Trevian Youth Football aims for national championship
For the first time in the history of the organization, the Trevian Youth Football Junior Pee Wees will play in the Chicagoland American Youth Football Super Bowl this weekend. The team beat Homewood last weekend in the semi-finals.
Winning the AYF South Division, the team will play against Leyden at noon on Nov. 21 at Addison Trail High School at 12:00 for the Midwest AYF Championship.
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Mark Rice of Trevian Youth Football said the Junior Pee Wees are mostly 5th and 6th graders and are head coached by Fred Miller.
The team, which reports about half its players coming from Glencoe and Winnetka, has a record of 13-1 this season, improved from 1-9 last season.
The team has had lots of extra work, including spring training and extra scrimmages, Rice said.
If the Trevians beat Leyden on Saturday, they will travel to Orlando as the Midwest Champions to play at AYF Nationals for the National Title. The team is additionally travelling to Las Vegas over Thanksgiving and will play two "bowl games" against teams from Arizona and California for the National Youth Football Championships.
-- Liza Roche
Trevian Football celebrates '08 season
The official football season is closing for Glencoe Trevian Football, but players, coaches and parents are already looking forward to building an already strong program. Last week, players, coaches and their families gathered at Vernon's on Vernon in Glencoe to celebrate a year's worth of successes.
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Football mom Jill Yavitt arranges trophies for the players at the Glencoe Trevian youth football banquet at Vernon's on Vernon Thursday night.
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Chicago Bear lineman Fred Miller chats with assistant coach Greg Horvitz.
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Players watch a video reviewing their season at the Glencoe Trevian youth football banquet at Vernon's on Vernon Thursday night.
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Chicago Bear lineman Fred Miller towers over the youth players at the Glencoe Trevian youth football banquet at Vernon's on Vernon Thursday night.
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Drew Bartholow, 10, shows a photo of himself with Chicago Bears player Fred Miller to Fred Miller at the Glencoe Trevian youth football banquet.
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After four years of the offering in the village, Glencoe Trevian Football, part of the American Youth Football League, now boasts 240 players on seven teams. That makes it the largest and most comprehensive travel football program on the North Shore.
Jill Yavitt, a parent of two boys and a volunteer coach, said there was a lot to celebrate at last week's banquets, actually held over three nights to accommodate the growing program. "Winning is great," she said. "But it's not only that." Friendships get strengthened, confidence grows and kids learn how to work through tough situations, she said.
And some teams and players affiliated with GTF have enjoyed big-time successes on field. Players Steven Sanz of Northfield and Danny Elfman of Winnetka, both seventh graders, will play on the league's Midwest All-Star team in Florida next month. Also traveling to Florida will be players on Glencoe's Mighty Mites team, largely consisting of third- and fourth graders, who will compete for the AYF national title.
Closer to home, the locally undefeated Mighty Mite players will face off against Naperville on Sunday 2:30 p.m. at Loyola Academy's stadium in a sort of Chicago championship game. "This is the big national youth tournament that exists in the U.S., so this is a big accomplishment," said GTF President Mark Rice.
Participation in an AYF-affiliated team requires a lot of effort, he said, adding that local programs must by chosen to be part of the AYF program, a youth partner of the National Football League (NFL). Adult leaders go through training on positive coaching techniques, and academic success is rewarded heavily. To ensure safety, players are put onto teams according to weight and not necessarily by age.
On Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m., Rice will be honored for the success of the program during the Community Thanksgiving Service at Am Shalom. He has recently gained many distinctions, including being named the midwest director for the U.S. . Army All-Star Bowl. "This football stuff really makes a positive impact on young people's lives," he said. " It's not win or lose... it's the life lessons."
Trevian Youth Football’s very own Coach Jamie – US Bobsled #3 – Make us proud and bring home the gold – Watch Jamie on TV
As many of you know Coach Jamie is on the USA Olympic Bobsled Team. He is wearing his lucky Trevian Football Shirt underneath his Team USA uniform. We support Jamie to represent the USA in the Vancouver Olympics which is now underway and on TV. Jamie is a pusher on the 4 man USA bobsled and it is super to see him and root to bring home a medal. Jamie will return to coaching duties when he returns from Vancouver for his 6th year coaching for us. He makes us proud.
