There aren’t many similarities between high school football and the military, but the WWT football teams made the connection. Together, the teams raised about $3,000 towards the Wounded Warrior Project.
The Wounded Warrior Project is an organization that benefits active servicemen. The money raised goes to injured soldiers returning home and assistance to their families.
To raise money, the team sold T-shirts, dog tags, and programs. “The benefit game was absolutely a success. Three-thousand is a great number. We cut a lot of costs wherever possible and all of the money went to the cause,” Titan Touchdown Club member, Lisa Holloway, said.
The Titan Touchdown Club is a group run by the parents of the football players. They were a huge part in organizing the benefit game, along with the Athletic Department and Booster Club.
Titans also hosted “sponsor a warrior”, in which someone could choose a serviceman to sponsor/donate money to. Some of the football players even played for a soldier of their choosing. Among these players was Danny Newton ’13; he played for Steven Sorrentino, his teammate, Michael Sorrentino’s brother.
In previous years, the benefit game was played for a cancer-related cause. “I wanted to do something different,” Holloway said. “All of us felt that helping out the active servicemen would be a really good thing to do.”
The games may have been successful the past few years, but it is unforeseen if they will continue. “There are no plans for a benefit game next year. There will be something to benefit the students in the district instead,” Holloway said.
Though the Titans didn’t pull out a victory, the game was still a tremendous experience for everyone involved.
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