2010 BCB Fundraiser Update: Dempster Family Foundation

by Al Yellon on Jun 8, 2010 8:00 AM CDT in Meta BCB

Several weeks ago I announced that BCB was partnering with the Dempster Family Foundation to raise money for Ryan Dempster's foundation's mission:

to help support children with 22q11.2 Deletion ("22q" and DiGeorge Syndrome)

I wanted to find a way to get more money to the Foundation. So, I have once again partnered with Strange Cargo, the quirky T-shirt store that's only a block or so from Wrigley Field, to sell these shirts and benefit the Foundation. After the jump, there's info on how to order yours.

You can order the shirt from Strange Cargo at this link. If you're in the neighborhood or near Wrigley for a Cubs game, you can get them at the store, which is located at 3448 N. Clark Street. Strange Cargo will ship worldwide, so those of you outside the US who expressed interest before can now order yours.

And, $8 from every shirt will be donated to the Dempster Family Foundation. My personal take from this is zero, incidentally. Please order your shirt today and help support this great cause. Thanks, and the Dempster Foundation thanks you too.

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Nice. Looks like we'll have a store stop to make later this month.

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by Zeke on Jun 8, 2010 8:04 AM CDT reply actions

What game are you going to Zeke?

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by katie casey on Jun 8, 2010 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions

June 30 & July 1

We have met the enemy and they are us! ~ Walt Kelly, Pogo, 1971

by Zeke on Jun 8, 2010 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Drats, foiled again.

We’ll be at June 15th, 19th and 4th of July.

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by katie casey on Jun 8, 2010 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions

Maybe we can meet for a Cubs playoff game...in 2018...

We have met the enemy and they are us! ~ Walt Kelly, Pogo, 1971

by Zeke on Jun 8, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions

IIRC...

the initial donation going to the Foundation was $1.50 or something like that. Glad to see that you’ve decided to take the other $6.50 and donate that as well, rather than profiting. And I mean that with all sincerity.

As an aside, to those who haven’t been… Strange Cargo is a great, great store.

by kanderber on Jun 8, 2010 8:22 AM CDT reply actions

$21…

by Joe V on Jun 8, 2010 8:28 AM CDT reply actions

Yes, $21.

Most T-shirts of this type these days are about that price, or more.

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by Al Yellon on Jun 8, 2010 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions

I think that's a fair price.

I recently bought a Billy Williams shirt for $23 without batting an eye.

I have one. I really like it. Although so far I’m only 1-2 in it.

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by katie casey on Jun 8, 2010 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm making note of this for next week!

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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 8, 2010 8:43 AM CDT reply actions

As one of the people who criticized the last attempt at selling shirts,

I want to say that this is 100x better. The price is completely fair when you consider how much money is going to a great cause. I’ll be picking one up next time I’m by Wrigley (maybe tonight if I start craving some Taco Bell).

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by Schwa on Jun 8, 2010 9:11 AM CDT reply actions

just bought one online

Quick and easy, thanks for the link!

by dpdoogie on Jun 8, 2010 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

Got mine before the game today

Apparently they’re not sitting on the shelf — they screened one for me "while-U-wait’. It only took a few minutes. If I had ordered online (free pickup) I surely could have avoided even that short wait. Cool store too.

by ChipSet on Jun 12, 2010 9:01 PM CDT reply actions