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Coaches praise middle school players as donors fund equipment upgrades
Summary
Coaches and middle‑school players detailed equipment upgrades and refurbishment funded by donor appeals; presenters said they sent 31 personalized solicitations, received 21 donations and set a donor recognition night for the fall. The transcript's reported total donation figure for the team fundraising was not clearly specified.
Coaches from Park Heritage Middle School presented a summary of upgrades to their middle‑school football program and thanked local donors for funding new and refurbished equipment.
Roy Writzman introduced head coach Colin Stone, assistant coach Scott Tidwell and six seventh‑grade players and highlighted the team's 9–0 season and its strong community support. "We outscored our opponents by an average of 30 and a half points a game," Writzman said, praising the players and their families.
Writzman and the coaches described purchases and repairs that included new shoulder pads and game pants, refurbishment of helmets and sleds, training equipment (hedgehog tackler, shoot boards, cones and ladders), a PA system contribution and donated play clocks funded by Center Bank. He said he sent 31 personalized donation letters with a $10,000 goal and reported receiving 21 donations; the presenters referred to a total as "20,17" in the transcript, and the exact dollar figure for the team's fundraising was not clearly specified in the record.
Coaches said the investments will benefit other middle‑school sports as well because many purchases are multi‑year replacements that free future budgets for other programs. They plan a donor recognition night at an early home game to publicly thank contributors.
