Happy Birthday, America!🇺🇸 We are grateful to live in this country and this beautiful city. Remember our police & firefighters (and their families!) who don’t take holidays because they are ready and willing to keep us safe! *And if you are at the TR farmers market this weekend, please look for our tent! We would love yo meet you!
Just thinking back to how much fun this race was! Did you run the Leprechaun 5k back on St Patrick’s day? If so, drop us a comment about it!⤵️ #travelersrestsc #runners #5kgreenville #5ktravelersrest #running #firedepartment #policedepartment @travelersrestpd @furmanbeta @upstaterunningclub
Such a great time celebrating our fire and police employees of the quarter for Fall 2023 & Spring 2024! Our town stays safe because of the selflessness and service of our first responders. Thank you for making our town great! Recognized today from @travelersrestpd 👮 Lt. Akien 🚔 SRO Leslie (aka “Officer Dwayne” @ @gateway_elementary_school 😀) And from Travelers Rest Fire Department 🧑‍🚒 Captain Little 🚒 Firefighter Tally We also want to thank our sponsors who help make these luncheons and recongitions possible! @whistlestopattheamericancafe @chicoraalleytravelers @greatertrchamber & the TR Parade Committee @sushiyama319main West Wealth Management Steve Borklund - State Farm @sidewallpizza & @monkeywrenchsmokehouse 📣And a super special shout-out to @furmanbeta for their donation from the Leprechaun 5K back in March
The Foundation is excited to join the @travelersrestpd, Travelers Rest Fire Dept, & our amazing community at the Spring Luncheon! It’s happening next Wednesday, 4/10 right here in TR! Want to join us? Find the link in our bio.
The next Foundation luncheon is right around the corner in April! It is an honor to recognize an officer and firefighter of the quarter - and we are excited to give YOU the opportunity to contribute. Interested in joining us? Send a DM or reach out to a board member (find them through the website in our links)
Way to show up, @travelersrestsc!! @travelersrestpd thank YOU for sending out our finest to keep our runners safe 🚔 @furmanbeta and @upstaterunningclub for hosting this incredible race! And, of course, thanks to the walkers and runners of our community who came out to support the Foundation!!🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️👟 #letsdoitagain #travelersrest #travelersrestsc #runnerscommunity #runner #yeahthattr
Foundation Spring Luncheon 🧑‍🚒👩‍✈️ Here is YOUR official invitation to help us recognize and support our @travelersrestpd and Travelers Rest Fire Department at our 2nd luncheon. Grateful to our sponsors, the Sidewall Group, for supplying a yummy lunch! Current sponsors are welcome to attend with a guest, and potential sponsors or community individuals, we would love to have you, too! We will recognize police officers and firefighters for their exemplary service, and share more about the Foundation and the heart of our mission. RSVP using the link in our bio 🔗 You can donate in our links, too!🔗
🌟 Celebrating Community Heroes: A Big Thank You to Steve Borklund - State Farm Agent In Travelers Rest, our local heroes in the police and fire departments make sacrifices every day for our safety. Today, we extend our deepest gratitude from the TR Police and Fire Foundation, with special appreciation for one of our sponsors, Steve Borklund - State Farm Agent. We recently spoke with Steve, who shared State Farm's commitment to supporting the foundation. He emphasized the dedication and risks our heroes face, acknowledging their selfless service. What sets Steve apart is his agency's dedication to local support. Travelers Rest isn't just a place of business; it's home. Steve's belief in giving back echoes the words of Ethel Percy Andrews: "What I spent is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever." Thanks to Steve and State Farm's generosity, the TR Police and Fire Foundation can continue supporting our heroes. Their partnership exemplifies the strength of community unity, creating a lasting legacy of gratitude. A big thank you to Steve Borklund and the State Farm team for making Travelers Rest a safer, more compassionate community. Your support truly makes a difference! 👏🚒👮‍♂️ #CommunityHeroes #Gratitude #TRPoliceAndFireFoundation #SteveBorklundStateFarm #SupportLocal
It's not too late! This race is hosted by Beta Theta Pi Zeta Lambda and Upstate Race Series and proceeds will benefit your very own TR Police & Fire Foundation! *Race has been reduced to $20 since they are out of t-shirts - but don't let that stop you! Come out to support your local first responders AND do some good for yourself! When: Sunday. March 17tt @ 8am Where: 235 Trailblazer Dr, Travelers Rest, SC How: We added a link for you in our bio! Click on the 5K Registration to get there What better way can you spend St. Patrick's Day morning?!?!
