News & Events

Read about the latest in the CPOF community, as well as events being celebrated by us and our partner organizations.

Johnny Jay Miller

The Stockholm family is one of inspiration. John is a survivor of the 1971 Attica Riots. His wife Mary has been by his side since years prior. They are both pillars of their community. Both have been friends to CPOF since the beginning. They have been to PROJECT 2000 and other events sharing their experiences […]

The SAC Charity Invitational Golf Tournament

25 years ago, North Carolina Deputy Secretary of Institutions Peter Buchholtz and his neighbors started a golf tournament.  Each year, they select a charity to support with the proceeds of their tournament. On Saturday, October 28, 2023 the Gates Four Country Club in Fayetteville, North Carolina hosted this years golf tournament. The SAC Charity Invitational […]

The CPOF KIDS Room

The CPOF KIDS room hasn’t been around quite as long as PROJECT 2000, but pretty darn close.   Like CPOF, the KIDS room started from a need. CPOF had been hosting PROJECT 2000 and the annual memorial ceremony and there were a handful of children there who were honoring their lost family member. They didn’t […]

Veterans Day Parade

This past weekend, National Director William “Bill” Hutto, along with the Folsom Rotary Club and Big House Prison Musuem board member Robert Ebbitt, took part in the 23rd Annual Veterans Day Parade in Folsom, California.   This parade attracts over 200 entries and attendees from all over Northern California to pay honor and tribute to […]

The Ladies of Texas

If you’re in Texas, you already know Cathy, Eileen and Kelli. If you’ve been to PROJECT 2000, you know these ladies. For those that don’t, we would like to introduce you to Cathy Stokes, Eileen Kennedy and Kelli Forrester. All field representatives in the great state of Texas and some of the hardest workers you’ll […]

National Honor Guard Sergeant Michael Hire

The Correctional Peace Offiers foundation would like to congratulate Michael Hire on his promotion within the National Honor Guard Team as Sergeant.   Sgt. Michael Hire joined the National Honor Guard Team three years ago. He is from The Chillicothe Correctional Institution, the ONLY institution in Ohio that is a lifetime facility member of CPOF. […]

Sergeant Joe Allen Gamble Jr.

  Sergeant Joe Gamble was killed after being stabbed by an inmate at the Oklahoma State Reformatory, low maximum-security prison.   As officers began locking down the prison for a head count, the suspect began to attack Officer William Callaway in a common area of the prison, stabbing him 16 times in the back of […]

Welcome New Honor Guard Team Members

The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation is very proud and honored to welcome Lora Hodges, Delois Richardson and David Edelman to the National Honor Guard Team.   While there was a lot of interest and more than qualified applicants to join the National Honor Guard, these three tested the highest across the board to earn their […]

North Carolina

North Carolina is often represented by our CPOF Field Representatives Laura Matthews and Scott Bauer, in addition to the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Honor Guard Team.   Laura Matthews retired as a Chief Probation Parole Officer from the North Carolina Department of Correction in 2013. Shortly after, she became the Field Representative for […]

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Honor Guard Team

The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation has been incredibly fortunate to have Honor Guard Teams from across the nation and Canada join us at PROJECT 2000. In addition to seeing these teams at PROJECT 2000, we often see them through the year at other ceremonies and events.   We would like to share why Pennsylvania’s Honor […]

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