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• Drew Brees Mental Toughness Award to former Pur-
due defensive end Cliff Avril of the Super Bowl cham-
pion Seattle Seahawks
• Bernie Flowers Award for Outstanding Contribution to
Amateur Football to Lafayette resident Linda Rohrman
• The Legends Award to Joe Rudolph, the long-time ex-
ecutive director of the Purdue Alumni Association
• The Citizenship Award to former Purdue quarterback
Rob Henry
• The Courage Award to West Lafayette high school play-
er Jack Folkers.
Details of the dinner are still coming
together, but Hazell will be part of the pro-
gram as will Mishler, who will be compet-
ing in June for the title of Miss Indiana.
All previous award winners are being
invited back to take part in the 10th An-
nual Honors Dinner and the VIP dessert
reception immediately after.
TICKETS/SPONSORSHIPS
Table prices are the same as last year
for a table of eight — $400 for general
public, $320 for NFF chapter members
and honorees' families and $280 for stu-
dents. Single tickets are $55 for public,
$45 for members and $35 for students.
VIP dessert reception tickets are $200
each for general public and $100 for NFF
members. Ticket orders may be placed at
any time on Eventbrite.com or via check
to 3672 Farnsworth Drive, West Lafay-
ette, IN, 47906.
Since receiving its charter in the fall
of 2004 as a non-profit organization, this
chapter has awarded nearly $162,000 in
grants, scholarships and honorariums to
students, plus another $48,000 to other
charities in the region.
In addition to seeking donations and
sponsorships to support the scholar-
ship program, the chapter also receives
money from the national office in Irving,
Texas — $500 for every 50 dues-paying
members in the local chapter. In its first nine years, this
chapter has recognized 173 scholar-athletes and award-
ed them between $200 and $5,000 each.
The tax-deductible membership dues are $40 per year
or $99 for three years, payable to the National Football
Foundation. The NFF has more than 12,000 members,
nationally, and awards more than $1 million in scholar-
ships each year.
For more information, contact Jim Vruggink at jvrug-
gink@purdue.edu or call 765-427-3303.
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