Below are the minutes from the April 8 Touchdown Club meeting. If you are interested in volunteering for the club, please e-mail Pearl Scheckler or Lori Cinicola.

Meeting Minutes submitted by Mr. Pat Stella:
    Our next fundraiser will be held on May 10th in the form of 2 CAR WASHES.  These will take place simultaneously from 9am to 12 noon at the Jim Thorpe National Bank on Rte. #903 and the Diligent Fire Company on Center Ave. in Jim Thorpe.  
   Club fundraisers help offset the cost of Speed Camp and other programs for the student-athletes. To make arrangements for you and your child to participate in the car washes, please contact Lori Cinicola, Pearl Sheckler or Pat Stella.  Please bring your vehicles to be washed and help spread the word!  
    The cookie dough sale was a big success!  Thanks to everyone who bought and sol cookies. You should have gotten your orders and, with that, a sheet of paper saying how much each child will have to pay towards Speed Camp.  Please make sure you send in your payment by May 25th to receive the early discount.  After that, it will be full price.  When the Dance and Car Wash proceeds are in, we will notify everyone if there are additional deductions towards Speed Camp. Don’t wait for that notice to pay.
    This year we will be selling Jim Thorpe rain ponchos at the games as well as other clothing and items to help cheer on the team.  Please look for them at our booth.
    Reminder: Pictures from past games are available here for sale. We encourage you to take advantage of this offer. All proceeds go to fund Touchdown Club programs for the student-athletes.
    We also discussed our high school Olympians working with the Olympian Booster Club’s younger and future Olympian teams.  More information will be coming soon.
    Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday May 6th at 6:00 pm in the Commons of the High School.  We look forward to seeing you there!!!!!!

Get the winter grime off your car or truck and support Jim Thorpe Varsity Football’s Touchdown Club while you’re at it! There will be two car washes May 10: one at Jim Thorpe National Bank in Penn Forest Township and the other at Dillie’s Fire Company on Center Ave., in Jim Thorpe.

The players will be washing cars and trucks from 9 a.m. to noon.

Be sure to stop by and wipe the winter blues away!

Mark your calendars! The Touchdown Club is bringing some sunshine to help end the winter blahs and usher in spring — a dance! The dance will be held April 12 at the Penn Forest Fire Co., Route 903. $15 per person, $25 per couple. Beer and soda included with the ticket price and tickets will be sold at the door.

The next Touchdown Club meeting will be Feb. 4, 2008 in the High School commons at 6pm. Come and join this active and fun group — we have a lot of parents of graduating seniors so we need some fresh faces!

For more information, contact Barbara.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVIWIwrf30s 300 200]

I created a channel for OlympianFootball.com on YouTube and in the process found an inspiring slideshow. It’s on our YouTube homepage and the best quote is this:

“Life is a game of inches and so is football.”

Go here to see the whole thing.

Football players, coaches and their kids all helped out on Saturday, June 2 for the annual Speed Camp Car Wash. Located in two locations – Fairview Hose Company and at the Jim Thorpe National Bank on Route 903 – the hard work paid off with more than 50 cars getting the treatment from the players.

Click here to see photos from the JTNB location.

Off-season training in progress. Summer schedule will be posted soon on this site. Speed Camp brochures available from Coach Rosenberger.

Check out the list of 2006 Season meal sponsors here and if you’re planning to eat out, choose our meal sponsors!

Send us your ideas to thorpe@olympianfootball.com. All ideas will be considered…except having Kyle Busocker as the front page photo. That idea has been rejected by the editorial staff.