Leo’s Pride- a great cause
For several seasons RSL has featured a charity drawing as part of Carnival Real before all home matches. It is a great group of people who raise money for various local charities in need of funds, I have just found out that for the next several matches they will be raising money for family of James Taylor. If you are not aware of the situation, here is a brief summary:
James Taylor was the sole survivor of a medical helicopter crash in Flaggstaff, Arizona. He was a flight nurse on the helicopter transporting a patient from the Grand Canyon when it collided with another chopper taking a patient to a northern Arizona hospital on June 29th. Six people died at the scene. James was taken off life support and passed away on July 4th.
He worked for Intermountain Health Care for 17 years. At the time of his death he worked as a registered nurse at St. Mark’s Hospital and as a flight nurse. He was a first lieutenant in the Army Reserve. He served as a physical therapist during Operation Desert Storm.
He is survived by his wife, Traci, and three young sons.
I have made it a point to stop by and donate some money before each match, and I have won my fair share of items in the drawings, in fact sitting in my cubicle at work is a great autographed T-shirt I won a couple weeks ago, it is signed 26 RSL players.
This is a great cause and I recommend that everyone stops by and donates a dollar or two, you not only will be helping a great cause, but you just might win some cool stuff as well.
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