BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150509T160000Z DTEND:20150509T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Salute our Military & First Responders Creighton vs Nevada Baseball Game DESCRIPTION:Salute Our Military and First Responders Creighton U. vs. Nevada U. baseball game at TD Ameritrade Park. 2pm Saturday\, May 9th.\n\n \n\nAttached is the process for how WDCCC members can receive a block of no-cost reserved seat tickets.\n\n \n\nEvent Sponsors: Veterans in Business Forum and First Responders Foundation.\n\n \n\nWhy the event? \n\n\n Most people want to say to all who serve or have served\, ?Thank You! You are honored! You are remembered\; not forgotten!? And to say to the Families of the Fallen\, ?We are sorry for your loss.? Your loved one is honored and remembered\; not forgotten. Think of it as a civics lesson for how to be a responsible citizen with cherished freedoms.\n The game and related activities gives people that opportunity in a large scale\, easy\, meaningful\, no-cost way. Attendance the past 3 years has been just over 14\,000. 24K strong would be a Guinness Book of records crowd.\n\n \n\nEvents details:\n\n \n\nPre-game:\n\n\n 11:30-1:20 \n Family Fun Fest: bounce houses\, face painting\, inflated Patriotic Walk Around figures\, etc. \n Concert: SMSGT (ret) Jimmy Weber* and Billy McGuigan** \n\n * Jimmy is a national singer/songwriter/entertainer who has opened for top entertainers such as Tim\n\n McGraw\, Rascal Flatts\, Trace Adkins\, Kenny Rogers\, and the Beach Boys.\n\n * Billy is a national singer/entertainer who is the premiere Buddy Holly interpreter and electrifies\n\n audience with Rocks Legends the Beatles\, Elvis\, Elton\, the Eagles and many more.\n\n\n 1:20-1:35 Families of the Fallen Walk-Families who?ve lost a loved one in military or first responder duty\n\n walk lead by bagpipers and flanked by Boy Scouts\, OPS JROTC\, American Legion Riders\, National Guard\n\n members and proud Americans\n\n3. 1:35-1:55 Fly-over\, sky divers parachute in U.S.\, POW-MIA and Honor and Remember flags\, giant U.S. Flag\n\n held by JROTC students\, Strategic Air Command Elite Color Guard\, Jimmy Weber singing patriotic songs and\n\n the National Anthem\n\nDuring the game: \n\n 1. Recognitions of those being saluted\n\n 2. Six Families of the Fallen who\, at a private gathering and dinner*\, received a personalized Honor and\n\n Remember flag of their loved one\, stand on a dugout while the crowd honors and applauds them \n\nPost-Game:\n\n Approx. 5:00 Echo Taps played and Taps sung while the names of the fallen scroll on the jumbo screen\n\n \n\nHand-held size U.S. flags will be distributed to the 1st 10\,000 through the gate. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Salute Our Military and First Responders Creighton U. vs. Nevada U. baseball game at TD Ameritrade Park. 2pm Saturday\, May 9th.
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\nAttached is the process for how WDCCC members can receive a block of no-cost reserved seat tickets.
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\nEvent Sponsors: Veterans in Business Forum and First Responders Foundation.
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\nWhy the event? \n\n
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  1. Most people want to say to all who serve or have served\, ?Thank You! You are honored! You are remembered\; not forgotten!? And to say to the Families of the Fallen\, ?We are sorry for your loss.? Your loved one is honored and remembered\; not forgotten. Think of it as a civics lesson for how to be a responsible citizen with cherished freedoms.
    2. \n
  2. The game and related activities gives people that opportunity in a large scale\, easy\, meaningful\, no-cost way. Attendance the past 3 years has been just over 14\,000. 24K strong would be a Guinness Book of records crowd.
    3. \n
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\nEvents details:
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\nPre-game:\n\n
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  1.  \; \; \; \; 11:30-1:20
    2. \n
  2.  \; \; \; \; Family Fun Fest: bounce houses\, face painting\, inflated Patriotic Walk Around figures\, etc.  \;
    3. \n
  3.  \; \; \; \; Concert: SMSGT (ret) Jimmy Weber* and Billy McGuigan**
    4. \n
\n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;* Jimmy is a national singer/songwriter/entertainer who has opened for top entertainers such as Tim
\n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;  \;McGraw\, Rascal Flatts\, Trace Adkins\, Kenny Rogers\, and the Beach Boys.
\n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; * Billy is a national singer/entertainer who is the premiere Buddy Holly interpreter and electrifies
\n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;  \;audience with Rocks Legends the Beatles\, Elvis\, Elton\, the Eagles and many more.\n\n
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  1.  \; \; \; \; 1:20-1:35 Families of the Fallen Walk-Families who?ve lost a loved one in military or first responder duty
    2. \n
\n \; \; \; \; \;  \; \;walk lead by bagpipers and flanked by Boy Scouts\, OPS JROTC\, American Legion Riders\, National Guard
\n \; \; \; \; \; \;  \;members and proud Americans
\n3. \; \; \; \; \; 1:35-1:55 Fly-over\, sky divers parachute  \;in U.S.\, POW-MIA and Honor and Remember flags\, giant U.S. Flag
\n \; \; \; \; \; \;  \;held by JROTC students\, Strategic Air Command Elite Color Guard\, Jimmy Weber singing patriotic songs and
\n \; \; \; \; \; \;  \;the National Anthem
\nDuring the game:
\n \; \; \; \; \; \;1. Recognitions of those being saluted
\n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;2. Six Families of the Fallen who\, at a private gathering and dinner*\, received a personalized Honor and
\n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Remember flag of their loved one\, stand on a dugout while the crowd honors and applauds them \;
\nPost-Game:
\n \; \; \; \; Approx. 5:00 Echo Taps played and Taps sung while the names of the fallen scroll on the jumbo screen
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\nHand-held size U.S. flags will be distributed to the 1st 10\,000 through the gate. LOCATION: UID:e.2106.690 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260509T180318Z URL:https://business.westochamber.org/events/details/salute-our-military-first-responders-creighton-vs-nevada-baseball-game-05-09-2015-690 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR