Ron Weigleb Foundation-UPDATE

This was posted as a message to members of the Facebook Group for the Ron Weigleb Stadium by Phil Lockhart today:

RON WEIGLEB FOUNDATION

Our Mission
The mission of the Ron Weigleb Foundation is to ensure the principals, values, and legacy of Coach Weigleb are carried on for the youth of our community. To accomplish this endeavor, the Weigleb family along with former coaches and players have formed a committee to fundraise and donate to the football stadium, football program and all other projects determined by the committee that best serve the wishes and memory of Coach Weigleb.

Finances
Donations should be made to the Ron Weigleb Foundation account at Republic Bank at Highlander Point. All money raised will be spent on projects directly related to the Ron Weigleb Stadium, the Coach Weigleb Scholarship, or other ideas and requests as they develop. Each committee member will be responsible for overseeing the spending and allocation of donated funds. All donations will be a charitable donation, please send Phillip Lockhart an email for Tax ID#.

Current Projects
Currently, the school corporation has approved the new stadium to be named “Ron Weigleb Stadium.” The field will keep its original name “Scott Field.” A sign has been designed for placement on the press box. In order to comply with conditions and constraints by the manufacturer of the press box, the design is RON WEIGLEB STADIUM and consists of 18” dark green letters, which will be back lit. The current design will be presented to the Weigleb family and must get final approval from the Floyd Central High School administration. The cost of the sign will be $8000.

Also, we have been asked to furnish two bronze plaques in honor of Coach Weigleb and the Scott family. The purpose of the plaques are to let people know and make them aware of the importance of these two people to the history of Floyd Central. The plaques will be approximately 22” x 30” and will have a brief description of the importance of these two people. Each plaque will have and engraved picture of each person. We hope to have the plaques available by the stadium dedication and eventually mounted to the brick columns at the entrance to the stadium. The estimated cost is $7000. The Scott Field will be dedicated at the first game against Clarksville and Ron Weigleb Stadium will be dedicated on the second home game against Providence. (This was coaches last request)

The above funds are needed as soon as possible so that work may begin and get done before the first game.

Future Projects
After the above stated projects have been completed, the foundation committee would like to erect a bronze life-size statue of Coach Weigleb at the new stadium. The estimated cost is $60,000.

The foundation will also begin sponsoring an annual golf scramble in October to raise money for the Coach Weigleb Scholarship Fund and other foundation projects such as the statue. More information on the location and date for the scramble will be available in the future.

Committee Members chosen by the family are as follows:

Philip Lockhart
pslockhart@aol.com

Casey LaDuke
claduke@nafcs.k12.in.us

Anthony Weigleb
Anthony1607@yahoo.com

Jim Abel
jabel@gcs.k12.in.us

John Agan
John.agan@mac.com

Jamie Polk
jpolk@nhcs.k12.in.us

Chris Thompson
christhompson@styline.com

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