After the 12-year old boy from Yukon, Oklahoma, handwrote letters to executives of 32 NFL teams, he was shocked and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (unhappy) to receive a personal response from the owner of the Carolina Panthers.

    When Heather Pope's son Cade was homesick from school the week before Christmas, he was "kind of bored" and " needed something

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (take) up his time", so he asked his parents {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he could write to every professional football team. On December 26, Cade sent 16 letters to the NFC teams. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} January 5, Cade sent 16 letters to the AFC teams. Cade {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (write), "My family and I love football. We play football and watch NFL games every weekend. My parents are St. Louis Rams' {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fan). My brother is a fan too." His mother Pope said, "With Christmas and different {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (activity) it took him about three weeks to handwrite all of those letters. "He didn't {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (real) have one team that he wanted to hear from," she said. "He just wanted to see what kind of response he'd get." Last Thursday, his mother {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a box from the Panthers. Cade was still at school, but she sent him a photo.

    When Cade came home, he opened the package to find a handwritten note {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Richardson. Pope said Cade was "overjoyed that he got that kind of response".