Winnetka Resident, Cornell Grad & Olympic Bobsledder Jamie Moriarty
Today's guest for "A Spanish Inquisition" is Jamie Moriarty, a member of the US Olympic bobsled team. Moriarty was a classmate of mine at Cornell University, where he was an All-Ivy league safety on the football team. He was born and raised in Ohio but now lives in Wilmette, IL with his wife Nicole, a fellow Cornell alum and New Trier grad.
SS: Will the tragedy affect your team's approach, as the bobsled events are held on the same track as the luge events? Is it even possible to approach the competition without at least a bit of fear?
JM: First, my heart goes out to Nodar's family and the people of Georgia. For us athletes, however, we know the risks inherent in our sport and try not to think about them. 99% of the time, the skill of the drivers, the equipment and the track crews allow for the safest possible outcome. With that said, I still want to go fast...I am going to push as hard as I can and would be thrilled to break a new speed record!
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Sarah Spain: First of all, how in the world does a college football player get interested in and involved in the bobsled?
Jamie Moriarty: Going from football to bobsledding does seem a bit odd, but it really wasn't a big transition for me. First off, it is a sport that you get involved in later on in your athletic career. Almost every guy on the team is from a track or football background. I first became interested in bobsledding about a year after I retired from football and started to get that itch for competition again. It was one of those "hungers" that couldn't be satiated by pick-up basketball or softball...I had to do something serious and at the highest level of competition.
At about that same time, the Torino Olympics happened to be in full swing and that is when bobsledding really hit me. I was watching the 4 man competition and it looked like a sport I not only could do, but would love. The push start was an aspect of the race that I felt I could use my skills from football and apply with success...and the rest of the ride looked like an extreme rush! After initially becoming interested in bobsledding, I began doing research on the US athletes and learned that they too came from other sports (football and track) and if they could do it...I felt I could too.
SS: You come from a family full of football players (Moriarty's father played in the NFL for five years, his uncle Larry played for seven, his uncle Frank is a former member of the Denver Broncos and his uncle Pat played for the Browns and is the Baltimore Ravens' vice president of football administration) how do your dad and uncles feel about this new endeavor?
JM: My dad and uncle are thrilled and proud that another Moriarty has been able to reach the pinnacle of sport. I think they would have bet on football while I was playing, but are 100 percent supportive of my bobsled career and so excited to see me compete.
SS: Have you had to teach a lot of friends and family members the intricacies of the sport, since it's not nearly as well-known as football? How many people will be in Vancouver to watch you compete?
JM: It is a sport that isn't as well known and yes, that has given me the opportunity to teach my family all the little details about the sport. It hasn't been all that hard for them to acquire knowledge of bobsledding because they are so interested in what I am doing and are soaking up the details like sponges. They have had four years to learn the sport and little by little have begun to understand all aspects of it. I think that one of the most important ways to actually learn about bobsledding is to go to a race. On TV you don't get the full effect of the sport...watching the sleds roar through turns and the athletes get in at the start is a very different experience than watching on TV.
I will have eight members of my family in Whistler-my mom and dad and three sisters will be there as well as my wife Nicole and her parents.
Moriarty at the Opening Ceremonies.
SS: Besides the races themselves, what are you most excited about? What was it like to be at the Opening Ceremonies?
JM: I am hoping that I can meet most of the other athletes from my two home states-Ohio and Illinois. Opening Ceremonies was one of the aspects to the Olympics that I was most looking forward to. It is such a unique event in sports and one that is so hard to describe. Here is an excerpt from my blog to give you a little idea as to what that night was like for me:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Last night was yet another astonishing day in Vancouver, and one of the most popular in the world...the Opening Ceremonies. Looking back on that experience, I can't help but recognize how lucky we are as athletes to have the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Usually when you are an athlete and have the opportunity to walk out into a stadium packed with screaming fans, you are walking out to perform. In the Super Bowl for example, you run out onto the field and within minutes, are kicking the ball off and "in the zone", not able to soak in everything around you. For the Olympic athlete, the walk into the stadium is quite a different experience. We walk into a stadium and our performance is the walk around the stadium floor, allowing us the opportunity to admire the incredible event where we are at the center. Because I was able to walk and breathe in every moment, once again, I can only describe it as a moment you can't describe. It is incredible. It even started before the USA was called onto the floor. We were in a long precession in the catacombs of the stadium slowly moving closer to the entrance. With every step that we got closer to the door, the energy that we felt in that tunnel increased. It was really amazing, you could actually feel it as we got closer and the music got louder. Turning the corner to the ramp that took us to the stadium floor, was when it really started to hit me. I had chills down my spine and as soon as I heard USA announced over the speakers, the flood gates opened. It was like we were let out of the gates. Not a single person on the team was able to hold in all that energy that had been building...all we could do was scream.
