<p><!--[endif]-->The All Star game may have made headlines
for St. Louis, but the Midwest Council, American Subcontractors Association,
recently put together some lifetime baseball memories of its own.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;">The ASA was looking for a way to give back to active U.S.
military in the St. Louis area. The answer: Cardinals Baseball. ASA members donated
146 tickets with a face value of $9,100 to the USO. The average ticket value
was over $62 each.&nbsp; One firm also donated food and drink vouchers also
with their tickets. Military from Whiteman AFB, Fort Leonard Wood, Scott Air
Force Base, Springfield Missouri, Sparta IL</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;">Tom McDonnell, of George McDonnell and Sons, who
coordinated the ticket effort, explained how it came about. &ldquo;At ASA&rsquo;s July 2007
meeting, the members had an open discussion about fundraisers and helping in
the community.<span>&nbsp; </span>A number of ideas,
such as a canned food drive, which was implemented over the Christmas holidays,
were floated. Hugh Young of United Rentals suggested helping USO of Missouri.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img alt="David Motes" class="image-left" height="303" src="/images/uploads/features/dave-motes_1.jpg" style="float: left;" width="266" /></p>
<h4>Major David Motes of the 101st Airborne, with Wife Sarah and Daughter Molly at a Cardinals/Twins game.<br /></h4>
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the following from Major David Motes:</p>
<p>"<em>Ms Gillick, Mr. Fogarty, and Team
at the ASA-Midwest Council:</em></p>
<p><em>" I am a
Soldier very recently assigned to Scott AFB, IL.&nbsp; Since 2002, I've been on four deployments to Afghanistan and
Iraq for a total of 40 months. In fact, I just returned six months ago from my
latest deployment to Iraq while on assignment with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).</em></p>
<p><em>"I want to
express my sincerest gratitude for your organization's donation of the baseball
tickets.&nbsp; Despite the loss last
night to the Twins, my family and I had a great time!&nbsp; My daughter is just only recently getting into the
excitement of Cardinals baseball.&nbsp;
We thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the game, especially when we
yelled "charge!" as a family in the hopes that the Redbirds would
pull out a victory.</em></p>
<p><em>"I've
attached a picture of my family at last night's game.</em></p>
<p><em>"Again, I want to thank you for the gift of the tickets!</em></p>
<p><em>Regards,</em></p>
<p><em><br /></em></p>
<p><em> Dave
Motes"</em></p>
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