{"id":132132,"date":"2026-09-10T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=132132"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:25:03","slug":"sept-12-bishop-backers-fall-community-day-free-tailgate-with-public-safety-delaware-emergency-responders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/sept-12-bishop-backers-fall-community-day-free-tailgate-with-public-safety-delaware-emergency-responders\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept. 12 &#8211; Bishop Backers Fall Community Day, Free Tailgate with Public Safety, Delaware Emergency Responders!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is invited to a free pre-game tailgate and Ohio Wesleyan football game on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Bishop Backers Fall Community Day celebration at Selby Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The tailgate will begin at noon with City of Delaware police officers and firefighters and Ohio Wesleyan Public Safety officers grilling up free hot dogs and hamburgers. (Vegetarian options will be available.)<\/p>\n<p>At 1 p.m., the Battling Bishops football team will take on the Blue Streaks of John Carroll University.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free, but attendees are invited to support the Bryan Williams Legacy Scholarship through contributions, a 50\/50 raffle, and ticketed raffles to win a big-screen TV or a Bishop Backers basket that includes season sports passes and assorted OWU team gear. The scholarship was created in memory of Williams, a Delaware and Marion County firefighter, to provide scholarships to eligible individuals planning careers in public service.<\/p>\n<p>Community Day will be preceded from 9-11 a.m. with a Steps for Service event to honor the firefighters of 9\/11. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/stepsforservice\/\">www.owu.edu\/stepsforservice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop Backers is an organization of community advocates interested in sharing information about the breadth of athletics, arts, and educational opportunities available at Ohio Wesleyan. Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/BishopBackers\">www.owu.edu\/BishopBackers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Bishop Backers<br \/>\nContact: Cole Hatcher @ cehatche@owu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is invited to a free pre-game tailgate and Ohio Wesleyan football game on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Bishop Backers Fall Community Day celebration at Selby Stadium. The tailgate will begin at noon with City of Delaware police officers and firefighters and Ohio Wesleyan Public Safety officers grilling up free hot dogs and hamburgers. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132132"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132134,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132132\/revisions\/132134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}