The team, in action.
SS: Do you plan on attending any other events--maybe see fellow Cornellians Doug Murray ('03) and Rebecca Johnston ('12) in the ice hockey events?
JM: I would really like to watch Doug play in one of his hockey games but most likely won't get the opportunity as we are staying in Whistler and will be practicing and competing around the same time.
SS: What do you do when you're not training/competing? Do you have an everyday job?
JM: I actually run a company that I own along with Doug! Uber Dispensing Co--it is a beverage dispensing company that produces a revolutionary keg tap for beer-the Ubertap. The Ubertap is a three-faucet keg tap with two different styles of pressurization systems-one is with a foot pump and the other that we have developed with the hopes of working with Budweiser or Miller Coors involves using a disposable C02 system.
SS: How come you weren't selected to be in The Colbert Report segment on the US bobsled team? How were the guys chosen for that--experience, years w/ the team, rock, paper, scissors?
JM: As there are three 4 man teams within the Olympic team, they chose one of those teams to take Mr. Colbert down in. The sled they featured is our USA1 sled and they are currently ranked number one in the world. In the past all three sleds have had the opportunity to take special guests down...this time, it was theirs.
SS: What are the three most important things we, as fans, need to know about the bobsled before we watch you compete?
JM: There are three aspects to a run that the viewers back home should be looking at when watching the competition.
1) The push start is the first piece of a run and a very critical one at that. This is only about 4.8 seconds long on the Whistler track, but the aspect of the race that gives the sled most of its speed and velocity allowing it to eventually get up to speeds approaching 100mph. For every tenth of a second that you are slower or faster at the start, you are three times that at the bottom-all things being equal.
2) The riding position in a 4 man sled is also extremely important. As we are reaching such high speeds and over a long track (1450 meters or just under a mile), aerodynamics plays a key role in the speed your sled can reach and the down time that sled will have at the finish.
3) The ride down the track. Although it looks smooth on TV, this ride in a bobsled is all but peaceful. Imagine yourself speeding down the highway at 96 mph and pulling the wheel as hard as you can to the left or right. Those forces that you would feel would give you an idea as to what we feel. The sleds rumble down the ice-even though it looks like we glide, and the turns make for hairpin points on the track where we change direction causing multiple G's of pressure to push us into the sled. While all of these incredible forces are influencing us, the driver is meticulously positioning the sled where he wants it to go and on this track, driving it to the limit of human ability. There are only two ways to drive a bobsled-fast or on your head, so these drivers have one of the most incredible talents you will ever get to watch...similar to a fighter pilot flying his/her plane.
Moriarty & his teammates hamming it up in their Opening Ceremonies gear.
Follow along with Moriarty's adventures on his blog and watch Moriarty and the rest of the US bobsledders on NBC during the 7-10:30pm time slot Friday Feb 26 and Saturday Feb 27!
Trevian Football begins season with homecoming games
SS: Will the tragedy affect your team's approach, as the bobsled events are held on the same track as the luge events? Is it even possible to approach the competition without at least a bit of fear?
JM: First, my heart goes out to Nodar's family and the people of Georgia. For us athletes, however, we know the risks inherent in our sport and try not to think about them. 99% of the time, the skill of the drivers, the equipment and the track crews allow for the safest possible outcome. With that said, I still want to go fast...I am going to push as hard as I can and would be thrilled to break a new speed record!
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Sarah Spain: First of all, how in the world does a college football player get interested in and involved in the bobsled?
Jamie Moriarty: Going from football to bobsledding does seem a bit odd, but it really wasn't a big transition for me. First off, it is a sport that you get involved in later on in your athletic career. Almost every guy on the team is from a track or football background. I first became interested in bobsledding about a year after I retired from football and started to get that itch for competition again. It was one of those "hungers" that couldn't be satiated by pick-up basketball or softball...I had to do something serious and at the highest level of competition.
