Tommy Dowd Foundation sponsors bus trip to Oct. 2 Army football game

Monroe -The Tommy Dowd Foundation, named after the Monroe resident who died in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, is sponsoring a bus trip to West Point on Saturday, Oct. 2, for the U.S. Military Academy’s football game against Temple University. Dowd touched many lives as a husband, father and friend. The foundation was started to continue Dowd’s legacy of kindness. Since it’s inception, the foundation has awarded more than $30,000 in scholarships to Monroe-Woodbury High School students and other local causes. The bus to the Oct. 2 football game leaves at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $65 and includes snacks, beverages and the fixing for a tailgate party. All checks should be made payable to the Tommy Dowd Memorial Foundation, which is a registered non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. For more information, contact foundation members at 917-335-1835, oc7757@optonline.net or www.tommydowdmemorialfoundation.com. The trip is sponsored by Manhattan Beer Distributors, Bourbon St. Bar and Grill, Best Mechanical, Monroe Beer and Soda, Loughran’s Irish Pub, Big Mike’s Pizza and Pasta and Amalfi’s Pizzeria.