A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the CalPark Eagles in their fundraising efforts to get new equipment.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the CalPark Eagles in their fundraising efforts to get new equipment.The president of the CalPark Eagles football team in Robbins, Illinois says someone stole their youngest players' equipment from a storage container.
The youth team for the CalPark Eagles in south suburban Robbins was set to take the field in a few weeks for their first football game of the season, but now, they are unsure if they will be able to start after their equipment was stolen. For decades, the Robbins CalPark Eagles have thrived as one of the largest youth football programs in the south suburbs, serving kids ages 6 to 13.They are getting ready for their new season in a few weeks, but there is a setback for the youngest players. "You see these things on the news all the time, and you have a heart for those programs, but when it happens to you, it's a whole different thing," said CalPark Eagles President Glenn Hampton. Hampton says someone broke into their storage container that sits in an empty lot off of a main road and stole equipment their 6-year-olds and 7-year-olds use, including dozens of shoulder pads, and helmets worth thousands of dollars. "For what we have, the exact model is $250 to date per helmet. And so, we're down almost 60 helmets," Hampton said. Coach Gilbert Shepard says a parent drove by Sunday and saw the door to the storage container was open. He is hopeful the surveillance cameras at a nearby school caught the crime. In the meantime, in addition to teaching plays on the field, he is having to give his team a life lesson.Some of the older players are trying to make sense of what happened. "I just can't believe our younger youth don't have any more equipment, and they might not be able to play," said CalPark Eagle football player Blake Ross. "I was like, 'Why would they do that?' Now, our younger kids have nothing to wear for the game," said Jaiden Dampier, another CalPark Eagle football player."We're going to make sure these kids will be able to be on the field on the 23rd" Shepard said.
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