Official Start of Practice!
From Coach Beck:
Dear Parents and Players,
This past Saturday we had a good day with bonding...fun Olympic Team Competitions and leadership activities. Thank you to the PIL for sponsoring the shirts and food. We also issued equipment to those players who could participate. Players who still need practice equipment will get the equipment after practice Monday. Also a big thank you to the parents who ordered and served the food and cleaned up! Thank you to all and the coaches for making it a great day.
There is a national issue regarding helmet delivery and reconditioning. The league administration has a good plan in place so we can get the practice in equipment we need. New helmets should be in around Tuesday this week.
This Wednesday at 10 a.m. will be our one time a year player fundraising activity. Please see the zoom link below - ALL Players are expected to participate:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2089498639
Our new AD (Odie Hollingshed) has purchased a portable water trough for practices...this will be a really needed resource - please say "thank-you" when you see him.
Football workouts this week (subject to change due to weather / air quality):
Monday: Practice 4-6:15 p.m. (Helmets only)
Tuesday: Practice 4-6:15 p.m. (Helmets only)
Wednesday: Practice 4-6:15 p.m. (Shells = helmet and shoulder pads)
Thursday: Practice 4-6:15 p.m. (Shells)
Friday: Practice 4-6:15 p.m. (Full pads)
Saturday: Game uniform issue: 8:15 a.m. / Team and Individual Pictures: 9-10:30 a.m. / ALL LEVELS Parent Meeting: 10:45!!!!By the upper baseball stands/ Scrimmage @ 11 a.m. in the Grant Bowl.
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John J. Beck
Grant High School
Head Football Coach
OACA Executive Board
OSAA Executive Board
Cell: 541-414-8803
Hello Grant Football Family
Welcome to the Official start of Football! We have had a terrific turnout this summer and can feel the excitement for the new season. With all the ups and downs of life in the last year, it will be great to get our athletes back into the rhythm of the Game.
News for Fundraising.
Last year we had great success with Snapraise for much needed funds for the long extended season. The difficulty we are in this season, is that we are doing 2 seasons in one calendar year. Businesses have limited yearly funds to donate, but our expenses are still the same. So we will need help to keep the program funded. We feel it is too much to hit all families again with SnapRaise in one year, so only our freshman players will be doing that.
Players will be doing a Fundraiser this week with coaches on zoom and we hope all families will participate. We have a high population of families struggling financially right now in the program and football is by far the most expensive sport in high school.
*We are hoping that families that are financially able can help us out with an immediate issue that has come up. The club will need to purchase new headsets because ours are antiquated and this has hurt the teams coaches ability to communicate on the field and with the coaches in the box. We can no longer rely on area WiFi that is inundated with large numbers of spectators. The cost of this set is $5200. This is on top of funds we will need to raise to cover our team operating expenses. If your family is willing and able, please contact Karmen von Arx for information as address to send checks or pay at our link
https://www.friendsofgrantfootball.com/give
And put headsets in the notes.
Keep in mind that boosters has not been active for almost 2 years so we have few options for help.
Fundraiser Kickoff
Time: Aug 18, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2089498639
Meeting ID: 208 949 8639
Attached Sign Up Flyers and QR Code Flyer
PIL Golf Tourney
Please consider supporting the PIL Golf tourney. The funds are much needed especially to our youth programs and high schools. It’s a lot of fun and great way to get out with friends.
OSAA recommends to Districts to not wear masks when competing in sports either indoors or outdoors.
So far PIL agrees.
Communications.
These emails are the best way for us to communicate with the families, so please make sure to scan this for information each week. This really helps so that we aren’t stuck answering a lot of emails for info covered or that can be asked of your athlete. Thanks in advance!!
Please sign up on our Facebook page Friends of Grant Football and Twitter Grant Football
Volunteers and $ to feed the players
Will be needed all throughout the season.
Because we do not have a home field, we always travel. This means the boys don’t have the chance to usually get something to eat after school. This becomes a huge financial strain on the team. Although we don’t fundraise for this, it is assumed you will contribute for your kids food regardless. For Varsity, the expected food donation is $50 per player, again this is what you would pay to feed your player anyway, just easier to organize by collecting up front. If you can afford to pay more for players that can’t pay, please do.
Thanks,
https://www.friendsofgrantfootball.com/give
Put food and players name in the notes. (Done at the end)
-JV parents will need to organize amongst themselves to have snacks each week to be delivered to the school (usually by 2 and can be left in the office for the coach or players to pick up) for them to have on the bus.
-Varsity will have meals in the cafeteria except for the first 2 games that they will be traveling.
First Game September 3rd, Varsity Volunteer opportunities for "Football team help" are now open.
Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:
https://www.volunteersignup.org/AALKX
To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.
Thank you for volunteering!
Karmen von Arx
Admin@friendsofgrantfootball.com