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SonsOfNutmeg

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I'm really glad this is finally happening! Not only for us fans, but for Jazz' family and his memory.
 
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Will there be collections for this memorial going on at the games?

Not this week. Maybe next week. I'll ask the Athletic Department. As of now, the foundation website, mailing a check or calling the foundation are the best ways
 

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Public Service Announcement: If you've donated recently to the Uconn Foundation you can call and have them reallocate the funds to the memorial very easily. I had donated about 10 days ago prior to the memorial fund announcement and the switch was painless.
 
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We're only at $3500 as of this morning. We really need to get this moving. Woukd like to be at $12-13 k by next Wednesday. Please, if you haven't donated yet, consider doing so. No donation is too small. To all you that have given, THANK YOU. Please continue to get word out!

My wife and I will be on Ray Dunnaway's pregame show on 1080 tomorrow at 9 am to promote it.
 
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I am in . Sending $100. Least I can do.

I have worn the #6 jersey to EVERY UCONN sporting event since I got it.
 
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There's a need to raise $25,000---so 25 people need to donate $1,000-----or 50 can give $500. What about 100 at $250. Or 1,000 at $25. How about $1 from 25,000 Husky fans at the stadium. As my grandfather used to say "a lot of a little is a lot!" Let's get it done.
 
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Maybe Randy Edsall can take a small slice of his 2 mil per year contract and help out.....any chance this can be directed his way somehow?
 
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Maybe Randy Edsall can take a small slice of his 2 mil per year contract and help out.....any chance this can be directed his way somehow?

Already done, we reached out to Randy months ago and he has supported us all the way through. Say what you will about him, this was his greatest hour as our coach in my opinion and it is very important to him.
 
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Lots of former players have been contacted by several people from the University. There's a big push on here.
 
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Lots of former players have been contacted by several people from the University. There's a big push on here.

One would think that 25k would not be a problem for the NFL guys to cover.
 
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One would think that 25k would not be a problem for the NFL guys to cover.

You're definitely right about that Art, and if that's what we need to do to get this done, I'll be all over it, but in my heart, this is a tribute from all of us and for all of us. I would rather have 2500 ten dollar donors than just a couple of large ones. But it would be nice to not have to worry about fundraising, lol. We'll get there. I have faith in Husky nation. #HuskyUp
 
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You're definitely right about that Art, and if that's what we need to do to get this done, I'll be all over it, but in my heart, this is a tribute from all of us and for all of us. I would rather have 2500 ten dollar donors than just a couple of large ones. But it would be nice to not have to worry about fundraising, lol. We'll get there. I have faith in Husky nation. #HuskyUp

I'm bumming the team couldn't even top my $25 minimum today. But $25 it is.
 
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[QUksTE="sportsart, post: 1052935, member: 123"]In case some of the new boneyarders don't know the whole story.

Still tough to remember.

http://touch.courant.com/#section/2224/article/p2p-79737862/?related=true[/QUOTE]
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In case some of the new boneyarders don't know the whole story.

Still tough to remember.

http://touch.courant.com/#section/2224/article/p2p-79737862/?related=true

Thanks again Art for posting this. It really is great piece(despite Fowler's unfortunate screw up during the intro). It really captures all the facets of the story. To me, Randy's quote at the funeral expresses so well why this tribute needs to be done,

"Jazz, you will be with us forever, and we'll remember you forever, and we'll carry your legacy on." -Randy Edsall
 
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I left a correction comment on the AP story page: the article lists the fund-raising goal as $3,000, not $30,000.
 
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Will have updated numbers later today. Please continue to spread the word everywhere you can. Want to be at 12k minimum by Wednesday. Thanks again! #Huskyup #jasperhowardmemorial
 

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I left a correction comment on the AP story page: the article lists the fund-raising goal as $3,000, not $30,000.
Yep, I tweeted them about it as well.
 
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Fundraising update. I don't hav firm numbers but we are definitely making good progress. Today was our best day so far but we need to keep up the momentum! We are reaching out to every media outlet we can and are getting very good publicity but we need more! Please reach out to your contacts, family, friends etc. And let them know about this. I'm hoping we really make a statement with this effort.

Thanks to everyone for your support.

https://secure3.convio.net/ucfdn/si...1E944C.app325b?df_id=3820&3820.donation=form1
 
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All.. I met Dan and his wife on Saturday during the Walk. Super nice people super dedicated to the cause. If you have the means and are so inclined, this is such a worthy cause. Even though we are all certifiable - and I mean that in the nicest way possible :) - the Yard has always come through whether it was the Fiesta Bowl, previous years' golf tournies or the funds raised for the Calhoun Cancer Center. The process to donate take two minutes. Thanks...#huskyup
 
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Spread the word, new push for the tribute, courtesy of a friend's idea; 6 for 6 . If we can get every season ticket holder to give $6, we raise over 120k and really make a statement! With that we not only pay for the tribute easily, we give over $100k to the endowed scholarship in Jasper's name. Every time a player receives the Jasper Howard Scholarship his name lives on. What an incredible statement that would make. I would love to say when this is all said and done that over 20 thousand people contributed to the fund. I've introduced it on Twitter so please consider tweeting it out with #6for6
 
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In order to get to all season ticket holders, you're going to need the list from the Athletic Department.
You should ask them to create a mass marketing email for you. It will take them like 30 minutes

Pic of Jazz....Pic of monument....$6 for #6 logo....quote from Jazz....link to donate

Done
 
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