At about that same time, the Torino Olympics happened to be in full swing and that is when bobsledding really hit me. I was watching the 4 man competition and it looked like a sport I not only could do, but would love. The push start was an aspect of the race that I felt I could use my skills from football and apply with success...and the rest of the ride looked like an extreme rush! After initially becoming interested in bobsledding, I began doing research on the US athletes and learned that they too came from other sports (football and track) and if they could do it...I felt I could too.
JM: My dad and uncle are thrilled and proud that another Moriarty has been able to reach the pinnacle of sport. I think they would have bet on football while I was playing, but are 100 percent supportive of my bobsled career and so excited to see me compete.
SS: Have you had to teach a lot of friends and family members the intricacies of the sport, since it's not nearly as well-known as football? How many people will be in Vancouver to watch you compete?
I will have eight members of my family in Whistler-my mom and dad and three sisters will be there as well as my wife Nicole and her parents.
JM: I am hoping that I can meet most of the other athletes from my two home states-Ohio and Illinois. Opening Ceremonies was one of the aspects to the Olympics that I was most looking forward to. It is such a unique event in sports and one that is so hard to describe. Here is an excerpt from my blog to give you a little idea as to what that night was like for me:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Last night was yet another astonishing day in Vancouver, and one of the most popular in the world...the Opening Ceremonies. Looking back on that experience, I can't help but recognize how lucky we are as athletes to have the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Usually when you are an athlete and have the opportunity to walk out into a stadium packed with screaming fans, you are walking out to perform. In the Super Bowl for example, you run out onto the field and within minutes, are kicking the ball off and "in the zone", not able to soak in everything around you. For the Olympic athlete, the walk into the stadium is quite a different experience. We walk into a stadium and our performance is the walk around the stadium floor, allowing us the opportunity to admire the incredible event where we are at the center. Because I was able to walk and breathe in every moment, once again, I can only describe it as a moment you can't describe. It is incredible. It even started before the USA was called onto the floor. We were in a long precession in the catacombs of the stadium slowly moving closer to the entrance. With every step that we got closer to the door, the energy that we felt in that tunnel increased. It was really amazing, you could actually feel it as we got closer and the music got louder. Turning the corner to the ramp that took us to the stadium floor, was when it really started to hit me. I had chills down my spine and as soon as I heard USA announced over the speakers, the flood gates opened. It was like we were let out of the gates. Not a single person on the team was able to hold in all that energy that had been building...all we could do was scream.
SS: What do you do when you're not training/competing? Do you have an everyday job?
JM: I actually run a company that I own along with Doug! Uber Dispensing Co--it is a beverage dispensing company that produces a revolutionary keg tap for beer-the Ubertap. The Ubertap is a three-faucet keg tap with two different styles of pressurization systems-one is with a foot pump and the other that we have developed with the hopes of working with Budweiser or Miller Coors involves using a disposable C02 system.
SS: How come you weren't selected to be in The Colbert Report segment on the US bobsled team? How were the guys chosen for that--experience, years w/ the team, rock, paper, scissors?
JM: As there are three 4 man teams within the Olympic team, they chose one of those teams to take Mr. Colbert down in. The sled they featured is our USA1 sled and they are currently ranked number one in the world. In the past all three sleds have had the opportunity to take special guests down...this time, it was theirs.
JM: There are three aspects to a run that the viewers back home should be looking at when watching the competition.
Trevian Football begins season with homecoming games
Kimberly Reishus/Triblocal.com staff reporter 08/25/09
On Sunday, Aug. 23, the Trevian Football Association teams played their homecoming games against Chicago Heights Football.
The games were held throughout the day at Glencoe's Central Junior High School. Football players in Trevian Football come from all over New Trier Township.
The homecoming festivities are also a fundraiser for the Trevian Football Association and the Chicago Heights football teams, said Trevian Football President Mark Rice. Money raised through a silent auction and raffle tickets goes to pay for both football programs.
The Homecoming Scores were:
Trevian Mighty Mites 7 vs. Park Ridge Falcons 13
Trevian Bandits 12 vs. Chicago Heights Panthers 6
Trevian Cadet 28 vs. Chicago Heights Panthers 0
Trevian Pee Wee 26 vs. Chicago Heights Panthers 6
Trevian All American 0 vs. Chicago Heights Panthers 25
Trevian Junior Pee Wee 6 vs. Wildwood Seminoles 19
Trevian Junior Midgets 6 vs. Welles Park Cowboys 18
For more information about Trevian Football, visit www.trevianfootball.com.
