BackStoppers fundraiser canceled

Adam Rollins, Staff Writer
Posted 1/20/23

The annual Warren County BackStoppers fundraiser, one of the area’s largest fundraising events, has been unexpectedly canceled with little explanation.

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BackStoppers fundraiser canceled

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The annual Warren County BackStoppers fundraiser, one of the area’s largest fundraising events, has been unexpectedly canceled with little explanation.

BackStoppers is a St. Louis-region nonprofit organization which helps support the families of emergency responders who are killed or injured in the line of duty. The Warren County chapter of BackStoppers is one of the organization’s most successful groups, with annual fundraising second only to BackStoppers’ biggest event, Guns ’N Hoses. The Warren County fundraiser is a dinner and auction that normally happens in February with hundreds of attendees.

On Jan. 10, the Warren County BackStoppers group and multiple emergency agencies that help organize the annual fundraiser put out identical announcements that the 2023 event has been canceled.

“The event will resume in February of 2024. Thanks for your support and generosity,” the announcement states.

Jeff Backhaus, one of the board members for the Warren County chapter of BackStoppers, told The Record that organizers needed to cancel the event due to unforeseen circumstances that left them unable to host the fundraiser. Backhaus said organizers aren’t providing additional information beyond that at this time.

Correction: This article was corrected to remove reference to Jeff Backhaus as chief of the Marthasville Fire Protection District. Backhaus retired from that position on Dec. 31, 2022.  We apologize for this error.

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