Of all the charitable events and fundraisers BBO supports or hosts, few measure up to the response that is generated from our members as when it comes to helping children. While you rarely read about it newspapers or see it on social media, no one cares for their community like the American police officer; and caring for our children, especially ones that are ill, is a big part of that. Since 2014, BBO has capitalized […]

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/police-charity-group-pitches-in-to-help-out-robert-godwin-srs-family/483417599 While the focus of Brothers Before Others has always been honoring and assisting police officers and their families, the generosity of our members combined with the heartfelt concern for the communities they serve sometimes makes some tragedies too hard to ignore. In April of 2017, 74 year old Cleveland resident and father of 9 children, Robert Godwin Sr was senselessly murdered with no provocation. In response to the horror of the tragedy, the members […]

http://detne.ws/2EPLKD6 Early on in 2018, the Detroit Police Department suffered two tragic losses. On January 28th, 2018, Police Officer Glenn Doss, Jr, who’s father Glenn Doss, Sr is also a Detroit Police Officer, succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained as he responded to a report of domestic violence in progress. A short time later, on February 13th, 2018, Detroit Police Officer Darren Weathers was killed in an on-duty motor vehicle accident. Members of Brothers Before Others, […]

In conjunction with the Kenneth Tietjen Memorial Foundation, members of Brothers Before Others paid a special visit to some very special people. A few weeks before Christmas 2017, members of both foundations dressed as Santa and his elves for the purpose of delivering Christmas gifts to families who were residing at a domestic violence shelter. The residents of the shelter in question were facing circumstances so dire in their personal lives that they fled with […]