Purple Row donates $100 to the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial
by Charlie77 on Oct 21, 2009 7:35 PM MDT
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Congratulations fellow Rowbots, the check we have all been waiting for arrived in the mail and I have spent it. Back on September 17th we placed submissions for a worthy charity in which to donate our money to and the overwhelming response was for the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial. The timing for the donation is perfect as the Memorial Golf Tournament occurs on November 7th. Anyone interested in playing in the tournament is welcome to join in at the Tapatio Springs Golf Resort in Boerne, TX. The cost to play is $125 but anyone who pre-registers will receive a $50 discount for 18 holes and dinner. The dinner also includes a live auction for donated items such as a Spring Training Trip to Arizona, autographed jerseys and other autographed merchandise.
This morning I submitted the money to the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial and received this reply in response.
Thank you so much Charlie for the generous donation from PurpleRow. We truly appreciate support from individuals and groups like yours. We have a sign made for the tournament listing the "Friends" of Mike Coolbaugh - so how should I list your organization? As PurpleRow or Purplerow Cares? Let me know so I make sure to get it right. Thank you again for your support for the Coolbaugh Family.
Sincerely,
Kristin Frank
Coolbaugh Memorial Tournament
If anyone would like to contribute individually to the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial, donations are welcome in any amount. According to the website donations are used for
The proceeds from this year's tournament will go partially to help support Mandy and the kids, but also to start a baseball clinic for kids from San Antonio who have lost a family member. She also wants to do what she can to promote safer conditions for baseball players, coaches and fans at every level.
Here is a picture of the check we received from Café Press for the sales of Purple Row merchandise. Holly and I want to thank everyone for their support of Purple Row Cares and hope that it continues in the future. The check we received was for all the sales from June to September. Everyone needs to start thinking of another charity, already we have earned nearly $80 for sales through October Rocktober.
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I also wanted to add..
that Mike’s brother and sister-in-law are in the process of building an indoor batting cage to be named after Mike Coolbaugh. The batting cage is in memorium of another young man who was killed by a baseball the same year as Mike. He was a high school player named Chris Gavora. More information can be found at Diamond Dreams.
Order a Rocktober t-shirt in time for the playoffs and donate to charity at:
Purple Row Cares
Did you
tell them PurpleRow or PurpleRow Cares?
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Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
I asked that they make the sign PurpleRow.com
..it sounded better than Russ’ Star Wars Rant. IMO
Order a Rocktober t-shirt in time for the playoffs and donate to charity at:
Purple Row Cares
The Coolbaugh Memorial website..
has some neat pics of the tournament over the past two years. Here is one of Mandy Coolbaugh and her three kids from 2007.
Order a Rocktober t-shirt in time for the playoffs and donate to charity at:
Purple Row Cares
** UPDATE **
It appears that Albert Pujols stepped in at the last minute to sponsor the dinner event after the original sponsor backed out. It just goes to show how Albert is a real life superman. The event hosts expressed their appreciation for Albert’s generosity:
“It’s important for people to know, to know that as big as Albert Pujols is, as much as he has, he can still do something like this that makes such a difference. This stuff doesn’t make the headlines. And it should. It makes regular people want to be good people as well.” ,"
- – Mandy Coolbaugh. "
Benjamim Hill of MiLB.com does a nice story about the golf tournament and the dinner afterwards. Mandy Coolbaugh’s quote was pulled from an earlier story written by Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. My contact within the organization promises a photo is still coming with our name on it. So I’ll post that as soon as it becomes available. Thanks again everyone for your donations, and even you too Mr. Pujols.
Donate to charity by shopping for Purple Row Merchandise at:
Purple Row Cares
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