George Wagenhoffer President

A message from President Wagenhoffer:

We thank you for your interest in The Two Hundred Club of Union County. As President, I am pleased to welcome you to our website. Our police and firefighters here in Union County deserve our support and help for the wonderful job they do everyday. There are more than 3,000 uniformed protectors in our county helping to make us, as a community, safer.

We are particularly proud of our Annual Valor Award and Scholarship Programs. It is our opportunity to put our motto into action, “Because We Care.”

We hope you will consider joining the 400 other members in our organization by becoming a member yourself. Dues are $200.00 a year, plus a one time initiation fee of $50.00. There is a membership application on this website which you can download and mail to our headquarters. We will notify you of your acceptance and invite you to attend a meeting at which time you will be formally inducted into The Two Hundred Club of Union County.

Please join us in supporting our Police and Firefighters here in Union County.

Thank You,

George Wagenhoffer
President

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THE 200 CLUB OF UNION COUNTY TO HONOR 18 FIRST RESPONDERS FOR ACTS OF VALOR ON FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022

Eighteen (18) uniformed first responders will be honored for their heroic actions at the 2022 Valor Awards Ceremony and Luncheon to be held on Friday, May 13, 2022, at the Hilton Garden Inn Springfield at 304 Route 22 West at 12:15 p.m. This year’s ceremony and luncheon is the first in-person event since 2019. The 2021 Valor Awards were held virtually. 
 
Honorees will be bestowed with the prestigious Two Hundred Club Medal of Valor for actions deemed above and beyond the call of duty. Separately, continuing education grants for the children of first responders will be presented at the luncheon. 
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The 200 Club of Union County, is a non-profit organization committed to supporting first responders and their families. Currently comprised of 400+ members, we remain ever resolute in our mission to honor first responders for acts of valor performed in the 21 towns of Union County and providing financially for the spouses and children of police officers and firefighters who are killed in the line of duty. Our mission has expanded to provide continuing education grants for police officers and firefighters, and a competitive scholarship program for their deserving children. 

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Keynote Speaker: Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel 

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$20,000 IN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE PRESENTED:

• Linnea Battiloro
  Cranford High School
• Kayci Hora
  Academy for Performing Arts
• Jake Ponte
  New Providence High School
• Gianna Sandull
  UCTECH

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​The following uniformed first responders are to be honored:

Elizabeth Fire Department                             

• Firefighter Jimmillion Chen                                       
• Firefighter Kyle Haszko                                              
• Firefighter Julian Hilongos, Jr.                                         
• Firefighter Ryan Dougherty                                       
• Firefighter Matthew Blaskewicz

For staging and executing rescues in response to flash flooding caused by Hurricane Ida in Elizabeth, NJ. ​

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Elizabeth Police Department  

• Detective Alexander Gonzalez                                               
• Detective Luis A. Figueiredo                           
• Detective Rui S. Xavier                                   
• Detective Michael M. Nicolas

For identifying and removing dangerous firearms from a city street after observing suspicious activity while undercover.    

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Plainfield Police Department  

• Officer Danielle Carvalho                   

For protecting the public at a Palm Sunday mass in Plainfield, NJ, from an armed person suffering with a known psychiatric disorder.  

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Plainfield Police Department                          

• Lieutenant Christopher Sylvester                  
• Sergeant Troy Alston 

For successfully intervening and mitigating a dangerous situation involving a knife-wielding man experiencing a mental health crisis in Plainfield, NJ. 

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New Providence Police Department  

• Detective Nicholas Guerriero            
• Officer Michael Carlino                      
• Officer Jeffrey Bruder

For rescuing a motorist and passengers from a car overtaken by flash flooding caused by Hurricane Ida in New Providence, NJ.

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Springfield Police Department

• Lieutenant Ryan Westover

For acting off-duty and responding to a car crash and fire on the Garden State Parkway near Old Bridge, NJ.  

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New Jersey State Police          

• Trooper II Patrick Cassidy

For responding to a house fire, conducting searches and attempting to save an elderly person’s life Elizabeth, NJ.   

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​New Jersey State Police          

• Trooper I Stephen Riefler

For acting off-duty while at home, responding to neighboring house fire, and safely guiding civilians to safety at a Union County residence

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