"Today while we were working on our community service project.  Our team came together and worked hard together," stated freshman receiver Mike Jenkins. "It was a great way to bond as a team. We learned a lot about each other. It was fun and a great team building exercise," finished Jenkins.

Head football coach Jeff Douglas chimed in about the experience as well, ""7 years ago Coach Welch joined the NAIA Champions of Character and today we continued that work with our community service project of the Lamoni Bike Trail," stated Douglas. "It was a great experience for our kids, they did a great job of working together to really make the trail look nice and helped beautify the community," finished Coach Douglas;

Graceland opens its season September 4th, in Lamoni against William Penn University.