Football program creates Holmes Bull "Dawg" Club to help with fundraising needs

The 2014 football season will mark the inaugural season of the Holmes Community College Bull "Dawg" Club. The sole purpose of the Holmes Bull "Dawg" Club is to assist in providing the day-to-day needs of the HCC Football Program.

This assistance will directly benefit the student-athletes and coaches. The HBDC will work hand in hand under the umbrella of the Holmes CC Development Foundation to provide support for Holmes CC Football.

Membership in the HBDC/83 Club will give each member a HBDC/83 Club hat and a ticket to each home football game. You will also receive a newletter from the football program letting you know current news dealing with the program. Persons joining the football club are asked to donate $2 for each year of the program's existence which means the dues for 2014 will be $166 (83 years x $2). Holmes CC Athletics and the Holmes CC Bull "Dawg" Club want you to know that once you are on the TEAM, you will always be on the TEAM.

Former Holmes Bulldog and current Director of Annual Giving Jack Holmes is the founding member of the HBDC/83 Club.

Needs for 2014-15 include: support for Semi-Annual Winter & Summer Bull "Dawg" Games Dinner/t-Shirts/plaques and awards; weight room equipment/flooring/ for not only Holmes CC Football student-athletes but for all student-athletes at Holmes CC; post-practice replenishment drinks for those "Dawg" Days of August; golf-cart and/or John Deere Gator to monitor academic attendance on Holmes CC Campus and assist HCC Training Staff and Football Staff during practice/games; ropes for tug of war and workouts; travel suits for travel and practice to away games; letterman Award recognition such as plaques, warm-up suits, and letter jackets; post season awards Banquet and/or BBQ for student athletes, coaches, training staff, and managers; photos & graphics to memorialize past players etc.; set of hurdles for flexibility training; end zone film tower; and video technology to get up with current players and players who will be recruited by the Bulldog coaching staff.

An executive board is also being developed for the HBDC/83 Club. For former players, coaches or managers who want to have an active part in the Holmes Bulldog Football Community, please contact Head Coach Jeff Koonz at (662) 472-9047 or email him at jkoonz@holmescc.edu to express your interest.

To join the club, please fill out the membership form and mail back to Holmes CC at Coach Jeff Koonz, P.O. Box 369, Goodman, MS  39079. For the form go to http://www.holmesathletics.com/sports/fball/2013-14/files/HBDC_Membership_Application_Final.pdf.