"Brothers Helping Brothers" - Business Spotlight

Kevin and Sully interview Nick, the CEO of "Brothers Helping
Brothers".

Brothers Helping Brothers was started in early 2014, when Nick
Magoteaux’s co-worker/firefighting brother, Art Springer, was
hospitalized with the H1N1 virus. Originally, Nick started a line
of t-shirts to raise money for his medical expenses. Unfortunately,
Art passed away from complications of the H1N1 virus on January 23,
2014. The decision was made to continue the t-shirt campaign to
raise money for Art’s daughter, Mollie. Through various efforts,
Nick and his brothers from the Phillipsburg Fire Department
(Phillipsburg, OH) and The Red Knights Ohio Chapter 16, raised over
$20,000 for Mollie.

One of Art’s passions was making sure his brothers at the
Phillipburg Fire Department had the proper tools, even if it was at
his own expense. Many other fire departments out there today are
without the necessary tools and lifesaving equipment and do not
have the funds needed to buy them. This started the passion to
create Brothers Helping Brothers.
They want to build the Brothers Helping Brothers brand, by raising
funds to provide vital tools and equipment to small and/or rural
fire departments in need. Brothers Helping Brothers became a
501-c-3 non-profit organization on July 1st, 2014. Since being
founded they have given out seven grants and are working on many
more. Brothers Helping Brothers is also researching to find out
what tools and equipment are most needed in the fire and EMS
service, in hopes to raise awareness of what departments
desperately need. If you are interested in donating to help our
mission, please visit their donate page at
www.brothershelpingbrothers.org

It was great to have Nick on and hear about his mission. As a true
501-c-3 non-profit, these are the types of charities people need to
start helping. Not only could it help your community, but it will
most definitely help more rural fire departments.