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
Kristen Addabbo • Megan Aerisolphal • BACQ Naatd Ahoo!! • Grace Allendorf • Liam Almaleh • Patricia Ames • Mary Amici • Paul Amirault • Michelle Anastos • Elwood Anderson • Giovanni Arcelay • Gregory Arsenault • Gwynne Ash • Nicole Atkins • Robert Atkins • Julie Aucoin • Tony Autori • Jacqueline Awugah • Kim Baird • Jeffrey Bajgot • Dave Banitt • Deborah & Andrew Bank • Max Bank • Joe Banks • Don Baptiste • Norm Barber • Chris Barcelou Raymond • Robert Barry • Paul Beauchamp • Brian Beckmeyer • Robert Bedard • Kyra Bella • Steven Belmonte • Joseph Bennett • Phyllis Bennett • Randall Bennett • Christopher Berg • Chris Bershad • Emma Bertolino • Dennis Bickford • Helen Bickford • Michele & Neil Bickford • Marcy Blais • Jayne Blake • Jonathan Boisjolie • Normand Boisvert • Adrian Bond • Denise Bonfiglio • Chantal Bouchard • Lillias Brady • Matthew Brewer • Max Brody • Kim Brown • Melissa Bruneau • Sean Buchsbaum • Thom “Tractah” Bureau • Samuel Burgess • Lisa Bussolari • Amber Cadorette • Brendan Cahill • Andrea Calvin • Susan Campbell • Julia Cardillo • John Carroll • Paul Carroll • Stephanie Carroll • Robert S Carter Jr • Kimberly Carty • Christine Casey • Penney Casey • Susan Cassidy • Julie Castle • Daniel Castro • Robert Cavanaugh • Casey Caviness • Jim Centorino • John Cerulli • Meredith Chacob • Gretchen Chamberlain • Pete Chapman • Anand Chaturvedi • Edward Choi • Debra Chomicka • Jeanne Cirillo • Roxanne Cirillo • Emily Clark • Callie Clarkson • Mitchell Coats • Courtlon Cochran • Jon Cohen • Jeffrey Colgan • Mary Theresa Condon • Matthew Condon • Ferg Connolly • Peter Connolly • Terrrence Connolly • Laura Cortese • Joeseph Costa • Linda Costelloe • Laurie Cote • Kelly Coughlin • Jay Coy • Emily Crandall • Maura Crump • Nancy Cruz • Kelley Cullen • Carl Cummings • Beth Ayn Curtis • Steve Damon • Christine Mccabe & Dan Campbell • Colleen Daniel • Elizabeth Darden • Katie Dayton • Anja De Bruin • Chris De Leon • Michael De Leon • Stephen Decost • David Decosta • Deana Demare Hally • Rachel Descoteaux Woolbert • Jonathon Diego • Jill Diforte • Ann L Dionne • Barbara Dirusso • Michelle Doherty • Bry Dohm • Gerry Dolan • Stephen Dolley • Lisa Donahue • Carolyn Doncheski • Michael Doncheski • Peter Donohoe • Brian Donovan • Anna Doran • Douglas Dorr • Erik Dorr • Whitney Dosik • Nancy Doyle • Lou Duarte • Lisa Duhamell • Maggie Dunn • Mark Duvall • Timothy Duvall • Anthony Eaton • Thomas Ellis • Maureen Erwin • John & Cindy Ethridge • Daniel Fallon • Ray Fallon • Tamara Fallon Iyer • The Carey Family • Mario Faraone • Jim & Doreen Farma • Sheila Farragher • Robert Faulconer • David Feeney • Shannon Fenton • Barbara Ferguson • Tyson Ferguson • Maureen Filliger • Elaine Fitzpatrick • Eugenia Flores • Kemetia Foley • Robert Follett • Christy Foreman • Deborah Fournier • Teresa Freeman • Sharon Freiland • Joie Frye • Jacqueline Gaffney • Paul Gaffney • Lexi Gagner • Katherine Gallagher • Nina Garcia • Donna Garian • Diana Garvin • Matt Garvin • Joan Gattozzi • Nancy Gaughan • Michael Genimatas • Deron Gerow • Tyler Gerry • Kasra Ghodoussipour • Juli Giambanco • Sarah Giardino • John Gibb • Sarah Gibbs • Michael Gill • Ben Gilmore • Annye Girard • Jacqueline Glaasker • Gisele Glaze • Nary Glaze • Michael Godin • Ellie Gohn • Vanessa Gonzalez • Susan Gormley • Greg Gowern • Paul Gowern • Margaret Grandbois • Billy Grasso • Larry