JUST ANNOUNCED! 2023 Back The Badge with Jerrod Niemann!
Ten 78 Foundation and Never Forgotten Services Presents
BACK THE BADGE FEST
JERROD NIEMANN
at The Cadillac – Paxton, IL
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Doors: 6 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
Tickets are on sale NOW and can be purchased by clicking here!
Paxton, IL (July 14, 2023): The Ten 78 Foundation and Never Forgotten Services are excited to announce the 2023 Back The Badge Fest headliner! Country Music Hitmaker, Jerrod Niemann, will be headlining the fundraiser this year! Niemann is best known for hits like, “Lover, Lover,” “I Can Drink to That All Night,” “Ghost Rider,” and “Tequila Kisses.”
The event will take place at The Cadillac in Paxton, Illinois. Doors will open at 6 PM, and the show will begin at 7:30 PM, with an opening artist that will be announced at a later date. Tickets are on sale now at www.10-78foundation.org and www.thecadillacevents.com!
Back The Badge Fest is a fundraiser for the Ten 78 Foundation. The Ten 78 Foundation (Back the Blue Champaign County) County was created in August 2020, as a private Facebook group page by Matt Stuckey of Mahomet, Illinois. Stuckey created the group to provide a forum for citizens to express support for the Champaign County law enforcement community. Back the Blue Champaign County is comprised of approximately 5,200 individuals working in private and public sector professions that derive from all walks of life and are demographically, socioeconomically, ethnically, and politically diverse. Back the Blue Champaign County is unashamed to support law enforcement officers that uphold their sworn oaths with courage, honor, and dignity. At this pivotal time in our nation’s history, it is imperative that Back the Blue Champaign County continues to provide morale-boosting programming for the law enforcement community. Officers deserve encouragement, gratitude, and respect as they stand on the front line of a global pandemic, provide safety to all citizens, are targets of hateful actions and used deliberately as political pawns. This is the first pillar of Back the Blue Champaign County’s mission. Back the Blue Champaign County also affirms that every life is valuable and stands united against injustice in all forms.
Deliberately pursuing traditional and unconventional avenues to understand the experiences of underserved and underrepresented citizens and communities, actively seeking partnerships with individuals, organizations and businesses to bring forth awareness of social inequities, providing aid to socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals and striving to uplift every human being is the second pillar of Back the Blue Champaign County’s mission. Back the Blue Champaign County’s two-fold mission, as described above, offers a positive framework for practicing responsible, meaningful community outreach and engagement initiatives while serving as bridgebuilding liaisons between divided communities. Mr. Stuckey states, “Our response is our responsibility. In order to make impactful changes and bridge divided communities, we must do so purposely with a servant’s heart and an open mind.” Back the Blue Champaign County’s Community Outreach & Engagement Committee is available for interviews and civil roundtable discussions to continue in-depth learning and education of matters relevant to the experiences, needs and welfare of Champaign County’s law enforcement officers and underserved communities.
