Match Harbaugh's Fine With Donations to #ChadTough
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A worthy target for the Michigan Money Cannon. Craig from Hoover Street Rag and a few other Michigan outlets and Twitter accounts are attempting this week to raise at least $10,000, to match Harbaugh's fine with a donation to The ChadTough Foundation for DIPG research. This is a great cause with previous support from the Wolverine community. They're already at over $1,800 after 15 hours.
EDIT: A couple things. About $2700 has been donated in the less than 90 minutes since this post. Obviously, it didn't all come from here, but still impressive. This place is awesome.
Also, I'd like to be very clear that I am not really at all involved in the fundraising, nor was it my idea. I just gave it the signal boost to the MGoBoards. Your gratitude belongs to Craig Barker at Hoover Street Rag (@cdbarker, @hooverstreet), as well as Maize and Go Blue (@maizeandgoblue), @SupportUofM, and Maize and Blue Nation (@maizebluenation). They are the masterminds. I'm just this guy, you know?
November 29th, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
(and actually a pretty good way to keep the Big Ten's bafoonery & Michigan in the spotlight a bit as we pray for a CFP spot)
November 29th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^
November 29th, 2016 at 3:19 PM ^
We need some fun, since we can bitch about he refs any more.
November 30th, 2016 at 11:31 AM ^
The deadline for donations has been EXTENDED to Saturday evening.
November 29th, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^
November 29th, 2016 at 3:13 PM ^
Let's double this goal and send a STRONGer message to the B1G and #ChadTough
November 29th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^
Done. This is what Michigan people (and other good people) do.
November 29th, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^
Swift Kick in Delany's face!...
November 29th, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
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November 29th, 2016 at 12:43 PM ^
I donated. Done.
November 29th, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^
Can this be pinned to the top for a bit?
November 29th, 2016 at 12:53 PM ^
Fighting for two causes with one all to real.
November 29th, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
Fantastic idea. They're already ~1/3 to the goal.
November 29th, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
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November 29th, 2016 at 1:22 PM ^
Just donated
November 29th, 2016 at 1:23 PM ^
November 29th, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^
Done! Perfect timing for GivingTuesday!
November 29th, 2016 at 1:49 PM ^
Took a major hit this weekend. If this is still up when I get paid tomorrow, I'm on it! Great idea!
EDIT: Got some family members to agree to donate money instead of getting me gifts.
November 29th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
Again, I love the charity and do donate.
Peace to Lloyd and his family. Im putting my baby girl down to sleep as I type this.
November 29th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
1). Turning a negative into a positive. Showing that we believe Harbaugh speaking the truth was not worthy of a fine. Getting us out of our wallowing in self-pity and towards something productive, especially on Giving Tuesday.
3): Make this a conversation piece during the Big Ten championship game this Saturday to help raise additional support for The ChadTough Foundation.
If nothing else, we raise some money for a good cause. I can live with that.
November 29th, 2016 at 2:27 PM ^
Again? I think the cause is amazing, have and will continue to donate, bit I just don't understand the connection to the fine.
Go Blue and prayers for the Carr family!
November 29th, 2016 at 3:03 PM ^
Maybe you're overthinking this? The people who started this fundraiser decided to make the connection: B1G fined Harbaugh $10K therefore we're gonna try and raise $10K for a good cause. It's a good thing to do and a nice number to shoot for.
Hopefully this generates a lot of good publicity and goes viral, causing them to talk about it... there's no inside connection.
November 29th, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^
Sorry for likely being a dick. Go Blue
November 29th, 2016 at 1:46 PM ^
But thanks for the idea, $4300 in 17 hours. Awesome!
November 29th, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^
Over 3 thousand has been raised in just a few hours. That's awesome.
November 29th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
Wondering if we can leave it open for a day or two, rather than cappping it at $10k.
THEN challenge the Big Ten to match that number.
November 29th, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^
I think we're definitely in favor of this, we'll see where the next few days take us.
November 29th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
They just posted an update:
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who have donated so far. We never doubted that the Michigan family would hit the $10k mark; we just didn't expect it to happen this fast. We're keeping the fundraiser open until Saturday night to coincide with the Big Ten Championship Game. We're also issuing a formal challenge to the Big Ten to match the $10k donation. Keep donating, keep sharing, keep spreading the word. Go Blue!
Can we bump this to the top of the Board or make it a diary?
November 29th, 2016 at 2:08 PM ^
Let's turn the idiocy of the B1G referees and the B1G commissioner's office into a positive and also support Coach H. It is Giving Tuesday, after all.
Please donate what you can. :)
November 29th, 2016 at 3:32 PM ^
Just threw in $20 (cweerapp for verification).
Boy do I love this fanbase at times like this.
November 29th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
I am in for $100. Made under "roanth" for verification
November 29th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
Just put in $250.
November 29th, 2016 at 3:19 PM ^
awesome! put in 100!
November 29th, 2016 at 3:43 PM ^
$25 under mn_wolverine
November 29th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
Good on ya! I put in for $50.
You raised the fundraiser total to: $9,712!
Your donation will be shown on the fundraiser page as samuelmross, $50 USD
November 29th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
I just donated $50. (bctaiji for verification) More importantly, the total now stands at $10,784.
November 29th, 2016 at 4:31 PM ^
from sthomasiii
November 29th, 2016 at 5:22 PM ^
Donated $100.
Can't believe we've already eclipsed $10k. Keep it going baby!
God bless the Carr family.
November 29th, 2016 at 5:30 PM ^
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November 29th, 2016 at 2:17 PM ^
Wanted to donate on behalf of Daniel Capron, but the site makes it look like that's the name of the actual donor... Less fun that way! Great idea, great cause!
November 29th, 2016 at 2:54 PM ^
Thanks for the heads up. Great cause and giving the middle finger to Delaney is just icing on the cakse. Donation made
November 29th, 2016 at 3:08 PM ^
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November 29th, 2016 at 3:20 PM ^
Great Idea!
Donated!
November 29th, 2016 at 3:21 PM ^
nearly $8k already. Me thinks it could go much higher! Nice to be able to vent/bitch and still do something that not only helps but continues the venting/bitching until something is resolved. Someone needs to get this donation story out to public. I have e-mailed Bruce Drennan. He's a blowhard Ohio sports talk show host and will e-mail him this as well.
November 29th, 2016 at 3:23 PM ^
will include request of possible donation sites in my e-mail to Bruce Drennan. Will let Brian know if I hear anything.
November 29th, 2016 at 3:40 PM ^
and almost to $9K already!
November 29th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^
$9,300. Would love to see if they had a timeline with donations per minute. I am guessing there was a huge spike after this post was made. Think there were $5,000 in donations made over the last 3-4 hours, $4,400 in the first 14-15 hours
November 29th, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
This place is a money train. Tip of the hat to all of you.
November 29th, 2016 at 3:58 PM ^
November 29th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^