—Photos by Kimberly Reishus, Triblocal.com reporter
(Click on a photo to see a larger view)
J.T. MORAND Staff Writer
Published: August 9, 2007
Glencoe youth football is back together and living as one happy family under one roof now.
Teams of third - through eighth-grade boys, plus a brand new cheerleading program for girls, are being run by the Glencoe Football Association, which was formed last year after its founders caused a split in the park district program. The Glencoe Park District now has only a limited role in youth football, providing the fields for games and practices, and performing some administrative functions.
A year ago, the park district had to cancel its seventh-and eighth-grade team because only a handful of kids signed up, while more than 30 kids went to play for a private team called the Trevians. The Trevian team was organized by a small group of parents who were unhappy with the park district program and the youth football league it was part of. Those parents would later become the Glencoe Football Association. However, the park district still ran a fifth- and sixth-grade team last year.
Mark Rice, one of the parents who formed the Titans last year and is now chairman of the Glencoe Football Association, said the Central Suburban Youth Football League system wasn't fair for Glencoe kids for several reasons including weight regulations. He said kids from Glencoe, which is a smaller community compared to most in the Central Suburban Youth Football League, fields smaller players which had to play in divisions where there are no weight restrictions. "We were severely underweight compared to our opponents," Rice said. Plus, there were limited opportunities for parents to serve as coaches, he said, because park district staff handled coaching.
Last December, the park district and the parent group met to discuss bringing youth football into one cohesive organization, which would be the Glencoe Football Association. The new organization also became an affiliate of the park district just as the Glencoe Baseball Association and American Youth Soccer Organization are. That's just fine with the park district. "It was a community driven discussion," said Rodney Aiken, executive director of the Glencoe Park District. "The park district is interested in longevity, continuity and accountability."
The Glencoe Football Association is governed by a board and each team has four or five parent or volunteer coaches. Kids now play in the Chicagoland American Youth Football League, which, Rice said, has over 100 teams and mandates each player be weighed and their birth certificates checked before each game and mandatory play rules which makes for safer weight and age playing levels.
Rice said teams that finish in the top half of their division go on to participate in playoffs and a chance to compete for the title of national American Youth Football League champions in Florida. On the Trevians schedule are teams from Wildwood, Melrose Park, Welles Park, Dundee, Rolling Meadows, Villa Park, Portage Park, Addison, Chicago Heights, Kenilworth, Plainfield, Elmwood Park, Westmont, Berwyn, and Naperville. To see times and locations, visit the Trevian football Web site, www.trevianfootball.com
The Glencoe Football Association will hold many events, such as an NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition Aug. 20 at Central School and a Friendship Weekend with the Chicago Heights teams, Sept. 15-16, when the Titans will conduct a raffle, hold a fundraising dinner for both teams and invite the opposing team members to sleep over at host homes.
The Glencoe Football Association is also a partner with the Positive Coaching Alliance, a national organization promoting the enjoyment of sports over winning at all costs.
Cheerleading - Plus, the Trevians have their own cheerleading squads for elementary school and middle school girls, run by Katherine Weber and Stacey Michelon, who have sons in the Trevian football program. So far, there are 20 girls ranging in grade levels from first-grade through fourth-grade, who will form two cheer squads and cheer at some away games and all the home games, Weber said. She's encouraging older girls to come out, too. But, any girl who is interested should sign up soon because the Trevian cheerleaders have to order uniforms. "This is our first year getting it up and running," Weber said. "In order for our operation to succeed, we want to get some older girls." She said members of Stevenson High School's cheerleading squads will help instruct the girls. "From here now we'll be teaching them cheers and coordinated movements," she said.
Rice said no other North Shore communities have cheerleaders for their football teams. "That's another thing that makes us different," he said.
