Leo's Pride
This entry was posted on 7/17/2008 11:48 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
Ok, I'm going to largely rip this off from my friend Denz, because he writes about Leo's Pride better than I do, but still, I second what he says other than the parts about winning as I never have won any of the drawings (not that I really care, it's not about whatever swag gets passed out).
For several seasons RSL has featured a charity drawing as part of
Carnival Real before all home matches. It is a great group of people
who raise money for various local charities in need of funds, I have
just found out that for the next several matches they will be raising
money for family of James Taylor. If you are not aware of the
situation, here is a brief summary:
James Taylor was the sole survivor of a medical helicopter crash
in Flaggstaff, Arizona. He was a flight nurse on the helicopter
transporting a patient from the Grand Canyon when it collided with
another chopper taking a patient to a northern Arizona hospital on June
29th. Six people died at the scene. James was taken off life support
and passed away on July 4th.
He worked for Intermountain Health Care for 17 years. At the
time of his death he worked as a registered nurse at St. Mark’s
Hospital and as a flight nurse. He was a first lieutenant in the Army
Reserve. He served as a physical therapist during Operation Desert
Storm.
He is survived by his wife, Traci, and three young sons.
I have made it a point to stop by and donate some money before each
match, and I have won my fair share of items in the drawings, in fact
sitting in my cubicle at work is a great autographed T-shirt I won a
couple weeks ago, it is signed 26 RSL players.
This is a great cause and I recommend that everyone stops by and
donates a dollar or two, you not only will be helping a great cause,
but you just might win some cool stuff as well.
This is a very worthy cause and well worth sticking a couple of dollars in to help. Also be looking out for what they are planning in the future, as they are always helping with worthy causes. Remember, they are at Carnival Real before home matches, so stop in, drop off a couple of dollars and help someone who needs it.