Nominated by Cadets Alumna Cara Warntz with support letters from Hall of Famers Steve Kieffer and Greg Pych

In the summer of 1984, Jack and Ellen Warntz donated money to the Garfield Cadets after a food truck incident that left the corps in need of funds. This put them on the corps' mailing list, and a few months later, in the fall of 1984, they saw a request for volunteers to cook, so they went to the first camp in November to volunteer. After that, Jack and Ellen cooked at every Cadets winter camp through 1992 and dedicated all of their summer vacation time to tour with the corps, working on the food truck. After cooking all day, Jack would then drive a van at night until being too tired to continue. Jack and Ellen were also very welcoming souls and showed love and care to all members as if they were her own children. They would often pull out their credit card to buy groceries for the day when the corps was tight on money, not even asking for reimbursement because they knew that type of donation was needed to keep the corps moving down the road. Often, you’d see Ellen outside of the food truck talking with kids who were dealing with stress or being homesick, lending an ear or a shoulder to cry on. She would help kids dealing with injuries, sew silk inserts into the wool sleeves of the uniform for a member who was allergic to wool, or buy mole skin for members whose heals were rubbed raw by the leather shoes the corps wore in the 80s. Even after their time as volunteers, Jack and Ellen continue to be great financial supporters of the corps to this day. Their love and dedication to The Cadets continues and has become a family legacy, as their son marched in The Cadets Front Ensemble in 1992 and Holy Bass in 1996 and 1997, and their grand-daughter marched in the Cadets² Front Ensemble from 2015-18 and The Cadets Front Ensemble from 2019-22. Even though they never wore the uniform, Jack and Ellen's care for the corps and work ethic truly embodies what The Cadets are all about.