,
the largest Pontiac Dealer in the nation, who was a friend of the
Police Commissioner, wrote to 100 of his friends encouraging them to
donate to a fund for the fallen officer. The response was 100%. Packer
and the Commissioner met with the expectant widow, reviewed her
finances and arranged to pay off the mortgage on their home recently
purchased in 1952, all the bills, set up an education account for the
yet unborn child and deposited $7,000 in the widows checking account.
Bill Parker and his one hundred friends then incorporated the The
One Hundred Club of Detroit.
In late 2000, Brooks Stillwell, Harry Haslam and Tak
Argentinis met to discuss the possibility of forming an organization
similar to the Hundred Club of Detroit, the Hundred Club of
Massachusetts and the Three Hundred Club of Atlanta.
The principal objective of these organizations is to provide
immediate financial assistance to the surviving spouse and children
of local law enforcement officers and firefighters who lose their lives
in the line-of-duty while protecting their communities.
 The Two
Hundred Club of the Coastal Empire was incorporated on October 16,
2000, as a Georgia nonprofit charitable organization 501(c)(3). The
board consists of members of the business, law enforcement, judicial,
professional, religious and academic communities. The Two Hundred Club
is a significant vehicle for expressing community gratitude to the
families of our fallen heroes.
The 200 Club membership has increased over
time. We need to continually grow our membership to meet the
ever-increasing injuries, fatalities and increase the amount of
immediate financial assistance to public safety officials and their
families. It takes a special kind of individual to join. If you are a
civic-minded individual and support The 200 Club mission, there is a
place for you among this group of extraordinary people. We simply want
to help those who are always there to protect us.
The money to assist our public safety
officials is raised through our membership dues of $250 a year and
unsolicited donations that individuals and groups supporting our
mission endow to the 200 Club. We do not pay any salaries or overhead
from member's dues nor do we use telemarketing fund-raisers. The
expenses of operating the club are donated by its members. We are a
federal 501(c)(3) volunteer philanthropic tax-deductible organization.
Federal T.I.N. 31-1766874
The 200 Club is managed by a volunteer
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. They meet quarterly or
on call as needed and determine policy and direction while undertaking
the responsibility of stewardship for the 200 Club. Membership in the
200 Club is open to everyone and provides minimum effort and maximum
satisfaction.
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