LEADING THE CHARGE - RAISE EM UP!

Please check out this video done by the MHSAA Network on the WWP game.  It gives a great picture of what we want to communicate to everyone about our project.  I am very proud of our involvement.  Thanks to everyone who has chosen to be a part of this noble project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Kqe4Jdlj0

DONATION HONOR ROLL

FENTON HIGH SCHOOL - $10,000 PLUS!

CHIPPEWA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL - $5000

MIDLAND DOW HIGH SCHOOL - $2500

JENISON HS - $2250

SEGERSTROM HS CA - $1700

BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON - $1590

GRAND HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL - $1300

PINE RIVER HIGH SCHOOL - $750

 

WE ARE PRESENTLY AT 70 TEAMS WITH A GOAL OF REACHING 100.  PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL COACH - OR FRIENDS IN THE PROFESSION TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT!

Michigan: Allendale High School, Clarkston High School, Pine River High School, Brooklyn Columbia Central High School, Traverse City West High School, Bellevue High School, Midland Dow High School, Chippewa Valley High School, Sand Creek High School, Thornapple-Kellogg High School, Grand Haven High School, Zeeland East, Zeeland West, Fenton High School

Colorado: Air Force Academy High School, Hinkey High School - Aurora

California: Golden West High School, Segerstrom High School-Santa Ana

New York:  Huntington Bulldogs Youth League, Pearl River High School

Ohio - North -  Eastlake OH,

Illinois: East Peoria High School, Maine West High School - Chicago

Georgia: Flowery Branch High School, Tatnall County High School, North Oconee High School

Virginia: Loudoun Valley High School

Washington State: Clover Park High School

Pennsylvania: Line Mountain High School, Herndon PA

Minnesota: Bloomington Jefferson

I would like to take a moment to invite your football program to be involved in a tremendous community service project. Each month, hundreds and hundreds of soldiers return from the theatre of war with injuries from serving our country. Some of these injuries can be seen, many cannot. Our men and women of service have extended so much for us, we have created a way to say thank you. Last year, we dedicated our season to the WWP. Working with our biggest rivalry school, we were able to raise over $9000 last year. Repeating that would be a very difficult task with the economy the way it is. Instead, we have decided to create a nationwide project, and a goal to raise $100,000 to donate to the WWP. This organization helps wounded veterans from the time they finish surgery all the way through to their daily life out of the service. They need our help, they need our awareness, and they need our thanks. This is an easy project to sell to your community, it is a great way for the young men in your program to extend thanks to our soldiers who have given so much to us.

We raised over $1000 at our game just by passing buckets. Our JV and Freshmen players carried the buckets through the crowd at the varsity game, and our booster club parents counted it. I hope that you will take seize this opportunity to say thank you to our men and women of service. I have attached the WWP website, and all donations will go directly to them. As a football community, we have a great avenue to extend get involved.

Coaches - we are looking for 100 schools to donate $1000 to the Wounded Warrior Project. Please consider joining us.

Here are some great helpful ideas to get that done:

The Key Things to making a WWP dedication successful in a Football Program:

* Educate the coaches, administration and parents via email and links to the WWP website

* Have a local wounded veteran who has benefited from WWP come speak to the players at a team practice

* Consider Helmet Stickers and or Patches so WWP stays visible

* Create posters (the model already exists) to hang up in the community

* Let your local elected officials know what your are doing with WWP so their office can support you

* Pick a game that will be dedicated to WWP and have the Freshman/JV pass buckets for collection at half-time

* Have your announcer read a script (already written) re: WWP at each home game leading up to your dedication game

* Contact your local press/media for coverage

* Place a full page WWP dedication (using your poster above) in the Football Program

* Consider soliciting sponsorships from key businesses in your community (a sponsor form already exists)


If you do these 10 things you will be amazed at how the support for WWP and your Football Program will feed of itself without a lot of additional effort.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

http://wwpproudsupporter.kintera.org/faf....supId=280538947

Please contact me directly if you are interested or have questions.

Thank you,

IRV SIGLER
JENISON HIGH SCHOOL - JENISON MI
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Dear Coach Sigler, Coaches, Football Players, Students and Faculty:

A while back, I read an article in the Advance about a football game between Jenison and Hudsonville. You joined forces with your rivals to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. Let me tell you from experience that your efforts are a blessing.

In September of 2006, my then 21 year old son left for Iraq with his Marine Unit. He was there only five weeks when the hum-vee he was driving was hit by an R.P.G. My son and all those in the hum-vee were critically wounded, and one Marine died instantly. When we got the call, we were told that our son may not make it. He was sent to Germany, stabilized, and two days later we met him at Bethesda Naval Hospital – just outside Washington DC. After a month of countless surgeries, we were told we could start to make arrangements for him to come home. Although we had packed a bag for ourselves, we had nothing for our son to come home in. God Bless the Wounded Warrior Project. he and all the injured Marines received a duffle bag with everything they needed. T-shirts, sweats, sweatshirts, socks, underwear, toothbrush and tooth-paste, deoderant, tennis shoes, a CD player with CD's and earphones, DVD's, etc. It was such a blessing and all the Marines and their families were so grateful.

My son is doing great. He recently graduated from college, and just passed his medical evaluation with the Marine corps. He hopes to return to his Unit soon. Three years later, he still wears the WWP T-shirt and sweats giving us a constant reminder of the kindness shown be people like you.

Thank you so much for all your hard work and determination to support such a worthy cause. God Bless you for supporting the troops in such a big way. We will be forever grateful to all of you. With heartfelt thanks.