The Montgomery County High School Future Business Leaders of America group plans to honor the law enforcement officers in this year’s Hero Night Under the Lights program.

The group has organized several events that will include a cornhole tournament on Oct. 7. The money goes towards the Griffith and Sullentrup Memorial and Recovery Fund, which is named after the two Hermann officers who were involved in a shooting on March 12. Griffth died due to injuries from the shooting, while Sullentrup was severely injured.

“It’s the first year that we have gone out of (Montgomery) county, but we felt like it’s for a good cause and we’re going to try to include Hermann with some of the fundraising as well,” said senior Madi Polston, who is the president of the MCHS FBLA group.

The law enforcement officers will be honored at halftime of MCHS’ football game against North Callaway on Oct. 13 at Jim Blacklock Field, the Wildcats’ final home contest of the season. A silent auction will also be held that night.

Hero Night has been held annually for several years. Two years ago, military veterans were honored at Hero Night, just two months after 13 Americans died in an attack in Afghanistan. Community healthcare workers were honored last year. FBLA members discussed the idea of honoring the law enforcement officers in this year’s program during a meeting this summer.

“Two years ago, we were very successful in our fundraising,” said senior Jacer Brower, who is a member of the FBLA group. “We actually set an all-time high of $8,000 raised. Our past year has totaled up to over $50,000 in money. We hope to continue to raise money for a good cause. This year, we set a goal of $6,000. Last year, we didn’t quite meet the goal. We did a few different fundraising activities we don’t think were quite as successful. This year, we’re going to go back to those styles of activities and try to get closer to the total that we set a couple of years ago.”