A Letter to All Cardinal Football Parents and Fans

Welcome Parents to Fisher Football;

WOW!! The responses have begun to come in for your support of the Tailgate Events for our Players and Coaches. Please check your email if you haven’t already, and get your replies in as soon as possible. Remember we are feeding about 200 players and coaches after our scrimmage with Morrisville on the 25th. Scrimmage time has not been set yet. Check for future emails or the SJFC Cardinal Football Booster Blog (http://sjfccardinalfootballboosterclub.blogspot.com). We hope that you jump on board and become an “official” Fisher Cardinal Tailgater!

In preparing for a home game tailgate event, there will be a categorized list that we have asked you to sign-up for in a previous email. If you didn’t get it - we will have a sign-up at the inter squad and Morrisville scrimmages. On that chart, simply sign for the item that you will bring for every home game. Occasionally, lack of time, or a busy schedule, dictates that you simply are not able to prepare/purchase a dish for the tailgate. Therefore, if you are unable to bring a dish to pass, but will be attending the tailgate, we simply ask that you kindly place a donation of your choice in the Donation Fisher Football (conveniently located by the tailgate tables). ALL donations collected will be added to the “tailgate account” allowing us to cover the cost of any needed items. It is important to keep in mind that after the games we are feeding the football and coaching staff as well…. so think plenty when you plan so we can satisfy their big appetites. Parents can eat after the players and coaches. If need be, we will adjust the amounts after our first tailgate (the 25th).

Away game tailgating events have been attended by large numbers of folks making the trip to where the team is playing to show their support. At these tailgates parents like to get together before the game to munch on a dish that they brought. At all away games we supply the players and coaching staff with desserts, healthy snacks and drinks (Gatorade, water). Please check the SJFC Cardinal Football Booster Blog (http://sjfccardinalfootballboosterclub.blogspot.com), or refer to the email on what foods we need. If you sign up for desserts, drinks and healthy snacks, you just bring them to the away games as well. For those of you signing up for hot dogs and rolls we will not need them for away games. Feel free to bring desserts, beverages or healthy snacks for the team.

We know that no one wants to venture into the idea of cash donations it is, unfortunately, a necessary fund for the number of players we will have on both the JV and Varsity teams. In order to maintain a monetary safety net for items that we may run short of, or have no one signing up for, we are asking that each family make a ONE TIME $5.00 cash donation at the first scrimmage (8/25/07) or first away (9/1/07) or home game (9/15/07), whichever one you attend first. This would be in addition to your weekly food or beverage donation. This donation will be collected at the table in the Tailgate Area by Sheila Galletto, Varsity Tailgate Treasurer. Once a JV tailgate parent committee is organized, Sheila will give them their $5.00/family tailgate fund. Home game tailgates are held in the Fishbowl. We will have a list with all the parent information on it (see attached), we will check off your name upon donation. We also ask that you check the parent information for accuracy at this time.

If you are unable to make your donation at the scrimmage or first game, we will have the donation box available at the next tailgate event. At season end, any leftover money from the tailgate event will be given to Camp Good Days and Special Times. We will keep you all posted on the amount collected and will save all receipts of purchases made for tailgating. We believe that it is very important that all members of the Fisher cardinal Football Family are kept informed.

IMPORTANT: We are still looking for parents to chair the tailgates for the JV team. We have one parent interested but she is looking for help and expertise from sophomore and freshmen parents. In order to make sure we have your correct email and contact information, please check the attachment if you haven’t already and send back any changes that you may have.

In closing, we want to say THANK YOU to all of the wonderful Fisher Football families in advance for their continued support. As you will see from the names below, three of us will have graduating seniors this year. If you would like to work with us and learn the ropes for the future, please let us know via email or at the games. Without continued support, this type of an event may not happen in the future.

This year we are hoping to sell SJFC Football window decals, car flags, beads, player pins, etc. Look for these at our Tailgates. Also, don’t forget, Fisher Football is noted for its “Loud Crowd and Cow Bells!” Please bring your cow bells to all of the home and away games. We want to have our players “hear and see” our support while they are on the field. It should be another great football season!

As we stated on Opening Day, your sons will be playing for one of the most respected programs and coaching staffs in the nation! The friendships and memories that are created here becomes the glue that holds us together---and is the reason we are known as the “Fisher Football FAMILY.” We look forward to working and enjoying each and every one of you!

GO CARDINALS!
Jim and Karen Kania
Phil and Sheila Galletto
Doug and Pam Martin
Brian and Sarah McQueen