| 2008: Foundation for Success |
Igniting the Blaze...
In January of 2007, less than a month
after his 30th birthday, I lost my best
friend and teammate, David Cox to a
battle with cancer. Since that time, those who had the fortune to share his friendship
and camaraderie have decided to represent his spirit by founding the Battle Creek
Blaze. By establishing a professionally-focused, charity-driven opportunity for
responsible, altruistic adults to participate in David’s favorite activity, this football
organization will strive to embody all that David was, and all he hoped to be. It is our
mission that through our play, volunteer efforts, appearances, and endorsed events,
cancer awareness will be brought to our community's forefront, so that no one else has
to suffer the way all of us who love David have, and continue to do.
A few of the highlighted objectives for the organization’s 2008 season include some of
the aspirations David was passionate about:
• Donating proceeds in an effort to facilitate research in combating cancer.
• Building a sense of community spirit through high-quality entertainment.
• Establishing an avenue for development and implementation of a “Kid’s Life Skills”
program, to be run as a summer recreation alternative.
• Providing positive role modeling of honesty, character and integrity through
volunteer opportunities.
• Battling childhood obesity issues by offering athletic enrichment at low or reduced
cost for the area’s youth; in the forms of sport-specific camps, performance training
workshops, physical fitness clinics, and health & wellness seminars.
• Affording football athletes and coaches the opportunity to continue participating in
the greatest sport in the world, be it for preparation towards an advanced level, or for
the love of the game.
• A positive influence on the region’s economy by hosting non-local teams in a first-
class venue.
Tax-deductible sponsorship opportunities are available and greatly appreciated. The
Battle Creek Blaze is a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation with Public Charity Status 509
(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), as well as pending 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Please help
us carry-on for David Cox, and each of our loved ones who have succumbed to cancer.
All of your efforts, physical and financial, are guaranteed to make an impact. There is
an “I” in choice – and you have the choice to join our team. Help us W.I.N., What’s
Important Now?
-Jason Doubleday, Co-Founder, Battle Creek Blaze
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