On Saturday, May 16th, Crusader Nation came together to celebrate our first Giving Day. On what was supposed to be an exciting move-ins weekend, family, friends, and alumni instead joined together virtually to celebrate the corps of past, present, and future. Through a series of live streams throughout the day, the entire Crusader community was able to join together as one and raise over $94,000 from 325 donors to propel the corps into 2021.
To kick off Giving Day, festivities began and closed with throwback watch parties on Facebook. Over 12,000 BAC fans tuned in to these livestream parties which featured BAC shows from the 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, and 10’s. All day long alums were logging on and reminiscing on summers past.
For prime time, Executive Director of the Boston Crusaders Chris Holland took to the internet to kick off the official Giving Day Livestream. Reporting live from BAC’s hometown in Hyde Park, Chris brought fans on a journey through the corps’ recent history while highlighting the strengths, and struggles, of a season off the road. Dozens of key players from the corps history called in to give their own account behind the scenes of the corps’ most pivotal seasons. Thank you to all of the featured guests including:
Heather Graham, Guard Designer
Alex Beltran, Battery Manager
Dan and Melissa Greer, Former Directors and Hall of Fame members
Howard Weinstein, Former Director and Hall of Fame member
Mike Corrigan, Alumnus
Michael Woodall, Executive Board and Hall of Fame member
David Simon, Executive Board and Hall of Fame member
Ryan George, Composer and Arranger
Keith Potter, Artistic Director
Michael Townsend, Lead Designer & Choreographer; Guard Director
Maryl Harris, 2020 Brass
Daniel Gutiérrez, 2020 Battery
Sierra Bennett, 2020 Color Guard
Check out the full broadcast below!VIDEO
In just 24 hours we succeeded our goal of 300 donors ! Thanks to the generosity of 325 donors, our final total for our first Giving Day was $94,565 ! These donations will help close the $500,000 gap left without summer revenue. Thank you to all of the donors, both big and small, for helping BAC move into 2021!
FINAL RESULTS:
THANK YOU:
Donors
Sean Adornato • Christopher Albano • Maria Albano • Keith Anakotta • Michelle Anastos • Madeline Anderson • Mary Ann Propes • Frank Annetti • Kevin Archambault • C.J. Arrigo • Nicole Atkins • Robert Atkins • Chris Avanzo • Jacqueline Awugah • Irving Bagley Jr • Julie Baird • Rick Baker • Steve Baldassari • Dave Banitt • Robert Banitt • Norman Barber • Sandra Barcol • Mark Barnes • Christopher Barry • Robert Barry • Ahmed Basheer • Paul Beauchamp • Sabine Becht • Brian Beckmeyer • Steve Belmonte • Andrea Berry • Keith Berry • Chris Bershad • Emma Bertolino • Neil & Michele Bickford • Jayne Blake • Darlene Blose • Andra Bolotin • Adrian Bond • Mike Bordonaro • George Bowles • Danyelle Brothers • Cheryl Brown • Crystal Brown • Melissa Bruneau • Denis Brunelle • Karen Buchheit • Sean Buchsbaum • Faril Bunner • Mary Buonanno • Patricia Burke • Bryce Burt • Robert Butt • Betty L Byrne • Andrea Calvin • Vicki Campanella • Julia Cardillo • Dianne Cardner • Paul And Kim Carey • Kathleen Carland • Karen Carlson • Joseph Caron • Paul Carroll • Stephanie Carroll • Charles Casella • Joe Casey • Penney Casey • Susan Cashin Lefebvre • Brian Cashman • Susan Cassidy • Casey Caviness • Jim Centorino • Ariel Chant • Deb Cheesebro • Sandy Cho • Edward Choi • Debra Chomicka • Jeanne Cirillo • Barrett Clark • Mitchell Coats • Michael Colton • Theresa Condon • Linda Coval • Emily Crandall • Laura Crochet • Joanna Crumpler • Carl Cummings • Niki D’Esopo • Tom Davidson • Robert Davol • James Dawson • Erin Day • Anja De Bruin • Sally Deanda • Stephen Decost • David Decosta • Dori Delaney • Joe Devaros • Anthony Dicarlo • Hattie Dietz • Karen Dillard • Mary Doherty • Gerald Dolan • Julia Dolley • Stephen Dolley • Brennan Doty • Nancy Doyle • David Dressler • Helen Duskin • Pat Dwan • Angela Dye • Anthony Eaton • Heather Elliott • Maureen Enos • Catherine Erickson • Robert Falgares • Daniel Fallon • Tamara Fallon Iyer • Mario Faraone • Jim & Doreen Farma • Greg Farrington • Robert Faulconer • David Feeney • Barbara Ferguson • Judith Ferrari • John Filippone • Elaine Fitzpatrick • Joanne Fitzsimmons • Ken Flanagan • Laura Flynn • Karen Foley • Kemetia Foley • Christy Foreman • Dave & Janet Foshee • Brendan Fowkes • Jim Francisco • Charles Freeman • Kamron Galarza • Michael Galluzzo • Katie Garcia • Anne Gardner Kennedy • Lisa Garza • Nancy Gaughan • Michael Genimatas • Cindy George • Deron Gerow • Thomas Gilg • Blackbaud Giving Fund • Gisele Glaze • Nary Glaze • Ellen Godena • Michael Godin • Michelle Godin • Cheryl Gonzales • Dina Gonzalez • Greg Gowern • Paul Gowern • Margaret Grandbois • Bill Gravina • Cherie Greene • Bruce Greer • Tara Griffin Landry • Tim Grimes • Machiel Groeneveld • Maggie Grover • John Guice • Gregory Hagopian • John Hall • Deborah Hallowell • James Hamilton • Lynn Hammert • David Hanley • Mike Hansen • Robin Hansen • Elizabeth Hardy • Leigh Harriden • Mickie Harrington Rodway • Kelly Hart • Bill Hatfield • David Hautanen • Mark Head • Carol Healion • Linda Hebbard • Kathleen Helwig • Janice Hickeut • Michael Hoffmann • Jack Hogan • Katelyn Hogan • Daniel Holland • Patrick Holland • Robert Holland • Joan Howell • Constance Huff • Valarie Hunt • Daniel Hurley • Mai Huynh Le • Jason Ihnat • Dorothy Jackson Turek • Venelle Jasmin • Richard Jeffries • Marilyn Jeffs • Richard Jennings • Lee Jex • Tony Jex • Daryl Jezierski • Stark John • Hunter Jones • Keith Kadel • Andrea Kaiser • Mary Kaltenbach • Ted Karis • Andrea Keller • Jackee Keller • Shawn Kelley • Amy S Kelly • Dan Kelly • Donald Kendzior • Karen Kennedy • Jenelle Khaleel • Chae Kim • George Kintz • Marsha Kintz • Elizabeth Koester • Gary & Maryann Kohl • Scott & Barbara Kresge • Robert Kroon • Jacee Krueger • Janet Krulee • Michelle Kuempel • Molly Kueter • Jason Kutac • Gregory Kuzma • Michael Labrie • James Lamoureaux • Michael Landers • Andrew Lavery • John Lawrence • Alicia Leach • John Lee • Robert Lee • Philip Leisy • Kathleen Leombruno • Karen Linderman • Alex Lopilato • Mark Lore • John Lovett • James Lundrigan • Marybeth Macdonald • Iain Macmillan • Michele Macpherson • Christopher Maher • Josh Malate • Leslie Mallonee • Lauren Mantani • Elaine Manuele • Terry Mara-Miranda • Jennifer Marchant • Paul Marchesiani • Melanie Marinello • Bryan Marion • Debra Marshall • Garry Martin • Renee Martin • Dave Mattingly • Carl Mayer • Brian Mazzoli • Elmo Mazzoni • Ed Mccabe • Paul Mccabe • Kevin Mccarthy • Maureen Mccarthy • Cyrisse Mcconnell • Bill Mcdonald • Joshua Mcewen • Steven Mcgee • Trisha Mcghee • Robert Mcgill • Edward Mcgowan • Mike Mcgrath • Amanda Mcgrew • Charles Mcguire Jr • Courtenay Mchugh • Eleanor Mcisaac • Martin Mcisaac • Julie Mckinnon • John Mcmann • Kevin Mcnamara • Roger Meeker • Melinda Mendez • Lisa Merriweather • Danny Mesa • Patricia Milliken • Zach Miranda • Kathy Mitchell • Kimberly Mobley • Greg Montgomery • Mark Montgomery • Dina Moon • Joanne Moran • Patrick Moran • Ed Morris • Jonathan Morris • Stefanie Moser • Geoffrey Mulholland • Sydney Mulkern • Susan Mulvanity • James Munz • James Murphy • Mark Murray • Katia Muser • Gary Najarian • Justin Nash • Greg Newell • John Nigro • Terry A Niles • Paul Noel • William Norton • Charlie O’Brien • Carol O’Leary • Eugene Obrien • Beverly Ochoa • Gretchen Oehme • Adel Olahne Szabo • Jasper Ong • Jane Osterhout • David Owens • Joseph Palombo • Thomas Park • Melissa Parker • Rebecca Parker • Bobbie Patterson • Susan Pavlock • Craig Peters • Meredith Phillips Almeida • Paul Pitts • John Pochini • Charles Poole • Patricia Poole • Leonard Powell • Keiran Preston • Bill Price • Kristy Provinzano • Greg Pych • Doug Quandt • Andrew Raichle • Vincent Ratford • Elizabeth H Rawlins • Michael Reed • Robert Reese • Judy Rehrer • Thomas Rice • Dennis Richard • Don Richardson • Kathy Richardson • Kim Riordan • William Ritchie • James Robbins • Blake Robinson • Samuel Robles • Luis Rodriguez • Michael Rogers • Kristin Ross • Robert Rowe • Kimberly Rupsis • Christine Ryan • Coley Rybicki • Fausto Saa • Linda Salisbury • Manda Salls • Yuri Samuel • Tara Santoro • Barbara Sargent • Mark Schuman • Cody Schwartz • Joseph Scillieri • Cynthia Scott • Matthew Seifert • Mark Serpis • Sergio Sgro • Zohein Sharma • Ben Sharpe • Steven Shaw • Meredith Sheldon • Blair Shimbashi • Hiro Shirai • Curtis Shsnk • Cindy Simpson • Katherine Simpson • Noah Slade • Bill Small • Michael Smith • Michael & Janet Smith • Neal Smith • Scott Snow • Robert “Bobo” Socci • Lisa Soo • Tom Spataro • Brett Spiegel • Kristin Spires • Kenneth W Sprague, Jr. • Michael Stevens • Debbie Stewart • Kenneth Stine • Kathy Sullivan • Jenna Surface • Carolyn Surrell • Saori Tadano • Janice & Harry Tagen (In Memory Of George Kintz) • Sophia Testani • Mary Thebado • Nathan Theriault • Karen Thiele • Jason Thomas • Sean Tierney • Jeffrey And Terry Titus • Jack Todesco • Ashley Trudell • K Tuscano • Donna Uglietta • Melissa Urquhart • Rick Vale • Robert Veneziano • Chuck Veo • Natasja Versteeg • Rich Viano • Joe Vivieros • Julian Vos • Thompson Vou • Matt & Adriana Waldbusser • Christine Wallen • Mike Wanzong • Lucille Ward • John & Amy Warner • Mary Weidman • Howard Weinstein • Jeremy Weinstock • Michael Weirich • Alicia Wells-Smith • Jennifer Welty • Anne West • Kurt Westerman • Melanie Wharmund • Kerrie White • Gary Whitman • Jeffrey Whitman • Kimberly Whitman • Michael “Stu” Whitmore • Shannon Wielinga • Steve Wilkins • Claire And Roy Wilson • Don Wilson • Elizabeth Wilson • Charles Winckel • Jeremy Witherell • Kevin Witherell • Debbie Wolgemuth • Paula Wood • Mark Woodall • Susan Woodall • Michael Yager • Bob Yoon • Dolores Zappala • Daniel Zelesnikar • Margo Zishka • Scott Zuzek • 盛匡 名嘉原
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