I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone once again for all of your generous donations to the Tug McGraw Foundation and to my NYC Marathon Fundraising efforts.
When I initially decided to raise my fundraising goal to $4,500 in honor of Tug’s Number 45, I had my doubts that I’d be able to reach that amount. But thanks to all of you, it has now been reached and surpassed!
Particular thanks go out to Greg Prince of Faith and Fear in Flushing and to Matt Cerrone of Metsblog, as well as to My Summer Family, Studius Metsimus, Metsgrrl, Matt Silverman, the Real Dirty Mets Blog, the Mets Police, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Made in the Shea-de, New York Mets Fan Blog, The Eddie Kranepool Society, Home Run Apple, West Windsor-Plainsboro News, and all of the other bloggers who have spread the word about my fundraising.
I feel like an Oscar winner who knows that she has left important people off of the list, and I am truly sorry in advance. Everyone’s work to publicize the cause has brought in donors who would not otherwise have known about my efforts. I am grateful to all of them.
Thank you to all who have made monetary donations, large or small. The Tug McGraw Foundation is a wonderful organization that does terrific work. I have not been shy about asking people for money because the work being done in Tug’s name is doing so much good.
Thank you to everyone who has provided me with emotional support, training advice, and everything else that it is taking so that I can run 26.2 miles in November. This seems so much like an impossible dream, but Ya Gotta Believe that it will happen, in large part to the way I have been able to lean on you.
I am overjoyed, touched, humbled, and a million other things rolled into one. And I am profoundly grateful to all of you.
Obviously I’m not going to stop raising money — between now and November 7 I’m going to try to raise as much as I can for Team McGraw. But I cannot begin to tell you how much it means to me to have been able to raise $4,500 in honor of No. 45. All of you have contributed to an extraordinarily appropriate tribute to this beloved human being.
All the best to all of you, and Ya Gotta Believe!
Sharon Chapman
