September 11th, 2011
Dale Blum Field Romeoville, IL
Please Support our Touchdown for the Troops Sponsors!
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Flexible Pavement
Gary L. Brown Painting
Jodi's Barber Shop
Lou's Styling Place
Romeoville 24 Hrs. Walgreens
Romeoville Dental
Romeoville Veterans Commission
Romeoville Wal-Mart
Vic's Express Car Wash
White Oak Library District (Romeoville Public Library)
Thank You to the following families who sponsored TD for the Troops!
Blum Family
Don and Michele Rickard
Jacobo Family
Krakovec Family
Miraglia Family
Moon Family
Patel Family
Sillman Family
Stirn Family
Underwood Family
This page was last updated: April 14, 2012
Heroes are among us......... Please thank our coaches for their service to our country!
Duane Stelzik
Superlights Head Coach
U.S. Army, 3rd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division
2000-2005
Operation Iraqi Freedom - 2003
Joe Moon
Varsity Head Coach
United State Marine Corps - Sergeant
1991 - 1999
Desert Storm / Desert Shield, Restore Hope
- "Honored to have served our country."
Keith Eaton
Varsity Assistant Coach
Keith has 13 years of service
January 11, 1994 - February 7, 2007
U.S. Navy Aircraft Mechanic
THANK YOU to all who helped to make Touchdown for the Troops a success! A special Thank You to the American Legion, all of our Honorary Team Captains, our cheer squads for their amazing patriotic performances, and the generosity of the Romeoville and Orland Hills fans for their donations and participation in the 50/50 raffle.
RYFC collected nearly 200 lbs. of care package items for the troops and raised $650.00 for the American Legion's Ray Holloway House!
The Troops are beginning to receive packages from
Operation Support our Troops - America that contain items, cards, and footballs from the Spartans!
Read below to see what the Troops are saying!
" Hi my name is Justin Smith, I'm a specialist in the Army, currently deployed to Afghanistan. My unit recived a care package from you guys with all the footballs in it and I just wanted to tell you that we are very thankful for them. They make it feel a little more at home here. It's a heart warming feeling knowing that there are people, who even though they have no idea who we are, care about us and support us.
Thanks and appreciativeness,
Spc Smith,
Kabul, Afghanistan."
"Hey Dale, My name is Wes Mims.I sent the same email to Don Rickard. I am not 100% sure if you are the person I should contact about the gifts we received or not. I got your email from ryfsspartans.org link. If you know who to pass this thank you along to can you please tell me or maybe forward this email? Thanks so much.
I am in Kabul Afghanistan right now. I leave here very soon. My company received about 15 footballs along with RYFC Tuchdown for Troops Greeting cards. Td4thetroops@ryfcspartans.org and www.ryfcspartans.org are the links on the cards and written on some of the footballs. We cant thank you enough for the support of Romeoville IL! The thought enough for is great but sending us footballs is a sight we normally only would see back home. We come from the south and football is a HUGE part of life for us. So thanks so much for what you have done, are doing, and will one day do and if there is anything we can do for you back home please let us know. God Bless and Be safe. SPC Mims
These are some of the names written on the Footballs, thanks again."
Romeville IL
Stirn Family
Jr. Midget
Mariscal Family
Bogdan Family
Bogdan # 8
Steve # 23
Mondia #5
Neely #17
Christian Defilla? #11
Adari #7
Adauto #22
Mariscal #14
Liam #96
Nick Fasicro
Coach Neely
Randy Sherman
Carl Brown
Hal Behan
Cindy Fuller
Rod Evans
Bill Guinn
Wanda Hart
Frank
Paul
Nancy Mohler
Cindy Miller
Jade
Nattalie
"Team Grandma"
Denise
Coach Christy
Coach Sarah
Darin
Bob Sylvester
Coach Anna
Petty Officer Burks says thanks and HOO-HA!
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: FOUO"
"My name is SFC Heath Harrison and I am a Platoon Sergeant/ Mission Commander with USFOR-A JVB/PSD (United States Forces Afghanistan Joint Visitors Bureau/ Protective Service Detail) and I wanted to take time and thank the Romeoville Spartans for its efforts in supporting the troops. The footballs and hats you sent provided a much needed moral boost for my teams. As a Joint Protective Service Detail, my teams often spend long periods of time on site waiting for our DV to complete their business and the footballs provided an outlet to break the monotony of these long periods. My Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen truly appreciate your support efforts and patriotism. Please accept my
sincerest thanks and appreciation for what you do for us.
I have attached a picture from one of our missions; this is my PSD Team with Secretary of defense Robert Gates. This was his last visit to Afghanistan as the Secretary of Defense. I am situated to the left front of the Secretary next to the Bold Navy MA2.
Sincerely,
Heath Harrison
SFC, 1165th Military Police Company"
Just wanted to send a very warm thank you from Kabul, Afghanistan. Thank you so much for all the shirts, jerseys and the autographed football. I have enclosed a picture of all us that I shared with. Thank you again this small token means so much to us all out here. Have a great holiday.
SSG Sassano, Jessica D.
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