Modesto Junior College invites the campus and community to a Homecoming Football Game and Alumni Celebration on Saturday, September 12 in the MJC Stadium.  The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. with kick-off at 7 p.m. as the MJC Pirate Football Team takes on the Falcons of West Hills College.  The MJC Alumni Association and the Associated Students of Modesto Junior College (ASMJC) are planning an "Alumni Tunnel of Memories" to celebrate "Pirate Pride" and make the evening special.  There will also be a fun "Pirate Playland" for kids.

Admission to all MJC home football games is $8 for general, $5 for students and senior citizens 62 and older, $3 for MJC students with an Activity Sticker and for children 7-10 years old, with children 6 and under getting in free. Anyone not wishing to cook dinner before the game will find plenty of food available for purchase at the Snack Bar during Homecoming.

The Pirate's  home football games for the 2009 season are:

     Aug. 27 - Blue & White Game (intrasquad scrimmage), 6:30 p.m., MJC Stadium
     Sept. 5 - MJC vs. San Joaquin Delta College, 7 p.m., MJC Stadium
     Sept.12 - MJC vs. West Hills College, "Homecoming" 7 p.m., MJC Stadium
     Sept.26 - MJC vs. Feather River College, 3 p.m., (Note: afternoon game), MJC Stadium
     Oct. 17 - MJC vs. Los Medanos College, 7 p.m., MJC Stadium
     Oct. 31 - MJC vs. Cabrillo College, 7 p.m., MJC Stadium
     Nov.14 - MJC vs. Merced College 7 p.m., MJC Stadium

For more information on Homecoming contact Sandy DeWalt in the MJC Foundation Office at 575-6619 or Bryan Justin Marks with the MJC Alumni Association at 575-6838.