Oakland Raiders to Visit Yountville Veterans Home

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Oakland Raiders Once Again Visit With Residents of the Veterans Home of California, Yountville

EVENT: Following their pre-season game at San Francisco, members of the Oakland Raiders football team will once again visit the Veterans Home of California, Yountville on Sunday to spend time with the Homes residents.

“I am very pleased that the Oakland Raiders are coming to the Veterans Home of California in Yountville to spend time with our veteran residents, many of whom are football fans, ” said Robin Umberg, CalVet Undersecretary for Veterans Homes. “It is admirable that these Oakland Raiders team members are taking time out of their very busy schedule to bring the silver and black to this wonderful veterans home. ”

DATE: Sunday, August 21, 2011

TIME: 4:00 p. m. – 5:00 p. m.

PLACE: Main Dining Room

Veterans Home of California, Yountville

100 California Drive

Yountville, CA 94599

WHO: Oakland Raiders Team Members

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Oakland Raiders have won three World Championships and have claimed the Vince Lombardi trophy in Super Bowls XI, XV and XVIII. Nineteen wearers of the famed Silver and Black have been selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame including owner Al Davis.

The Raiders kicked off the franchise’s 52nd season of professional football competition versus the Arizona Cardinals at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Week 1 pre-season action on August 11th. The Oakland Raiders travel across the Bay to face the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2. The Silver and Black return to Oakland to host the New Orleans Saints in a nationally televised contest in Week 3 action on Sunday, August 28th. The game will be televised by NBC (5 p. m. PT). In the pre-season finale, the Oakland Raiders travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks in Week 4.

The Raiders open the 2011 NFL regular season in prime-time for the fifth time in seven seasons when the Silver and Black travel to Denver to face the AFC West Broncos on September 12th in the second half of the ESPN Monday night doubleheader. The Raiders then travel to Buffalo to face the Bills on September 18th before hosting the New York Jets at O. co Coliseum in the 2011 home opener on September 25th. The following week, the Raiders take on the New England Patriots on Sunday, October 2nd at O. co Coliseum.

Founded in 1884, The Veterans Home of California -Yountville is the largest veterans’ home in the United States, offering residential accommodations with a wealth of recreational, social, and therapeutic activities for independent living. Some 1,100 aged or disabled veterans (both men and women) of World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom currently live at the Veterans Home.