Heroes with Heart Silent Auction

Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) of NW Florida is a group of specially trained volunteers who are called by emergency responders to provide immediate, on-scene emotional and organizational support to any victim of a traumatic event. We are a 501c3 organization and we are hosting our annual Heroes with Heart event on Saturday, February 22nd at Hurlburt AFB Soundside Club at 5pm. This event recognizes law enforcement officers, firefighters, hospital personnel, and other first responders nominated by our volunteers for going above and beyond the call of duty in 2013. Recipients of the Heroes with Heart Awards are unsung heroes who, at this event, are given the public recognition they deserve. We are proud to announce that we will recognize 10 first responders from our 3 county area of Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa. Thank you to our Heroes, and to all we work with that do an outstanding job and impact our community in a positive way every day!

TIP of NW Florida is an all-volunteer affiliate with no paid staff. Our volunteers are called by first responders to provide immediate, on-scene support to emotionally traumatized family, friends, bystanders and witnesses of such events as suicide, house fires, drowning, sexual assaults, domestic violence, child deaths, car accidents, home invasions, natural deaths....any situation where a citizen needs emotional and practical support. We provide this volunteer service 24 hours/day, 365 day/year. Trauma spares no one, and takes no holiday. Our volunteers answer calls reliably and compassionately to provide assurance that no one ever needs to be alone in a time of crisis.

At close of online auction at 11:45pm on February 21st, the auction will transition to live silent auction at the Heroes with Heart event starting at 5:00pm on the evening of February 22nd. All high online bidders will transition to live event, and any proxy bids will continue through the evening until auction end.