The Hundred Club of Greater Lansing is proud to help the spirit survive by:
- Providing immediate assistance to the families of Police Officers and Firefighters who die in the line of duty.
- Maintaining a Scholarship Fund for qualified survivors.
- Since 1986 - Providing a Memorial Wreath for the Michigan Police Officers Memorial Service held annually in May at the State Capitol during National Police Memorial Week.
- Since 1985 - Providing Annual Honor Awards to Police Officers and Firefighters.
- Providing a partial scholarships for a students enrolled in both the Lansing Community College's Police Academy, Fire Science Program and Paramedic Program.
Where did the Hundred Club concept come from? Who had the first idea?
Here is a short history copied from a Saturday Evening Post article by Arther W. Baum, which appeared on April 7, 1956.
A policeman is slain by a cornered gunman. A fireman dies in a flaming building. Are the families of these public heroes forgotten? Not in Detroit, thanks to the Hundred Club.