EDITOR: Our son, Matt Ellis, just began playing Pop Warner
Football this year. Being 14 years old, and not a particularly big
kid, Pop Warner offers the perfect opportunity for him to learn the
game of football without having to deal with kids that are two or
three times his size. He loves this opportunity to play, enjoying
the competition, and be part of a team or
“family” as his coach often refers to his team.
EDITOR:
Our son, Matt Ellis, just began playing Pop Warner Football this year. Being 14 years old, and not a particularly big kid, Pop Warner offers the perfect opportunity for him to learn the game of football without having to deal with kids that are two or three times his size. He loves this opportunity to play, enjoying the competition, and be part of a team or “family” as his coach often refers to his team.
To make this happen, Pop Warner is extremely dependent on its parents and their many volunteer hours. As we all know, good things don’t come cheap and every opportunity to fund raise is very important.
Being unable to take advantage of the snack shack at the Live Oak High School field is a financial drain to the program and something needs to be done quickly to repair this growing problem. The Live Oak field situation is not a problem caused by the school district, but it is being felt by the entire community of parents and students.
Both our children attend Britton. As an eighth-grader, Matt played soccer at Britton with no home field. It was unfortunate, because we had to travel to other schools for every game. There was no opportunity to raise money at home games and the players were forced to leave school early for every game.
Using resources for development of a Britton field would benefit both the students at Britton as well as the Pop Warner Raiders. This community would really benefit from additional playing space for all children. After all, what better preparation for real life is there for our children than those lessons learned through hard work, competition, team work and physical activity?
Tom and Lisa Ellis,
Morgan Hill
