Your 2016 Buffalo Bandettes!

Your 2016 Buffalo Bandettes!

Friday, July 31, 2015

Stanz Benefit-revisited

With the Bills starting their 2009 season on Monday Night Football, Opening Sunday was free for anyone not focused on the rest of the NFL. In Jamestown, NY, Shawbucks was the location for a benefit to support local Marine Staff Sgt John Stanz in his recovery from injuries received from an IED in Afghanistan.
I found out about the event only a few days prior from one of the organizers of the event, Jills rookie Ambassador Ruby. As long-time readers may recall, our first encounter with Ruby actually came two years prior when she accompanied 2005 Jills alum Dominica to 2007 tryouts. When I arrived at the event, I was greeted by not only Ruby, but Dominica as well as she was on her way to becoming a part of the injured Marine's family at the time.
Dominica and Ruby
As it turned out, that wasn't it as far as Jills alumnae were concerned. Jill R, who spent 2007 and part of 2008, was bartending there that day and her fraternal twin sister Joy, on the squad in 2007, stopped in for a bit as well. Just after Joy left, the Jills showed up in the forms of Kaitlin V and Murissa. They spent the afternoon visiting with supporters and selling raffle tickets as well as catching up with Jill some.
Jills alums Joy, Jill R, and Dominica
Ruby, Murissa, Jill R, Kaitlin, and Dominica
See all the pics at https://buffaloprocheerbuffalojills.shutterfly.com/pictures/5749
From the Bandettes comes a photo from the March game against Toronto and was taken before the game when the squad was signing their new calendars. Shown smiling for the camera are Cheri and Abby, two stunning young women who Bills fans missed out on getting to see on the sidelines for different, equally wrong, reasons. On a personal note, seeing them on the Bandettes was a major plus since they were assured of a good experience and we got to see these two beauties dance in 2015.
Cheri and Abby

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