{"id":9495,"date":"2015-04-01T17:33:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T21:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9495"},"modified":"2015-04-01T17:36:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T21:36:34","slug":"wives-behind-the-badge-florida-auxiliary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9495","title":{"rendered":"Wives Behind the Badge&#8211;Florida Auxiliary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Wives-Behind-the-Badge-Florida2014.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9504\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Wives-Behind-the-Badge-Florida2014.png\" alt=\"Wives Behind the Badge Florida2014\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Wives-Behind-the-Badge-Florida2014.png 851w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Wives-Behind-the-Badge-Florida2014-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Wives Behind the Badge Florida Auxiliary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wivesbehindthebadge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wives Behind the Badge<\/a> is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization founded in California in 2008.\u00a0\u00a0 They provide resources and emotional support to law enforcement families and serve as a positive voice for law enforcement in the community.\u00a0 Florida has recently opened a chapter of WBTB.<\/p>\n<p>A sample of Wives Behind the Badge programs includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online support forums for LEO wives.<\/li>\n<li>Families Behind the Badge:\u00a0 designed to extend the same support offered the main Wives Behind the Badge forums to family members of law enforcement officers.\u00a0 All family members are welcome \u2013 parent, grandparents, siblings, cousins, etc.<\/li>\n<li>HALOS:\u00a0\u00a0 (Helping Aid Lost Officers\u2019 Survivors) offers sympathy and support in the event of a line of duty or off duty law enforcement officer.\u00a0 A beautiful condolence card is sent to each family with the contact information for an Angel (volunteer) who is ready to help with any support needed.\u00a0 Angels are then available to assist the department and surviving families with any needs they have.<\/li>\n<li>Blue Line Kids:\u00a0 a forums section on the Wives Behind the Badge forums, where kids safely gather to meet other kids living the same lives as police kids.<\/li>\n<li>Scholarship Program:\u00a0 one for LEO kids, one for LEO spouses.<\/li>\n<li>Auxiliary Committees in 48 states.<\/li>\n<li>Special series focused on what it means and what it feels like to marry into the LEO business, stressors, worries, etc.\u00a0 Examples are &#8220;Going Through the Emotions,&#8221; &#8220;Life Behind the Badge,&#8221; and &#8220;The Police Wife Life.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Florida Auxiliary WBTB Chapter was recently formed and they are taking on their first fundraiser, which is a Virtual 5k.\u00a0 This event is being held <!--more-->to benefit the Florida <span class=\"ecxhighlightNode\">Auxiliary<\/span> and its programs, all of which are centered around the support and appreciation of law enforcement officers and their families in FL.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"ecxtext_exposed_show\">This is a virtual race, so you can pick a time and place to do your 5K (3.1 miles).\u00a0 It can be done at a local event, on your favorite running path, treadmill, while on vacation, or around your neighborhood.\u00a0 Complete your run on or before Sunday June 14, 2015.\u00a0 Bibs will be emailed to you to print at home after you register.\u00a0 Registration deadline is June 13, 2015 at 11:59pm.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"ecxtext_exposed_show\">Optional:\u00a0 Once you finish your 5K, we encourage you to post your experience and pictures on our Facebook Event Page so we can celebrate with you.\u00a0 Submit your bib number along with a photo or screenshot of GPS tracker showing your distance and time for a chance to win 1st, 2nd or 3rd place prizes.\u00a0 Cost to register: $25<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.active.com\/anywhere-fl\/running\/distance-running-races\/fl-auxiliary-wives-behind-the-badge-1st-annual-virtual-5k-201\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.active.com\/anywhere-fl\/running\/distance-running-races\/fl-auxiliary-wives-behind-the-badge-1st-annual-virtual-5k-201<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/virtual-run.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9512\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/virtual-run.jpeg\" alt=\"virtual-run\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/virtual-run.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/virtual-run-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/virtual-run-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>I am proud that Florida has an auxiliary chapter of this worthwhile organization.\u00a0 I will be registering for the Virtual 5K.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wives Behind the Badge is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization founded in California in 2008.\u00a0\u00a0 They provide resources and emotional support to law enforcement families and serve as a positive voice for law enforcement in the community.\u00a0 Florida has recently opened a chapter of WBTB. 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Families Behind the Badge:\u00a0 designed to extend the same support offered the main Wives Behind the Badge forums to family members of law enforcement officers.\u00a0 All family members are welcome \u2013 parent, grandparents, siblings, cousins, etc. HALOS:\u00a0\u00a0 (Helping Aid Lost Officers\u2019 Survivors) offers sympathy and support in the event of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=9495\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[663,8,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-companies","category-misc","category-officer-down"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-2t9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9495"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9514,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9495\/revisions\/9514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}