A wonderful day to PRAY for our local first responders and our local law enforcement (around our nation) at all levels of responsibilities...pray for our men and women on the front lines in our local communities. These men and women take many risks for our safety and security. Pray for them. Thanks!✝️🙏
Hi! 👋 Posting here in your feed to share a quick appreciation post for one of the sponsors of the Foundation. The heart and soul of the TR Police and Fire Foundation is to support, promote, influence and recognize our local heroes: Travelers Rest Police Department & Travelers Rest Fire Department To do that, we need financial resources - and TR is stepping up to the plate! Our first featured sponsor is Chicora Alley Fire House Travelers Rest 🍽🚒 Greg and his team have sought to be "the local hangout" for over 5 years now! (They celebrated this anniversary back in Nov!) When asked why he was drawn to support the foundation he simply replied with: "It's the right thing to do" If you haven't stopped by Chicora Alley for lunch or dinner yet, then boy are you missing out! The wings, burgers, nachos...and even the brussels sprouts are AMAZING (trust us). AND we can't forget about the mouth-watering dessert case! 😍 Thank you, Greg and Chicora Alley, for supporting our first responders. We appreciate all you do for the community 😁
Guess what today is⁉️ National Random Acts of Kindness Day (there really is a day for everything 🙃) From the bottom of our hearts, the TR Police & Fire Foundation wanted to let our first responders know how much we appreciate them! Curious about how YOU can also support our local police and firefighters, we have all the info you need. Reach out via messenger or get in touch with one of our board members. We look forward to talking to you!
Looking forward to our second Luncheon to honor Travelers Rest first Responders! Are you a business or local that is interested in attending? We would love to have you! Please send us a message or connect with a board member to learn how you can be involved with the Foundations mission!
Something fun coming to Travelers Rest! 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Weather *might* be warming up and we have a great course right here in TR 👏 Sign up today! (And please share to help us get the word out! 🙌) https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/TravelersRest/LeprechaunLeapFurman
Benjamin Ford grew up in the Marietta-Travelers Rest area of Greenville County in South Carolina. Mr. Ford has spent more than twenty-three years working in the law enforcement profession and is currently the Chief of Police at the Travelers Rest Police Department. He began his career working at the SC Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services before moving on to the Mauldin Police Department where he spent the majority of his career. Mr. Ford also worked for one year for the SC Law Enforcement Division. Mr. Ford is happily married and is blessed with 3 sons. He currently resides in Travelers Rest with his family serving the community daily as the Police Chief. Personal Note: "I am extremely excited to be the Chief of Police in Travelers Rest and to serve this community. Travelers Rest is a growing city and I intend to continue serving this community as it grows in order to make this city a wonderful safe place to live, work, and visit for many years to come."
A Word from Our Vice President Paul Pappy We can all honestly brag about our amazing small-town community here in Travelers Rest. It’s clean, safe, and beautiful. We want to raise our families here because of how our community welcomes us, our values, and our relationships. Part of what makes our community so vibrant is the leadership of our Police and Fire Departments and the efforts they put forward to keep TR in the condition we’ve grown to know and love. Our leaders, Chief Ben Ford of the Travelers Rest Police Department and Chief Greg Robertson of the Travelers Rest Fire Department, along with their full-time officers and volunteers, are critical in their roles of serving our community. Because of the sacrifice of time and personal safety, our new foundation, the Travelers Rest Police and First Responders Foundation, aims to recognize that sacrifice. Our foundation is a support vehicle to build morale, culture, and intra-community relationships. We want to bridge the gap and “extinguish” any supposition about our first responders simply because we don’t “know” them. We will be offering several opportunities to get to know your Police Officers and Fire Fighters in an informal setting; getting to ask those burning questions and have those long overdue conversations. Our Foundation is working to gather donors and resources to offset budget restrictions that keep the departments from upgrading their resources, staff, vehicles, etc. Our primary function is to be members of the community, active in bringing the community together. The biggest ask from the departments was, “How can we meet our community on their turf?” Both Chiefs are from Travelers Rest and know this community from when it was a 1500-person “township” to its current growth machine status. I would ask every Travelers Rest resident or vested community member who is reading: “What are you willing to offer to support and promote your TR community… to influence and recognize those who are already positively influencing?” Our first responders have earned our support and we should do all we can to lift them up!
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