For the football team communications, we use an app called BAND that allows us to post messages for all players and parents to read.
Tonight, we are having a Spirit Night where everyone goes to eat at a restaurant (Dirty Buffalo) and they give us a portion of the profits.
In order to sufficiently engage people, I posted the following message there this morning:
TONIGHT, WE FEAST!!!
In 2018, a young 127-pound woman named Molly Schuyler ate 501 chicken wings in 30 minutes at the famed Philadelphia Wing Bowl setting a world record. Congratulations to her.
Now, I'm not advocating for anyone in the Grizzly family to try this tonight at Dirty Buffalo between 4:00 - 9:00 p.m., but I find myself wondering, "Do we want to live in a world where we don't teach our children to reach for the stars? A world where we settle for second-best?". I think not.
As adults, we a duty-bound not only to push the next generation into being the best that they can be, but also we must lead the way ourselves.
Certainly, none of us are ready to face such a monumental task as eating 500 wings, but they say that a journey of 1,000 miles begins with just one step. Tonight, ladies, gentlemen, and children, I say that WE TAKE THAT STEP.
Would eating 10 wings, a side of fries, and a cold ice tea be a pleasing meal tonight for Spirit Night? Sure it would.
But think of the exhilaration and euphoria that you could create by eating 50 wings! Think of the pride on your child's face as you polish off what seemed to be an insurmountable pile of flats and drumsticks. It will be a moment that lives on within your family through the ages, passed down from father to son, mother to daughter, sibling to sibling. Each telling becoming a bigger and bigger story!
Tonight, we battle Dirty Buffalo and we win when the manager lowers his head, shuffles his way into the middle of the main floor, and dejectedly announces, "I am sorry, we are out of food."
Also, there's basketball games on and other food options for non-wing eaters.