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website updated 5/21/2008

Illinois C.O.P.S.
Chapter & Support Meeting

Summer Picnic

When: Saturday, July 26, 2008

Where: Al & Laurie Streicher's home,
Kewanee, IL (Please email
ILCOPS2004@aol.com for address)

Cookout: 12:00 pm

General body Meeting: 1:00 pm

Support Meeting: 2:30 pm

RSVP: 815-718-5542 or ILCOPS2004@aol.com

Please bring a dish to pass!  Remember to bring your swimsuit and a lawn chair.  We hope to see everyone there for a great time to relax and have fun!

The meeting will begin promptly at 1pm.  If there is anything you would like discussed, please let us know by July 15th so that it can be placed on the agenda.


Fourth Annual
Cycle Across Illinois

When: July 17-20, 2008
Where:
St. Louis - Chicago

Be sure to view the photo gallery from the 2007 ride!


Please check out the Events Page for information on upcoming State and National Memorials.
 


Who Am I?

I am the wife, the husband, the soul mate, the parent, the child, the grandparent, the brother, the sister, the in-law, the neighbor, the best friend, the partner, the co-worker, the supervisor.

We are police survivors.

For some our pain is loud, for others silent, but for all our pain is deep.

It hurts to remember the past, the difficulty of today,
and the fear of our tomorrows.

Why did this happen to us?

What did we do to be exposed to all this hurt and emotion?

We did nothing wrong!

We just loved and valued our relationship with an officer who died.

Being exposed to this loss does not make me contagious.
By avoiding me and the remembrance of this officer,
you inflict secondary injuries that we do not deserve.

 So who am I?

I could be you.

Author:
Patrick Monaghan
1974 co-worker survivor