Submitted By: Heather Leszczewicz | Staff Writer
Pascal Pour Elle's Pascal Ibgui earned his official Glencoe Titans jersey by helping the team with Friendship Weekend. The Glencoe Titans’ philosophy stresses the need for sportsmanship on and off the field. Because of the Titans’ strong belief in a team ethic and learning lessons, the team reached out to the newly established Chicago Heights Panthers, also part of American Youth Football, for a weekend of building friendships and playing football. The team declared the weekend of Sept. 15 “Friendship Weekend.” The Chicago Heights team will visit Glencoe for non-contact games, tailgating, a raffle and auction on Saturday before an actual football game on Sunday. Glencoe families will host the Chicago Heights players not only on the field, but also in their homes, organizing sleepovers for players on both teams. Chicago Heights Panthers Commissioner Derrick Dord said that he’s excited for this opportunity. “It gives the (Chicago Heights) kids a chance to mingle with other kids they don’t usually mingle with,” he said. “Whatever gets them out of their neighborhood is a plus too. A lot of kids don’t get a chance to get out and get away. In their area they’re surrounded by negativity. For the kids to get outside and mingle with other kids, it’s good for them.” Willie Green, Glencoe Football Association board member, said that the weekend would never have been possible without a generous donation of $5,000 from Pascal Ibgui, owner of Pascal Pour Elle, a salon and spa located at 368 Park Ave. in Glencoe. “The main reason I wanted to contribute is because I don’t think anybody should be left behind because of financial reasons, particularly when dealing with kids who don’t have what we have here (Glencoe),” Ibgui said. “I remember as a child being deprived of many things, moneywise. Things have been good for me and if I could be able to give away something and help a kid to succeed in something they love, I think that’s the goal.” In addition to Ibgui’s donation, the Glencoe Titans have raised more than $3,000 to help the Chicago Heights Panthers hire new coaches and buy other equipment. “It’ll go towards equipments for the kids and there’s other things that we have planned with banquets for the kids, trophies,” Dord said. “Anything that we get we’re going to get back to the kids one way or another.” Dord said that when the Panthers first started, it was started on a zero balance and most funds came from out of pocket, his included. “We pretty much struggled to get this program off the ground but with God’s help we’ve succeeded and as far as getting sponsors, we have no support, everyone turned us down,” he said. “We want to help some kids keep them off the streets so that for four hours parents know where their kids are. All out kids are first year players. Parents are happy. We want to keep this program going in order to keep the program going takes funds to keep a program.” Friendship Weekend kicks off Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. in Kalk Park. For more information about Friendship Weekend visit The Glencoe Titans. Photos from this weekend are currently up on the site: http://www.neighborhoodcircle.com/glencoe/photo/3572
'Real men wear pink': Redskins recognize Pee Wee Trevian's local awareness campaign
October 14, 2009
Sunday, Max Rosenthal and his Junior Pee Wee Trevian Football teammates will don their blue and green uniforms -- and pink socks.
On the back of their helmets will be a sticker that reads: "Real Men Wear Pink."
Max Rosenthal, 10,
runs with the ball during a Trevian Youth Football game. Dangling from
his helmet is a pink mouth guard, which he has used this season to bring
awareness to and raise money for breast cancer research.
(Photo
provided by Maribeth Cleary Rosenthal)
The addition of the color pink to the normally bold-colored football uniform is nothing new to Rosenthal, 10, of Glencoe. In August, Rosenthal decided to wear a pink mouth guard for the football season to bring awareness to breast cancer research.
The colored mouth guard is in honor of Rosenthal's grandmother, who fought breast cancer on and off for 26 years before she died in 1995. Rosenthal was born four years later.
Rosenthal has raised about $1,500 so far through personal pledges from family, friends and local businesses, said his mother, Maribeth.
Rosenthal is hoping to bring in more donations at the team's last home game at noon Sunday at Central School. A table will be set up on the sidelines where donations can be collected.
"We are turning it into a big event," Rosenthal said.
The money raised will go toward providing mammograms for low-income and uninsured women in the Washington, D.C. area. The GW Mammovan, a mobile-mammography unit, can provide up to four mammograms per hour with state-of the art equipment. For every $200 raised, a woman will receive a free mammogram, Maribeth Cleary Rosenthal said.
Additionally, Max Rosenthal's Pee Wee campaign will be recognized by a professional football team.
The National Football League has been highlighting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a series of initiatives and events throughout October. Tanya Snyder, wife of Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, is a breast cancer survivor, and is serving as an official NFL spokesperson for the league's awareness campaign.
After reading an article about the Redskin's efforts, Maribeth Cleary Rosenthal called a team representative. So in early November, Max Rosenthal will travel to the nation's capital for a Redskins game. He'll get to meet the team members, and present a check for the money he raised.
"I
am going there because the owner's wife has breast cancer and I thought
it would be a good idea," Rosenthal said.
