MPF President Michael Hook and MPF Scholarship Chair Bill Miller accepted a $10,000 donation for the MPF Scholarship Fund from the United Church of Marco Island. A special thank you to Pastor Ed Brandt, Mission Committee Chair Michelle Hennessy, and all the church’s congregants for their kind generosity.
🎄 Merry Christmas from the Marco Police Foundation 🎄
On this Christmas Day, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the Marco Island community for your continued support throughout the year. Your generosity helps us fund scholarships for officers and their families, support training and equipment, and strengthen the bond between law enforcement and the people they serve.
As families gather to celebrate, we’re especially mindful of the officers who continue to serve our community during the holidays. We’re grateful for their dedication and for the community that stands behind them.
From all of us at the Marco Police Foundation, we wish you and your loved ones a safe, peaceful, and joyful Christmas.
Thanks to the generosity of the Marco Island Community, the Marco Police Foundation presented $38,000 in college scholarships for the upcoming Spring Semester to Marco Island police personnel and their families. Thank you MIPD for everything you do to keep our community safe.
2025 Chilly Cook Off
Marco Island’s Police Department and Police Foundation were out in force for the Fire and Rescue Foundation’s Chili Cookoff. Thanks to our Chef, Lt. Joe Belardo, who makes a mean pot of chili. Thanks also to Al Benarroch and Bernadette DePino for chairing our participation.
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Chili Cook-off
Last Saturday, the Marco Police Foundation Foundation and the Marco Police Department worked side by side in making and serving some great chili at the Marco Island Fire and Rescue Foundation’s annual Jerry Adams Chili Cook-off. Thanks to our chef and leader, Sergeant Joe Belardo, our chili claimed the first-place prize for the second straight year in the First Responder Category as voted by the patrons. Great work Sergeant Belardo! Ready for a three-peat next year?
Halloween 2024
Halloween is always a busy night for little goblins around Marco Island and the Marco Police Foundation. The Police Foundation was proud to join the Marco Island Police Foundation in dispensing treats to all the little one’s who participated in the St. Mark’s Spooky Trail. The following evening we assisted with traffic and crosswalk safety in the Tommy Barfield neighborhood for our island’s Halloween Trick or Treaters. Fortunately, there were a lot more treats than tricks.
FALL 2024 NEWSLETTER
We’re thrilled to share our latest Fall Newsletter with you! As we head into the season, the Marco Police Foundation has been hard at work supporting our local heroes and enhancing the safety of our community. This edition is packed with exciting updates, community stories, and insights we think you’ll love.
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The Marco Police Foundation (MPF) awarded $35,000 in Fall Semester scholarships to ten students working on their undergraduate college degrees. MPF Scholarships are open to Marco Island Police Department personnel and their dependents, and are awarded in the Spring, Summer and Fall of each year.
Those receiving scholarships, along with the schools they are attending, include Devin Baer (Tampa), Irie Gray (Hawaii), Arianna Guyer (South Florida), Isabel Haueter (FGCU), Jordan Pohutsky (Embry Riddle), Morgan Pohutsky (Alabama), Michael Reyes
(Florida Gateway) and Joshua Stafford (an Iceland University).
In addition, Officers Hans Schmid and Melanie Lopez have been awarded scholarships as they work to complete their undergraduate work.
“We are please to present these scholarships to such a talented group of students,” said MPF President Michael Hook. “They are all outstanding candidates who are deserving of our support and the support of our community.”
For the 2024 calendar year, the MPF has now awarded almost $90,000 for the undergraduate studies of police officers and MIPD personnel dependents. “We are especially grateful to all those who donated to our Foundation’s scholarship fund,” added Hook. “The continued support of our community through our many fundraising initiatives is critical in helping us help these future leaders further their education.”
The Marco Island Police Foundation is a community-based, nonpolitical, civic-minded, charitable organization that works closely with the Marco Island Police Department in encouraging and promoting citizen participation in maintaining community safety. The foundation honors our police officers through special recognition programs, works to assist our officers and their children with their continuing education, and helps our community meet other challenges when necessary.
The Marco Police Foundation (MPF) awarded $35,000 in Fall Semester scholarships to ten students working on their undergraduate college degrees. MPF scholarships are awarded to Marco Island Police Department (MIPD) and their dependents.
Pictured are those presenting and receiving checks (from left to right) and include MPF Board Member Bill Kohut, MIPD Chief Tracy Frazzano, scholarship recipient Arianna Guyer, her dad Officer George Guyer, Officer Alan Reyes, his son Michael Reyes, Captain Dave Ennis, Sergeant Mark Haueter, Irie Gray, Officer Jon Gray and MPF Vice President Bob Myslivec.
“Going Above & Beyond”
The Marco Police Foundation (MPF) awarded a plaque of appreciation to the Marco Brewery and its owners, Mike Jones and Kent Ward, at its recent Board Meeting. The Brewery was recognized for “going above and beyond” in assisting the MPF in its mission to aid the men and women of the Marco Island Police Department. The restaurant hosts the MPF’s annual Rib Cook-off donating all the chicken and ribs meals to attendees. Over 250 meals were served at last April’s event raising almost $20,000 for the MPF’s scholarship fund which provides grants to police personnel and their dependents. The Brewery has hosted the MPF Rib Cook-off since 2011.
