Saturday, September 8th Alex’s Army, Gainesville Grizzlies, and American Pride Youth Football leagues came together once again for the annual Alex’s Army Bowl Games!
These scrimmages not only kick off the start to our areas fall youth football season, but they also kick off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and this year was bigger and better than ever (despite the weather!).
Together we went GOLD at Grizzly Sports Complex! Players from both leagues wore gold ribbons on their helmets, the fields were decorated with gold ribbons and balloons, and we honored a few local families who came out to join us as honorary captains and performed the games coin toss for the teams.
We love this event for so many reasons. We love to see these sweet kids faces as they walk onto the field! To many of the kids these super cool football players look pretty tough (and they are pretty tough let me tell you!). It’s pretty awesome for them to flip the game coin and even greater is how awesome it is for us to be able to introduce these warriors and their families to the captains and referees, all who are truly impacted and blessed by their presence.
Our Alex loved football (he loved many sports) but these two leagues BOTH Grizzlies and American Pride hold a special place in our hearts! He has jerseys from both leagues and we will never forget the day he got to go in for a touchdown with his best bud Logan Taylor behind him pushing his wheelchair determinedly down the field to the end zone. When two competitive leagues can come together for a greater cause – thats a pretty powerful thing!
A huge Congratulations to Gary Rogerson (ticket #0675) who was the grand prize winner of 2 tickets to Super Bowl LIII raffle drawing! You can watch the drawing live here.
Special thank you to our good friends and Alex’s Army supporters Jeff & Dawn Dunn for their incredible generosity in donating these two tickets.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this raffle and who joined Alex’s Army in the fight against childhood cancers! Please continue to raise awareness where you can all throughout the month of September and beyond. Our kids deserve every bit of support and all the love we can give them!
If you missed out on purchasing raffle tickets but want to support our mission,you can make a 100% tax deductible donation here.