BEREA -- Ready for some football?
How about watching the games in an Amish oak rocking chair with former Cleveland Browns' player Joe "Turkey" Jones at your side?
Jones has placed his own personal rocking chair, which contains his signature on the left arm, up for auction. All proceeds go toward SCAN Hunger Food Pantry, which services the six communities of Southwest Community Access Network.
Former Cleveland Browns' Joe "Turkey" Jones signature reminds football fans of the hit he gave Steelers' quarterback Terry Bradshaw. He suffered a concussion from the hit.
Jones, who calls Berea his "second" home, said he offers the chairs for charitable fundraising because that was the way he was raised. This, however, was his own chair that he decided to leave at Berea City Hall when he underwent knee replacement recently in Cleveland. He has since returned to his Texas home.
"I was raised understanding that helping others was the right thing to do," he said. "This is a way of giving back to the community and an organization (Cleveland Browns) that offered me so much in my life."
The Berea Recreation Center is accepting bids for about three weeks. A photograph of the chair and the bidding sheet is at the center's entrance counter. The center is located at 451 Front St., Berea.
The winner also will have the opportunity to meet Jones when he returns to the area in August. Jones said he has an additional surprise for the winning bidder, which he will announce after the auction.
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