UPDATE: #ProudPSUforRAINN is Going Strong
by Adam Collyer on Nov 11, 2011 10:01 AM EST
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A phoenix is rising from the ashes.
Yesterday, we asked the Penn State family to join with us and a group of grassroots alumni in raising money for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) through the Proud to be a Penn Stater (#ProudPSUforRAINN) initiative. We asked you to remember the actual victims in these tragedies. We asked you to remember that Penn State is NOT a failed university administration, but the thousands of students, alumni, and faculty who have lived their lives by upholding the values of Success With Honor.
Yesterday, you answered our call by raising (as of press time) $60,810 $69,814.
#ProudPSUforRAINN was publicized only through this blog post, Twitter, and Facebook. We managed to raise so much money that the man who put this all together, Jerry Needel, made an appearance on New York's ABC affiliate yesterday afternoon.
Despite the early success, we're nowhere near our goal of $500,000. Keep sharing this with everyone you know on Facebook and Twitter. Keep telling your friends and making phone calls. Keep everything moving.
Thank you for your generosity. Thank you for you kindness. Thank you for showing the world who WE (still) ARE . . .
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$97K and climbing!
- those of you that can tweet the link again, and/or refresh the link to the top of your FBk status – that would be great!
http://www.rainn.org/ProudPSUforRAINN
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 11, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
> $99.9K! <
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 11, 2011 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Approaching $125
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 11, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Approaching $200,000; at $192.3 - for the moment...
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 11, 2011 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
Scoreboard
How can we get this on the scoreboard tomorrow?
by runlikeanantelope on Nov 11, 2011 10:13 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
i'd guess
sending it to g’uido today….if he has any kind of a soul he’ll get it put up….and i would consider forgiving him for all of the music crap we’ve put up with for years if he does so
by va2pennstate on Nov 11, 2011 10:18 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Browsed the list . . . my friends are slackers. I'll be kindly recommending they "buck up".
But I saw Royster’s name. I think he played lacrosse in HS. . .
by Nittany SeaLion on Nov 11, 2011 10:18 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Lacrosse?
Huh… hadn’t heard that. I bet he wasn’t good enough to get into one of the really good lacrosse programs like JHU.
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 11, 2011 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Just don't tell them to "step up."
We all know what happens then. I don’t want you liable for their knee surgeries.
@JPosnanski - I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
#OccupyESPN
by Adam Collyer on Nov 11, 2011 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Anyway
This post can stay at the top of the blog all day?
by James on Nov 11, 2011 10:22 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
I fulfilled my promise yesterday
And donated triple today what I had yesterday.
Who else wants to give a little bit more?
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 11, 2011 10:27 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
I just did the same
Both the give all I could afford and e-mailed to everyone I know.
With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right
- A.Lincoln
I gave a earlier today
The total rises about 1k every 3 minutes. I think at that rate we might actually reach our goal by gametime…
I think we'd be closer to $4m at that rate . . .
But I was a Intl Pol major . . . so I could be wrong to. Isn’t there a physicist around here somewhere?
by Nittany SeaLion on Nov 11, 2011 10:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Okay, well, I stopped being lazy
and did the math (I’m a tax attorney so I suppose I SHOULD be able to figure this out…)
$1k every 3 minutes = $20,000 an hour. Assuming gametime is 24 hours away (which it is not) we will raise $480,000 by kickoff.
Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.
I’d expect that $1K every 3 minutes number to drop at least a bit. That’s a pretty extraordinary feat.
This is going to take a bit of time, so let’s not lose interest if we don’t hit that goal by gametime.
@JPosnanski - I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
#OccupyESPN
by Adam Collyer on Nov 11, 2011 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Considering where it started
It was around a third of that yesterday ($100/min or $1k/10 min), so while we certainly shouldn’t expect it to continue apace (especially with that whole sleep thing we all like to do), it’s definitely a good thing that it’s growing at this rate!!
It takes courage to stand behind someone you believe in when it’s this bad outside. It takes courage to stand up for a man in peril, even if he stood up for you. - JoePo on JoePa
I wouldn't be so sure of that, if it continues spreading the word so quickly, it could maintain for a long time
by clay-born to party on Nov 11, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Just trying to keep expectations low.
@JPosnanski - I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
#OccupyESPN
by Adam Collyer on Nov 11, 2011 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
West coast is just waking up...
Just sayin…
:)
I wouldn't be suprised if an annoymous donor do
doesn’t chip is a pretty significant sum at some point.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
by jesse. on Nov 11, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hear ya there
the individual-to-company match has been fantastic; the tweets/FBk etc really helped amp this up; $197.8K and counting…
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 11, 2011 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
That video pissed me off
He’s sitting there trying to put the focus on the victims, and as he was talking, they split the screen and put up the ‘riots’.
