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Next Meeting: Thursday, July 9th • 6:00 PM |
Raiders For Life Boosters Tulare/Kings Counties • July 2026 Newsletter |
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◆ President's Message Hello Heartland of Raider Nation, I pray all is well in our Raider Family. At our July 9th meeting we officially kick off our 36th Booster Club year and on July 23rd our Raider rookies report to training camp, followed by our Raider veterans on July 28th. Raiders 2026 is about to begin! I want to thank everyone for your continuous support of our club as we prepare for our annual Kickoff Tailgate Party at Plaza Park on July 25th. I am grateful that our good friend Phil Villapiano has entrusted us with his first book signing of his new book "Just Tackle Baby." I hope everyone is able to come out and support your club and our friend Phil. Phil is very excited for the event and I hope you are too. Thank You For Your Support. See You At The Meeting! Go Raiders!!! |
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◆ 2026 Annual Kick Off Tailgate Party 
Our annual Kick Off Tailgate Party will be held on Saturday, July 25th at Plaza Park, Arbors 2 & 6. Our special guest will be our very good friend Phil Villapiano, who has just completed his autobiography "Just Tackle Baby." This will be Phil's first book signing event and he is very excited about it. Book + Autograph: $40 — Pre-pay to guarantee your copy. ATTENTION: Phil is considering increasing the price to $50 for future signings. Get your copy now before the increase! Phil will also sign your own items: Traditional Tri Tip BBQ: $20 per plate — includes rice & beans plus a water or soda. The Tailgate Party runs from 12 Noon until 5:00 PM. We will have our regular Raiders raffle, live and silent auctions, plus a 50/50 raffle. This is a bring your own alcohol event — please drink responsibly. We want to thank Charles Who?!?! Woodson Whiskey for donating an autographed bottle for our Tailgate Party and for donating a few bottles for us to do a toast to Raiders 2026! This event is open to all our Raider Brothers and Sisters throughout the Heartland of Raider Nation. Please Spread The Word! Thank You For Your Support! |
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◆ 4th of July Fireworks Script Fundraiser Rick Krekorian of Rick's Vending is once again allowing us to raise money for our club this 4th of July. We are selling script for his fireworks stand located at the Save Mart shopping center on Goshen & Akers. Script comes in $10 coupons, books of 5. We receive 20% back on all script sales. Contact the club to purchase script. We accept Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, Zelle and use Square for credit/debit card purchases. We will be selling script until 4:00 PM on July 4th. Thank You For Your Support! Have a Great 250th Independence Day Celebration! |
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◆ 2026/27 Membership Kickoff — Year 36! 
At our July 9th meeting we will be celebrating our 36th year as a recognized Booster Club of our Las Vegas Raiders and kicking off our 2026/27 club year! Our new club shirt artwork is done and we are hoping to have them available at our meeting. ATTENTION: Due to our decreasing membership numbers we will have a very limited amount of shirts available. We will do a 2nd printing in September for any sizes we are short on so supplies are limited. If you cannot attend the meeting but would like to submit your application and pay via Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, or Zelle, please contact the club to secure your shirts. Heartland of Raider Nation — Happy 36th Birthday!!! Thank You For Your Support! |
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◆ 2026/27 Board Election Results At our June 11th meeting we elected our 2026/27 Booster Club Board. I look forward to working with our club board throughout our club year. Thank You For All Your Hard Work And Your Support!
President: Eliseo Zepeda |
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◆ Club Car Flags 
Thank you to Dashawn and Sheketa Pryor for their generous donation of Raiders For Life Boosters club car flags! Car flags are $20 each and will be available at our meetings or by contacting the club to purchase. Thank You For Your Support! |
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◆ Intercept Wine & Woodson Whiskey 
We have leftover bottles of Charles Whoooo?!?! Woodson Intercept Wine from our CTE Award Dinner. Bottles are $20 each with all proceeds going to the Maxx Crosby Foundation. Available at our meetings or by contacting the club. Thank You For Your Support! |
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◆ Morris Bradshaw Scholarship 
On January 3rd, 2025, we lost a great friend and mentor to all Raiders Booster Clubs when Morris Bradshaw passed away. Morris was a 2-time Super Bowl Champion with the Raiders and from 1989 through 2019 served as the Raiders Senior Administrator, Raiders Booster Club Advisor, and head of Raiders Alumni. His childhood friend Jeff Krumeich started the Morris Bradshaw Scholarship Fund in Morris's hometown of Edwardsville, Illinois. A $2,000 annual scholarship is awarded at Morris's high school to a player on the football team in his honor. ATTENTION: On May 11th, the 1st $2,000 Morris Bradshaw Scholarship was presented to Yale Weaver. This was an emotional presentation for the Bradshaw family. I miss my friend, my mentor, my brother — but I am grateful that his memory will live on through this scholarship. At our June 11th meeting we had $40 in donations, bringing us to just $94 shy of our $1,000 goal! Heartland of Raider Nation — We Are Almost There! Thank You For Your Support! |
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◆ Club Meetings — Raffle & Silent Auction To help cover our meeting costs at the Elks Lodge we hold a 50/50 raffle and silent auctions at each meeting. If you have an item to donate, please contact the club — or better yet, bring it to the meeting! June 11th Meeting — Silent Auction Results:
Linda Nino — Maxx Crosby Funko Pop, 3-card football set & 2026 CTE glass — $65 What items will we have at the July 9th meeting?! SEE YOU AT THE MEETING!!! ATTENTION: To thank our members for attending, we will be providing snacks, soft drinks, and bottled water at our meetings. Thank you to Darrell Shelley for providing nachos at our April 9th meeting and to Johnny & Elisa Mejia for providing nachos at our June 11th meeting. All soft drinks were provided by your President! As a reminder, our club has Square for debit/credit card payments. Our club charges a 4% Square fee per transaction. This fee is not profit — it is the fee Square charges our club. |
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◆ July Birthdays 
◆ 07/01 — David Batres Happy Birthday from all of us at Raiders For Life Boosters Tulare/Kings Counties! |
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◆ 2026 Las Vegas Raiders Schedule 
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◆ 2026 Remaining Meeting Dates All meetings at the Visalia Elks Lodge, 3100 W. Main St., Visalia • 7:00 PM
August 13 • September 10 • October 8 Members are welcome to bring their own food and soft drinks to our meetings. Thank You Heartland of Raider Nation! Thank You Elks Lodge! Thank You Marian! |
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In Memoriam 
Al Davis 1929 – 2011 Just Win, Baby |
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Raiders For Life Boosters Tulare/Kings Counties • Est. 1990 P.O. Box 4322 • Visalia, CA 93278-4322 raidersforlife.org • we_are@raidersforlife.org GO RAIDERS!!! |