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Simply stated, NJ hosts hundreds of Midshipmen at a mega-tailgate party after every Navy home game.  We welcome parents traveling from other states to join us.  If you are a parent from another State planning to attend a Navy football game, and would like to join us in hosting our mids, please contact Roy & Deb DeBoer to arrange to join us. 

Who?  Our NJ parents and their friends and family (and parents visiting from far-away States).  We make our own NJ home-cooked meals.  We serve all mids - whether they are from NJ or Toledo, Ohio, because on game day all mids are from NJ, whether they know it or not.  Send your mid an e-mail and tell him/her to meet you after the game at the tailgate.  Tell him to bring his/her friends and roommates.  They have most likely heard about the NJ tailgater, but... just in case!

What?  You, your family, your friends, make great homemade NJ food and bring it down game day.  We need everyone's help to cook food, set up beforehand, help serve the mids and/or help clean-up and re-load the trailer after the tailgater.  

Where?  Immediately outside gate D, on the Blue side of the stadium.  We are the parents' club with the closest designated tailgate area to the stadium entrance. PARKING is outside Gate D on the Navy side of the stadium. Your vehicle may occupy only one parking space.  We generally have someone in the lot by 9AM on game day.

When?  After every Navy Home Game.  You can come early, or before the game to help set-up, or you can help out after half-time to get things heated; you can help serve our hungry mids immediately after the game, or you can stick around after to help with the clean-up.  You need not commit to the entire process, we'd love to have your help at any time.

Why?  Because NJ loves ALL Midshipmen.  We want to them to know that we care about them and appreciate the sacrifices they are making on behalf of our country.  We want our members to be great ambassadors of our wonderful state.  Most of us live less than a 3-hour drive from USNA.  Getting up early to cook several trays of baked ziti, driving 3 hours to Annapolis, serving hundreds of midshipmen (pinching a cheek or two and doling out liberal hugs, while we're at it) is something we can do with hardly a sacrifice.  So jump onboard, lend a hand, make your best meal, bake those fabulous cookies.  Show all of our midshipmen that NJ LOVES OUR MIDS!

How?  We have our own club trailer, tables, canopies, chafing dishes and the biggest grill you've ever seen.  We have ten assigned parking spaces.  Parents holding season tickets for Navy football also have parking passes for stadium parking.  The first ten on the scene park in the allotted spots outside gate D.  Everyone arriving afterwards parks in nearby stadium parking and begins the tailgate set-up process. Those without season ticket must park offsite.

The food at NJ Tailgaters is for Midshipmen!
 Please plan to bring separate food and drinks for your family and friends. 
We sometimes serve as many as 300 midshipmen at our tailgater.  The line begins to grow within minutes of hearing them sing Navy Blue and Gold. 

There is no drinking of alcoholic beverages while serving food to Midshipmen or in the presence of Midshipmen.

Food handling safety measures MUST BE ADHERED TO AT ALL TIMES.  Servers must wash hands prior to handling food or utensils.

If you bring food, plan to provide the equipment necessary to heat and/or serve it.

BEHAVE - If you are working at the NJ Tailgate, please remember, you are an ambassador of our State and USNA.  We want every midshipmen's impression of NJ to be a positive one.  Our club supports the administration of USNA and our words and actions must be indicative of that support. 

Questions: 
Roy DeBoer or Bill Asdal