Our Start
Our Mission
We will continue to HONOR those whom served and gave the ultimate sacrifice. We will continue to SERVE those whom bear the burden of losing a loved one. We will SACRIFICE our time and effort to do what we must to show support and show solidarity to our heroes and their loved ones. This is because if not for their service, and sacrifice, our communities wouldn’t be as great and free as it is today. We will always BACK OUR HEROES! "
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Board Members
Jessie Grabert
She now joins our organization as our newest Executive Director, learning the ins and outs of our operations with the intent to become our future Executive Director. She is driven to continue spreading awareness about our mission to honor our fallen heroes, to tackle lifesaving equipment needs of our first responders and provide community and cathartic support for the heroes and their families.


Carl Whalen
While serving the fallen heroes and their families, he continues to live by the warriors ethos he swore under in the military; One of these ethos means more to him than the rest being "I will never leave a fallen comrade".
Andrea Whalen
Her passion is to serve her community and while she serves our military/veteran community as VA School Certifying Official at University of Cincinnati, she continues her pursuit to care of our fallen heroes and their families. She is also the Honoree Contact Liaison for our annual car show. When our heroes are selected to be honored at any of our events and we need to reach out to the family of said Honoree, Andrea is the one person who contacts said family. It is at this moment first where we make our initial contact to honor a fallen loved one.
She is also the person that coordinates with the Honoree Welcoming Team during our Annual Car Show when the day is made entirely about the fallen heroes and their families.


Norman Nelson
This is why Norman came to our organization wanting to help it grow and make a bigger impact every single year. Norman is also one of the important Ambassadors to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial & Museum in Washington D.C.
Joey Barrow
After several battles with cancer, Joey was retired from Naval Service, and has continued serving by volunteering for the last decade with Team Rubicon.
He brings his experience and energy to Back the Heroes Rumble, and willingness to help us remember and honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.


Nikki Barrow
She is our treasurer and the director for our program titled 'Project Little Hero' where we serve families of military/veterans and first responders with holiday cheer as well as back to school supplies!
FAQs
Back the Heroes Rumble offers two funded programs: Operation Never Forget & Operation Open Arms. ONF is our annual car show where we honor fallen heroes & support the families of said honorees. We also host an annual Heroes Holiday Toy Drive for families of police/fire/military and veteran communities.
OOA is a community initiative where we assist underfunded needs of law enforcement/fire departments. Both initiatives get corporate support and from individual donations.
100% of Donor funds go towards the mission and operations.
You can help by signing up to volunteer at our events. You can get directly to this page by clicking here – How to Help This page also allows you to make one-time donations directly to the program you wish to support. Thank you for your support!
First, we would like to Thank you and your department for serving and protecting our communities!
You need to go to ‘Programs’ and click on Operation Open Arms in our top page menu. Once you are there, you should click on ‘Apply for Assistance’ button.
From there, our Program Director, Norman Nelson will reach out to work with you and help.
Applications are reviewed from January 1st through March 31st and decisions to fund requests made are done during our monthly board meeting in April each year. Decisions are based on need, the number of applications submitted and available funding. We are also limited based on available program funding at the time of these decisions.
Thank you for reaching out! Many Corporations like yours has been the backbone in our efforts and without you, doing our mission would be difficult.
We kindly ask you reach out to us via email at btbrmarketing@gmail.com and our Marketing Director, Joey Barrow will reach out to you and show you the various ways we can work together in serving our heroes! Check out our Ambassadorship program and learn how we can work together to serve our heroes and their families directly.
Also please check out our programs as there are often times along with our car show opportunities to sponsor! Again, Thank you for your support!