PRESIDENT'S REPORT
APRIL 2010
A RESOUNDING "THANK YOU" TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR 13TH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET ON MARCH 28.
WITH COACH SCHIANO OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY AS OUR FEATURED SPEAKER, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT FORTH ANOTHER OUTSTANDING EVENT.
IN 2010 WE RECOGNIZED, WITH COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES, 39 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND 5 COLLEGE SENIORS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AS STUDENTS, ATHLETES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. IN ADDITION, TWO LONG TIME AND LEGENDARY FOOTBALL OFFICIALS WERE HONORED WITH " LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS "; JOHN SOLIC OF STATE COLLEGE ( DECEASED ) AND GAIRD ZAUZIG OF HUNTINGDON, PA.
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP AND FROM OUR MANY SUPPORTERS, SPONSORS, AND PATRONS IN ALL OF OUR CENTRAL PA. COMMUNITIES, WE WERE, ONCE AGAIN, ABLE TO AWARD TWELVE $1000.00 SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE ARE PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE MADE A LARGE NUMBER OF FAMILIES FROM THE 13 COUNTY CENTRAL PA. REGION VERY HAPPY AND VERY PROUD, AS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS AND THEIR SONS WERE PLACED UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR YOUNG CAREERS.
AS WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICES COMING TO AN END AND CULMINATING IN THEIR SPRING FOOTBALL WEEKENDS --- WE ARE GENTLY REMINDED THAT FOOTBALL SEASON 2010 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
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ENJOY THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU IN THE FALL.
FRANK ROCCO
PRESIDENT