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| Raiders staff member Jenny Hamilton presents an equipment donation to Livermore Youth Football and Cheer's Eric Wexelman. | |
| Photo by Tony Gonzales | |
The uniform pants will help replace some of LYFC's equipment that was recently destroyed.
"On Wednesday, June 16, we discovered that somebody had lit our storage locker on fire," Wexelman explained. "All of the equipment that we use to train the kids, all of their uniforms…everything was in that locker… all of it was destroyed in the fire."
According to Wexelman, LYFC is a 37-year-old program that has provided a youth football program for thousands of youngsters for the better part of four decades. "We are now part of a program called Diablo Valley Youth Football Conference which is 18 Bay Area teams," Wexelman said. "[This is] for football players from 7 to 14 years old and cheerleaders from 5 to 14 years old. We have 175 football players in a year, 5 teams of 35, and we have 5 cheer squads of 20 girls each, so 100 cheerleaders.
A few weeks ago, the Raiders participated in LYFC's open house. Current Raiders LB Sam Williams, and Raider Legends Rod Woodson and John Parrella, along with Raiderettes Amanda and Jennifer M., attended the event.
Former Raiders DT John Parrella, current Raiders LB Sam Williams and Hall of Famer Rod Woodson attended the Livermore Youth Football and Cheer Open House. Photo by Tony Gonzales.
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| Raiderettes Jennifer M. (left) and Amanda pose for a photo with a young fan at the LYFC open house. | |
| Photo by Tony Gonzales | |
LYFC is an active participant in the Raiders fundraising program.
For more information, or to find out how you can help, log on to: http://www.livermorekids.com/
