Goshen students build cornhole board for local soldier Save Email Print
Posted: 5:08 PM Oct 15, 2008
Last Updated: 6:03 PM Oct 15, 2008

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Students at Goshen High School are building cornhole boards as a fundraiser, and they dedicated one of the boards to a local soldier, Don Cramer.

Don is in Iraq as part of the Indiana National Guard, and cornhole is his favorite game.

So the students built Don his very own board, signed it, and will send it overseas so the soldiers will have a little reminder of home.

"It's not really something they would need physically, but mentally I think they need it,” said Tyler Turner, who helped build the cornhole board. “They need to know that we support them and there is people that care about what they're doing and haven't forgotten about them."

"I can only imagine the look on his face when he opens it up and sees it,” said Cramer’s father, Don Cramer, Sr. “And probably, like a kid at Christmas, he's going to want to play it right off the bat."

It took a coordinated effort of several classes, each doing its part in designing and putting together the board.

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Posted by: Anonymous Location: huntington on Oct 16, 2008 at 01:27 PM
well at least google it...the game is for baseball my bad, not cornhole.

Posted by: duh Location: huntington on Oct 16, 2008 at 01:26 PM
maybe if you clicked the game button that is highlighted in the article you could find out about it.

Posted by: john Location: elkhart on Oct 16, 2008 at 01:03 PM
how about making more of those and sell them to the commuinty to buy other things they need over there that be a good way to support r troops

Posted by: Patrick Location: Granger on Oct 16, 2008 at 08:32 AM
Probably contact Goshen High School obviously.

Posted by: Cindy Location: South Bend on Oct 16, 2008 at 07:47 AM
This was really nice! I'm sure I'm going to sound stupid here, but what kind of game is cornhole, I've never heard of it?

Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 15, 2008 at 08:20 PM
That is a wonderful idea.

Posted by: Cyndi Location: Granger on Oct 15, 2008 at 07:06 PM
How can those of us in the community get one of these?

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