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2006 Football Season

EMU Athletics has partnered with the Eagles Nest Project for the 2006 Football Season!

Tickets were sent out to every EMU student (to their permanent addresses). For every student who brings that ticket to an EMU home football game, EMU Athletics will donate $1 to the ENP!

For the EMU Athletics official press release, click here, or read below.


The 2006 Eagles Football home schedule is as follows:

Sat. September 23, 3:30pm vs. Central Michigan University
Sat. October 21, 4pm vs. Toledo (Homecoming)
Sat. November 4, 1pm vs. Ohio
Sat. November 24, 11am vs. Northern Illinois

Cheer on the Eagles toward victory while supported the Eagles Nest Project!
Don't forget to bring your tickets to the game!

(from the EMU Athletics homepage, www.emueagles.com)

EMU Athletics Department Part of Eagles Nest Project
Partnership with Vision Office to help Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley

YPSILANTI, Mich.— The Eastern Michigan University department of athletics will partner with the Vision Office in McKenny Union to assist Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley in 2006-07 through the EMU Habitat for Humanity Eagles Nest Project.

As part of the project, EMU will provide $1 from each student ticket redeemed for 2006 home football games to the project. Anyone interested in contributing to the project can contact Michael Haynes is the EMU student coordinator of the Eagles Nest Project and he can be reached at 21 McKenny Union (734.487.3045) or by email at vis_h4h@emich.edu.

"The Eastern Michigan University department of athletics is very honored and excited to be part of such a great community activity as the EMU Habitat for Humanity Eagles Nest Project," first-year athletics director Derrick Gragg said. "Our entire staff, coaches, and student-athletes have done a great job on community service in the past and we encourage all of them to continue to give something back to the community and this latest project."

The project is an historic campus-wide effort to build a Habitat for Humanity home in the Ypsilanti community. The entire operation will include a combination of fund-raising, marketing, volunteer recruiting and ultimately, a construction of a house from ground to roof.

In order to complete the venture, a total of $65,000 must be raised to defray the costs of construction materials. Habitat for Humanity Huron Valley (HFHHV) will provide the funding for the other costs of the project, including lot purchase, building permits, and other needs, through their ongoing fund-raising throughout the year.

"Combining the efforts of both the athletics department and the Eagles Nest Project is a great idea," said Tracey Benedict , the president of the EMU student athletics booster club Gang Green. "Not only is the money raised going toward a good cause, it is also a great way for students coming out to the game to get even more out of their experience, knowing that they are helping the local community."

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