The Daily Flag » Safeco Field http://www.flagsbay.com/flag Your online source for flag news and information! Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:39:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Leadership, teamwork, and dedication http://www.flagsbay.com/flag/2008/10/17/leadership-teamwork-and-dedication/ http://www.flagsbay.com/flag/2008/10/17/leadership-teamwork-and-dedication/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:33:42 +0000 Deborah Hendrick http://www.flagsbay.com/flag/?p=2957 What a great Color Guard! These little cadets with great big hearts carried the U.S. flag, the state flag of Washington, the U.S. Army flag, and the U.S. Air Force flag onto Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners.

 

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Lakewood Boys & Girls Club kids carry colors

By Kris Sherman of THE NEWS TRIBUNE

Published: October 15th, 2008

They spent time with Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets in a miniature boot camp. They stretched. They pushed their bodies up in time-honored exercise. They did sit-ups and went running.

And for one group of youngsters from the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound, the partnership with AFJROTC cadets from Bethel High School reaped a Day in a Lifetime dividend.

Lakewood Boys & Girls Club presenting the Colors

Members of the Lakewood Boys & Girls Club present the colors at the last Mariners game of the season. They are, from left, Marie Jackson, Jordan Deagan, David Orozco, Tyrese Holmes, Tyrell Varnell and Moises Estrada.

Photo by Cadet 1st Lt. Christopher Mejia

The rest of the story is here at The News Tribune web site.

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