Axes Gives Back: Supporting The BackStoppers
A safety net with no strings attached – since 1959.
At Axes Physical Therapy, we give our patients’ their livelihoods, lifestyles, and abilities back through the service of physical and occupational therapy. But we believe that helping others extends far beyond the clinic walls. Since giving back is the fundamental reason that our organization exists, it was important to the ownership and staff of Axes Physical Therapy to make sure that we are doing all that we can to give back to the communities we love.
Each month, Axes partners with a local, staff-nominated charitable organization to donate food, goods, clothes, and funds through our “Wear Jeans, Change Lives” initiative. Employees of Axes contribute to a St. Louis area charitable cause by automatic payroll deduction, and get to wear jeans to work on Fridays. With 21 locations across the Greater St. Louis area, we’re proud to offer top-tier physical therapy services, but we’re just as proud of the way we show up for our communities in times of need.
Through our Axes Physical Therapy Foundation, we partner each month with a staff-nominated charity that is making a meaningful impact. This March, we are honored to have been able to support the mission of The BackStoppers.
The BackStoppers provides ongoing needed financial assistance and support to the spouses and dependent children of all police officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters, and publicly-funded paramedics and EMTs in our coverage area who have lost their lives in the line of duty. In addition to their mission of supporting the families of fallen heroes, BackStoppers provides assistance to first responders who suffer a catastrophic injury performing their duty.
The BackStoppers supports families of fallen heroes by paying off all debt, providing health and dental insurance, reimbursing for out-of-pocket medical expenses, covering tuition and educational costs from day care through university, and assisting with miscellaneous extraordinary expenses.
- Currently supports approximately 95 families with approximately 70 dependent children
- Supported over 180 families since 1959
- Provides roughly $2.5 million in assistance annually
The BackStoppers recognizes the tremendous sacrifices that these public servants make every day when they go to work. They understand the burdens placed on surviving spouses and children when tragedies occur. They believe our community has an obligation to care for the loved ones of those who have protected us. They accept the responsibility to make that happen – and Axes accepts the responsibility to support this work. Axes is so grateful that you share this journey with us – one of hope and promise for families who need a helping hand at a very critical time in their lives.
Thank you for reading on and for your support – from awareness to donations – it’s all appreciated. With your help, together we can truly change the world.
Join Axes in support of the The BackStoppers, Inc. by donating to the Axes Physical Therapy Foundation HERE or at any of our 21 Greater St. Louis Area locations.
Helping you is what we do… and we love doing it.
Learn more about The BackStoppers, Inc.
