Dodger Football Opener to Feature 'Superintendents’ Challenge' Charity Fundraiser

There will be more at stake than wins and losses when Madison opens the 2011 football season hosting Hackettstown at 1 p.m. Saturday at .

Both school districts are combining on a “Superintendents' Challenge” to raise money for the TJ Martell Foundation, which funds research to fight leukemia, cancer and AIDS.

The foundation was founded by former Madison resident Tony Martell.

On Friday each school in both districts will have a container to collect donations. Before and during the first half of the game on Saturday, there will be tables set up to collect donations.

One table will be at the main entrance to the football stadium and the
other will be at the snack shed located next to the visitor stands.

The event will also feature exciting givaways to help promote donations. For every dollar that is donated by an individual, that person will receive the same amount of raffle tickets. Those tickets will be placed in a bin and winners will be drawn at the end of halftime. The donated prizes to be given out are a deluxe Sherwin Williams painter set; Saturday night accommodations for two at the historic Madison Hotel and Sunday brunch at Rod's Steak and Seafood Grill; an autographed football signed by Santonio Holmes of the New York Jets; four game tickets and other gifts for the Rutgers versus Cincinnati football game; four game tickets and spirit wear for the Rutgers versus Navy football game, and a grand prize of a signed guitar by Adam
Lambert of American Idol fame. All of these items were donated by the
agencies connected to them within the spirit of finding a cure of these
devastating diseases. Winners do not have to be present at the game to receive a prize.

We thank you in advance for your generosity, and hope that you will
come out to the game on Saturday and cheer for your favorite team and players.

For more information on the TJ Martell Foundation, visit http://www.tjmartellfoundation.org/

Robert Gratz
Hackettstown Superintendent

Dr. Michael Rossi
Madison Superintendent