Green • Lori & Kaitlyn Greenwell • Christianne Griffin • Kathy Griffin-Ireland • Michael Guertin • Daniel Gutierrez • Kristen Hager • Elise Hahn • Melinda Haines • Deborah Hallowell • James Hamilton • Lynn Hammert • Christina Hangartner • David Hanley • Marcia Hanlon • Mike Hansen • Robin Hansen • Leigh Harriden • Theresa Harrison • Kelly Hart • Rick And Deb Harvey • David Hautanen • Trent Hayden • Jessica Hayes • Mark Head • Carol Healion • Linda Heffernan • Jacqueline Heger • Kathleen Helwig • Mary Hengstebeck • Brian Henry • Bethany Henze • Janice Hickey • Patty Higgins • Jason Hindman • Andrew Hirsch • David Hobart • Gail Hodgdon • Brenda Hoffman • Michael Hoffmann • Daniel Holland • Patrick Holland • Robert Hollinger • Paul Hopfgarten • Olivia Horn • Kylee Hubbard • MaryMason Huber • Kate Hurd • Jason Ihnat • Lee Jex • Tony Jex • Daryl Jezierski • Stark John • Deborah Johnston • Hunter Jones • Patrick Joyce • Mary Kaltenbach • Leon Kao • Timothy Kearney • Andrea Keller • Jimmy Kelley • M Kelley • Michele Kelley • Shawn Kelley • Amy Kelly • Dan Kelly • Kathleen Kelly • Kimberly Kelly • Sofia Kemp • Stephanie Kemp • Donald Kendzior • Jean Kennedy • John And Grace Kennedy • Karen Kennedy • Brandon Kessler • Jenelle Khaleel • Cj Khoury • Chae Kim • Kelli Kim • Gary & Dianne Kingston • John Kingston • Marsha Kintz • Rebecca Kleine • Nick Klesaris • Amanda Kobrick • Jed Kornbluh • Mr. & Mrs. John Kortes • Kerri Kramer • John Krouskos • Jerold, Randy, Joshua & Allyson Kummins • Steven Kusmin • Jason Kutac • Michael Labrie • Rita Labrie • Denis Lacroix • Randy Lamontagne • Olivia Lampasona • Abbie Lampe • Tara Landry • Brian Lange • Tom Langelier • Thomas Lapointe • Traci Larson • David Larsson • Barbara Laverty • Maryellen Lawless • Michael Leavitt • John And Kim Lee • Robert Lee • Zach Leffelholz • Philip Leisy • Nancy Leveille • Jake Levinson • Dawna Lewis • Megan Lewis • Joseph Lima • Tom Lizotte • Dennis Llinas • Lisa Lloyd • Erin Logan • Thomas Logan • Trisha Longo • John Lovett • Jessica Lucas • James Lundrigan • Kevin Lydon • Christopher Lyons • Marybeth Macdonald • Iain Macmillan • Michele Macpherson • Christopher Madaio • Christopher Maher • Chris Maloney • Michael Manning • David Marchetti • Gus & Mary-Anne Marchetti • Nancy Marinello • Nancy Marks • Steven Marks • Debra Marshall • Susan Marshall-Mcpeak • David Martin • Ren Martin • Matthew Mastriforte • Amy Matheson • Carl Mayer • Brian Mazzoli • Nan Mc Sweeney-Bailey • Ed Mccabe • Jen Mccabe • Mark Mccabe • Paul And Marie Mccabe • Robert Mccabe • Leah Mcdaniel • Bill Mcdonald • Brent Mcdonald • Joshua Mcewen • Dan Mcgary • Michael Mcgee • Edward Mcgowan • Steven Mcgrath • Merry Mcgrory • Chuck Mcguire • Thomas Mcisaac • Joan Mckinley • Jay Mcmahon • Paul Mcmanus • Jennifer Melanson • Tammy Mello-Pontes • Emma Mendes • Melinda Mendez • Lisa Merriweather-Qare • Maura Merson • Danny Mesa • Rose Metzger • Gina Miceli • Cory Miller • Jack Miller • Jonathan Millett • Kimberly Mobley • Kelly Montgomery • Dina Moon • Siobhan Moore • Brian & Charlie Moore-Ward • Albino Morales • Joanne Moran • Ed Morris • Kathleen Morris • Geoffrey Mulholland • Lukas Mullaney • William Muller • Patrick Mulligan • Susan Mulvanity • Lymarie Muniz • Lisa Munroe • James Munz • Bill Murphy • Maureen Murphy • Allan Murray • Mary Murray • Olivia Murray • Laura Nargentino • Coral Navarre • James Nemzin • Chris Neumann • Greg Newell • Lisa Nichols • John Nigro • John Noyes • Jason Nunes • Beverly Ochoa • Gretchen Oehme • Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts • Christina Oh • Adel Olahne-Szabo • Jayden Olivares • Jim Oneil • Rene Ormae-Jarmer • Chris Osgood • Jane Osterhout • Christopher Owens • David Owens • Oscar Padilla • Chris Page • Ethan Paradise • Edward Park • Melissa Parker • Stephen Parker • Lisa Paroly • Rhonda Patchel • Bob Pavano • Susan Pavlock • Margaret Pelletier • Kim Penney • Matt Penney • Adam Perro • Renee Pickering • Ashley Piovesan • Jonathan Pirie • Paul Pitts • Madison Poisson • Susan & Eugene Polanik • Susan M Ponti • Patricia Poole • James Popp • Janet Potts • Tim Provence • Olivia Puopolo • Laurie Purcell • Douglas Quandt • Jeff Queen • Bill Ragusa • Anne Raney • Vincent Ratford • Elaine Rathgeb • Elizabeth Rawlins • Megan Reardon • Clare Reed • Michael Reed • Robert Reese • Ashley Renaud • Steve Reny • Denyse Reynolds • Kim Riccardi Tetterton • Thomas Rice • Kathy Richardson • Jill Richmond • Austin Ricker • Kim Riordan • Frank Rispoli • Ryan Rispoli • William Ritchie • Corey Roberts • Daniel & Mary Robertson • Thomas Robinson • Samuel Robles • David Roche • Lisa Rodda • Adriel Rodriguez • Erik & Lori Rodriguez • Luis Rodriguez • Cheryl Rogers • Michael Rogers • Chuck Rossi • Robert Rowe • Casey Rubbo • Daniel Ruiz • Melissa Rush • Christine Ryan • Ed Ryan • Marie Ryan • Coley Rybicki • Craig Ryen • Linda Salisbury • Maureen San Cartier • Lisa Sassi • Shaun Saucier • Nina Savasta • Laura Sbordone • James Scannell • Mary Scannell • Stephen & Kathleen Schad • Brenda Schenker • Chris Schettino • Donna Schiavone • Kathleen Glynn Schneiderhan • Mark Schuman • Craig Scibal • Amy & Jeff Scott • Cindy Scott • Shealyn Sears • Matthew Seifert • Cassie Senesac • Mark Serpis • Sue Ellen Sevigny • Roger Shackelford • David Shanteler • Alex Shube • Terri Sigall • Laura Silveira • Joseph Simard • Bill Small • Deb Small • Daniel Smith • Neal Smith • Brian Soares • Robert “Bobo” Socci • Lori Solar • Bill Solari • Lisa Soo • Tom Spataro • Kristin Spires • Kenneth W Sprague, Jr. • Amy Stacy • Jack Starling • William Staton • Marlana Stephan • Michael Stevens • Catherine Stolbof • Linda Stoyer • Astra Strautin • Angela Sullivan • Kevin Sullivan • Marj Sullivan Turley • Mary Lynn Sully • Sandra Supancic • Jenna Surface • Alice Swift • Trish & Brian Sykes • Patty Sylvester • Neil Sylvia • Brian Tafoya • Saly Thao • The 207 Collective Podcast • Mary Thebado • Karen Thiele • Jason Thomas • Jeffrey And Terry Titus • Theresa Traniello • Roberta Treloar • Matthew Tremblay • Kelly Treutle • Jake Urato • Rick Vale • Tori Vendola • Robert Veneziano • Rich Viano • Ron Vos • Thompson Vou • Molly Wagner • Christine Wallen • Mike Wallen • Eileen Walsh • Theresa Walsh • Paul Ward • Sharon Ward • John & Amy Warner • Sharon Warwick • Tammy Watts • Eric Weinstein • Howard Weinstein • Michael Weirich • Alicia Wells-Smith • Jennifer Welty • Sammy Wencis • Mary Jo Wentz • Michael West • Kurt Westerman • Kerrie White • Leslie White • Marsha & Jeff Whitman • Emily Whitmore • Michael Whitmore • Shannon Wielinga • Steven Wilkins • Alexis Williams • David Williams • Janet Williams • Claire Wilson • Elizabeth Wilson • Scott & Lisa Winship • Frederick Witherell • Jeremy Witherell • Kevin Witherell • Paula Wood • Virginia Young • Dolores Zappala • Joe Zishka • Eduardo Zurita
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