COMMUNITY EVENTS
2008
Sam's Club 25th Anniversary Celebration
Cereal Festival Parade and Breakfast Table
C.I.R. Softball Bash
Fall into the Arts Art Walk
Athens summer homecoming & "paint the (goal) posts" at Athens High School
Boys & Girls Club/CrimeWatch "Light Up the Night" rally
Battle Creek Holiday Parade
Lance Armstrong Foundation LIVESTRONG Grassroots Fundraising
The Salvation Army clothing drive (hosted/donations)

2009
Skillz 'N Drillz (various sites)
Haley's Ride Foundation (donations)
Gryphon Place Bowl-a-Thon (donations)
12th Annual Rotary Club/C.I.R. Auction (donations)
Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce "Eye Opener" Breakfasts (donations)
21st Century Community Learning Centers (donations)
Special Olympics Michigan Area 19 Bowl-a-Thon (donations)
Victory Life Church "egg scramble"
Calhoun Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Council "Blue Tie" Auction
Calhoun Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Council "Pinwheels for Prevention"
Special Olympics Michigan Area 19 Track & Field
HandsOn W.A.I.T. Rally
Cereal Festival Parade and Breakfast Table
The Haven "Roof Sit" bucket brigade
CrimeWatch (McKinley-area) rally
American Cancer Society Relay For Life
C.I.R. Adaptive Water Sports Day
The Salvation Army clothing drive (hosted/donations)
National Night Out (see flyer below) and video
CityLinC "Stuff-A-Bus" (donations)
Battle Creek-area Blaze Youth Football Technique Clinic (hosted/donations)
Athens summer homecoming
S.A.F.E. Place "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes"
Family Video "Back to School Bash"
CrimeWatch (Franklin-area/Post Addition) rally
CAN Council 2nd Annual Family Fun Ride
HandsOn Community BarnRaising
Junior Bearcats Football Program
Battle Creek Holiday Parade
Harper Creek Middle School Reading Program (donations)
Battle Creek Area Elk's Lodge #131 (donations)
Additional information is available via each link.
"By earning people's trust and giving them
respect, a world is created where good things
happen for all of us."
- B.K. Loots
Skillz 'N Drillz
Community-improvement and mentoring
initiative "Skillz 'N Drillz" is underway. Blaze
players address their audience on various life
skills (responsibility, sportsmanship,
teamwork, respect, commitment, etc) followed
by player-lead football drills and prizes!

Please contact us if you'd like to host a session.

Our latest S 'N D session took place in
conjunction with this year's National Night
Out!
A splendid time was had by all!
"Our goal from within: Help those without."
photo credit Battle Creek Enquirer
330.75...
Total number of community service hours
(not including promotional events) in 2010...

EVERY EFFORT COUNTS.
2010 EVENTS (as of 21 June)

-M.A.R.K. mentoring "movie night"
-Athens High School basketball
-Battle Creek Revolution hockey
-Junior League "school improvement"
-Special Olympics Bowl-A-Thon (donations)
-Athens High School (football practice jersey
donation)
-Cereal Festival (Friday evening tables and
Saturday Skillz & Drillz)
-Make-A-Wish (donations)
-Berrien County Relay For Life (donations)
-The Haven's Roof Sit for Inasmuch House
-IGYB Youth Football Camps (provided two
participant scholarships and coaches for
two-day camps)
-Wakeshma Community Church Adventure
Camp
-National Night Out

... we welcome all of our fans to join us in our
attempts to better our community.
"We're all in this together!"
Relay For Life
Coming off what is arguably the worst defeat in franchise history - a defeat at the
hands of the Ohio Outlawz, a group of Blaze members showed what this program is
truly about; leaving a positive mark as our impact in society.

After arriving back from the game in Kenton, OH (approximately 3 AM), the
exhausted but dedicated group of Robbie Crockett, Tayten Crockett, Randy Tessin,
Mitch Peterson, Jason Doubleday, Chad Drake, Kip Cummins, and Brooks Pritchett
(taking the photo) still managed to represent the organization by participating in
accumulating laps for the 2009 Relay For Life.

If anyone had any doubts about where our priority lies, this night clearly put them to
rest. Even in a loss, we managed to find victory.
256
Total number of community service hours
(not including promotional events) in 2009.
Blaze teams with Junior League
Almost two dozen Blaze members (players,
coaches, and staff) came together to offer nearly
50 hours of service over April's first weekend.
The benficiary of these efforts are the inhabitants
of Woodlawn Pre-School, at the corner of 22nd
and Territorial.

Duties included painting, electrical work, cabinet
and bookshelf repair, and a few other odds 'n
ends.
Thanks to the Junior League for inviting us out!

Additional photos can be found by clicking here.
You'll find the Blaze at our next Community Service Events:
We'll be conducting our Skillz & Drillz clinic on 21 August (Saturday) from
10AM until noon at Turkeyville USA, during their Youth "Jakes" Day and 27
August (Friday) from 3PM until 6PM, during the US National Hot Air Balloon
Championship Festival, located on the KCC Campus.
Blaze players will also be judges at the Battle Creek Farmer's Market Pie
Competition, downtown on 21 August (Saturday) at 10AM.