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| Oct 24th 2010 - WISH FULFILLED! |
| Packers vs Vikings at Lambeau |
| I have a buddy, Major Jeno Berta, who served in Iraq with the NJ National Guard. Jeno is an Iowa alum, and was raised in Davenport. Jeno’s dad owns a bar in Davenport where he has turned it into a Hawkeyes and Green bay Packers bar. It's been Jeno's dream to take a football trip with his dad – a weekend when both Iowa and the Packers were home – but had to put it off when he got deployed.
I promised Jeno that if he came home in one piece, I would arrange this trip. He wrote me constantly from Iraq, talking about how we were going to pull this off when he returned. Thankfully, Jeno came home intact, last January. About 2 months later his mom passed away. From the funeral he texted me and said “we really need this trip.” I have made it my mission to pull it off.
I am planning to head to Iowa the weekend of Oct. 22. The Hawkeyes host Wisconsin on Saturday, Oct. 23, and the Packers are home to the Vikings on Sunday night, Oct. 24. Our Iowa tickets are already secured, but, as you might imagine, Brett Favre’s recent return to the Vikes has made the Packer tickets a tough ask.
I know you guys help Vets get to games. Is there any chance you could help us out? Jeno has no idea I’m asking, but I told him I’d get tickets and am running out of options. We need 4, and I would be happy to pay for them, but can’t afford scalper prices. I hope I am not overstepping my bounds here, but feel like I need to do whatever it takes to make this trip a reality. |
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Thank You Message From Hero:
 Now that our crazy football weekend is over, I wanted to drop a note to thank you all so much for your help making it a reality. I understand how difficult a ticket last night's game was, and for us not only to be in attendance, but to also see Jeno honored, was too good to be true. I am rarely at a loss for words, but I cannot come up with enough of them to describe the experience. I can only send a sincere, heartfelt thanks.
I've attached a few pictures in an attempt to capture our feelings last night. I will never forget the look on Big Jeno's face when his feet hit the hallowed ground of Lambeau Field, or the look in his eyes when he saw himself and his son on the jumbotron. Big Jeno's favorite saying is "only in America," and he repeated that over and over last night. Thank you for helping to honor both Jeno's, 2 great Patriots, in one of the truly great venues in this country.
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