COMMUNITY EVENT RECAP - SEPTEMBER
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 1
Players: Barrick Nealy and Keon Raymond
Event: Be a Fan, Bring a Can promotion
Location: Safeway Crowfoot — 99 Crowfoot Cr. N.W.
Details: Be a Fan, Bring a Can is the Stamps' annual food drive in support of the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank.
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 2
Players: Nik Lewis
Event: United Way Campaign Kick-Off
Location: Parade from 600 block of 3rd Street S.W. to Eau Claire Market
Details: Nik Lewis, Ralph the Dog and Stamps personnel were among a large group of paraders who marched down 3rd Street to help draw attention to the start of the United Way campaign.
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 2
Players: Jon Cornish and Keon Raymond
Event: Be a Fan, Bring a Can promotion
Location: Safeway Westhills — 200 Stewart Gr. S.W.
Details: Be a Fan, Bring a Can is the Stamps' annual food drive in support of the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank.
Date: Thursday, Sept. 3
Players: Marc Calixte, Derek Armstrong and Keon Raymond
Event: Be a Fan, Bring a Can promotion
Location: Safeway Shawnessy — 70 Shawville Blvd. S.E.
Details: Be a Fan, Bring a Can is the Stamps' annual food drive in support of the Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank.
Date: Friday, Sept. 4
Players: Jon Cornish, Rob Cote, Brett Ralph, Randy Chevrier
Event: Alberta Children’s Hospital visit
Location: Alberta Children’s Hospital — 2888 Shaganappi Trail N.W.
Details: The Stampeders players made their way to the hospital to visit with the young patients.
Date: Saturday, Sept. 5
Players: The Calgary Stampeders
Event: Renfrew Educational Services group visit
Location: McMahon Stadium — 1817 Crowchild Tr. N.W.
Details: Approximately 500 students and family members from Renfrew Educational Services came to watch practice, eat some terrific Spolumbo's sausages and meet the players.
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 9
Players: Henry Burris and Mike Labinjo
Event: Big Brothers and Big Sisters Be a Big Deal Day
Location: Bankers Hall — 315 8th Ave. S.W.
Details: Hank and Mike went on the air to help bring awareness to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program and to encourage listeners to volunteer their time to the cause.
Date: Thursday, Sept. 17
Players: Derek Armstrong
Event: Calgary Dream Centre radiothon
Location: Calgary Dream Centre — 4510 Macleod Tr. S.W.
Details: Derek pitched in to help promote the Dream Centre's radiothon fundraiser.
Date: Sunday, Sept. 20
Players: Brandon Smith
Event: Vocational & Rehabilitation Research Institute Ride and Rally
Location: Vocational & Rehabilitation Research Institute — 3304 33rd St. N.W.
Details: Brandon helped present awards at the rally, which is a fundraiser for the institute, which is dedicated to helping people with disabilities.
Date: Monday, Sept. 21
Players: Brett Ralph, Dimitri Tsoumpas
Event: Foothills Falcons practice
Location: Foothills Composite High School — 229 Woodhaven Dr., Okotoks
Details: Brett and Dimitri served as guest coaches and delivered an informal speech to the group
Date: Monday, Sept. 21
Players: Milton Collins, Dwight Anderson, Sandro DeAngelis, Tim Johnson, Juwan Simpson
Event: Timbits football
Location: McMahon Stadium — 1817 Crowchild Tr. N.W.
Details: The players were guest coaches for the Timbit teams and cheered the little guys on
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 22
Players: Miguel Robede
Event: Calgary French and International School speaking engagement
Location: Calgary French and International School — 700 77th St. S.W.
Details: Miguel addressed an assembly and talked to the students about the value of hard work and setting goals. He even had a game of catch with a few of the youngsters.
Date: Thursday, Sept. 24
Players: Miguel Robede, Randy Chevrier
Event: Alberta Children’s Hospital visit
Location: Alberta Children’s Hospital — 2888 Shaganappi Trail N.W.
Details: The Stampeders made their tradition pre-home game stop at the hospital to visit with kids
Date: Thursday, Sept. 24
Players: Ben Archibald
Event: Lifeline Malawi tailgate party
Location: South Calgary Community Church — 2900 Cederbrae Dr. S.W.
Details: The offensive lineman met with group volunteers and gave a short address
Date: Sunday, Sept. 27
Players: Barrick Nealy, Tim Johnson, Keon Raymond
Event: Wendy’s Kick for a Million promotion
Location: Wendy’s Brentwood — 4122 Brentwood Rd. N.W.
Details: The players met with fans and encouraged them to enter into the contest for a chance to win a million dollars
Date: Monday, Sept. 28
Players: Sandro DeAngelis, Shannon James, Keon Raymond
Event: Timbits football
Location: McMahon Stadium — 1817 Crowchild Tr. N.W.
Details: The players were guest coaches for the Timbit teams and cheered the little guys on