FUNDRAISING

     The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge (MNFOP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving its members and the communities they serve. As a result, each year the MNFOP donates our time, talents and money to several well deserving organizations such as the MN Special Olympics and Easter Seals just to name a few. Our support, however, does not end at the Minnesota state line. We also provide support in the form of supplies, funds and manpower to officers in other sates when tragedy occurs, for example Hurricane Katrina.
     In addition to these groups, our support is given to officers and their families during times of sickness, injury or when the unthinkable happens and an officer loses his life in the line of duty. Many people think that when an illness, injury or death occurs insurance covers the loss, this is far from correct. The MNFOP provides funds and manpower to the officer and their families to make a tragic situation a little easier to tolerate.
     These funds also allow the MNFOP to monitor legislation at both the State and National level by enabling officers the opportunity to not only create laws, but also update laws that both protect and serve officers and the general public alike.
     In order to maintain all this support, we currently use phone solicitations as our major source for fundraising income and have consistently done so since 1993. The MNFOP is currently using Corporations for Characters (C4C) as our solicitors of funds. C4C is a Christian based group located in Salt Lake City, Utah. If you receive a call from C4C, the called ID will read, “MN Fraternal Order of Police” with the phone number, 612-808-5568; the local office is located in Golden Valley, MN. They use a combination of a live person and prerecorded messages to answers any questions that might arise during contact with an individual. This format insures that the message the MNFOP wants delivered to the public is both correct and consistent.
     If you have any additional questions concerning our telephone solicitation, please email me @ gcayo@aol.com

Sincerely,

Gary Cayo
State President
Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police