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9 A.M. CST, MARCH 16, 2010

SPRINGFIELD, MO, MARCH 16, 2010: The Greene County 100 Club is increasing efforts to gain program funding by educating communities of its purpose and seeking memberships. Information is offered to the community through the Greene County 100 Club Website and its Facebook page which are donated and maintained by Heligonix, a Springfield area cross-media marketing and consulting firm.

Information is also being generated to the public through seminars and local meetings. Shawn Bittle, a gentleman who knows first-hand the impact organizations like the Greene County 100 Club can have on communities, spoke on behalf of the Greene County 100 Club at the US Foodservice Show at the Oasis Convention Center on March 10.

Bittle is a restaurant owner and firefighter in St. Louis. He is associated with the Backstoppers, a similar organization, and his father is a retired Springfield firefighter. Bittle suggested the round-up program to Springfield area restaurants where the change part of a bill is donated to the Greene County 100 Club.

Bob Hammerschmidt, treasurer, soon begins the Greene County 2010 membership drive in Republic with breakfast at the Republic Chamber of Commerce. Green County 100 Club members give the organization an annual donation of $100 to support members of the Greene County police and fire service.

The Greene County 100 Club is a not-for-profit organization that provides financial support to the surviving spouse and dependent children of police officers and firefighters killed in Greene County, Missouri.

Since its inception in 2006, the organization has raised a little over $120,000 but hopes to increase its reservoir to at least $200,000 by the end of 2010. The Greene County 100 Club gives immediate financial support to families of fallen fire and police service members.

For more information or to make a donation, please visit the Website at www.GreeneCounty100Club.com, email us at info@greenecounty100club.com or call 417-864-1739.

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