Thats real, responsible journalism. I’m glad they did everything to listen to his (our) message and focus on the victims instead of playing clips that pander to their narrative
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 11, 2011 10:40 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
That was ridiculous
Shots of JoePa and the “riots”. Questions about how the universtiy handled it. When he didn’t answer that and talked about RAINN, the anchor asked again.
Tells you everything you need to know about what a large portion of the media wants to make this about.
by speedomike on Nov 11, 2011 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Easiest decision I've made all day
And, frankly, I haven’t had any difficult ones.
Nearing $90,000 — maybe past it by the time I type this.
Saw the call above to keep this on top all day, but why not just pin it there until the goal’s met?
by tuscaloosalion on Nov 11, 2011 11:49 AM EST reply actions
Just did my part...
I know it isn’t much, but $50 was all I could afford at this time. I am confident the PSU family will achieve the > $500K goal.
WE ARE…
by rju103 on Nov 11, 2011 11:50 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
fwiw
I just received a letter (via email) that was presented to the team in a players only meeting. Bradley introduced 22 former lettermen, then left the room and the letter was read.
let’s just say, i am tearing up and looking for someone to hug “as grown men do”
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
by hbeach08 on Nov 11, 2011 11:56 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
Thumbs-up, to a former lettermen
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 11, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I want to.
But I will not. I hope you understand. It basically stated that they do not stand alone and we have their back. And it also made me wanna take out a lot of anger on whatever opponent next faces me. (Nebraska was not mentioned in the letter)
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
by hbeach08 on Nov 11, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Just curious, being from Iowa, not around a lot. Do you have any ties to the team?
by clay-born to party on Nov 11, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Understood
Can we know who the letter was from?
It was signed by The Football Lettermen's Club
and read by it’s president, Tim Sweeney
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
by hbeach08 on Nov 11, 2011 12:12 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
the game is secondary, and I absolutely realize that
but I don’t know how this is isn’t the most emotionally charged game these players will every play
Joe FUCKING Paterno is gone. Gone.
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
Hopefully they'll be playing full of anger and rage
and not sadness and remorse.
Because technically all of those are viable emotions in this context…
Anyone know some of the more famous PSU alumni?
The guy from Modern Family? Belissario? That former Cheerleader who was on CNN condemning everything (she should especially put her money where her mouth is)?
Dark Knight feeling, die and be a hero-or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.-Jay-Z
by OMEGAMAN on Nov 11, 2011 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Or Kerry Collins?
I personally don’t know any of them but maybe word will spread…
by cjapsu on Nov 11, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
100K
Tremendous work.
@JPosnanski - I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
#OccupyESPN
by Adam Collyer on Nov 11, 2011 12:47 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Go go go!
I still have yet to give too! (the wife and I are praying over the amount) and my company will match 1:1 but It probly wont show up under the #ProudPSUforRAINN fund markings.. ohwellz..
Hey we got the rest of the pics.. they are awesome.. I deff apreacite good photographers now!
by archerbullseye on Nov 11, 2011 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I did the company match too.
Website is really smart with an easy pull down menu to get the match and they submit for it.
With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right
- A.Lincoln
by SarcasmJam on Nov 11, 2011 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Great! I will see if they will do it..
Normally with my company we have to log it in our foundation website.. Maybe I will do both and see what happens.
by archerbullseye on Nov 11, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Donation made
In honor of my brother who was molested at the age of 10. My husband and I are both alumni and are proud to be a part of this drive. We are also proud to be Penn Staters!
by psu-lioness on Nov 11, 2011 1:04 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Imagine how many donations we'll get
when ESPN decides to publicize this.
\V/ for Villanova!
\V/ for Victory!
by dees ees en drama on Nov 11, 2011 1:50 PM EST reply actions
Until eternity is an awfully long time.
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 11, 2011 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Depressed
I’m going into the weekend pretty depressed. The whole situation has really shaken me. I feel bad for the victims, and could never imagine PSU being a negative image. I was just thinking about how I have PSU smagnets on my car….am I now at risk of vandalism? No one seems to understand what this is like for us Penn Staters. The press and the haters are just piling on. I don’t want to talk to most of my facebook “friends”, and the few exchanges I have had have gone badly. I know it will get better, but right now this sucks.
We are.... sad.
When I read your post...
…the only thing that came to mind was that Geico commercial in which the Drill Sergeant is a Therapist. “You know what makes me sad?….YOU DO!….”
We are still Penn State and in case you didn’t read this thread, this is how we silence the haters. This and things like tonight’s candle light vigil for the victims, and THON.
Be proud Pete, be proud.
by ljdevine on Nov 11, 2011 3:30 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I gave.
I think my best bet right now is to surround myself with penn staters!
We are.... sad.
by PeteNYC on Nov 11, 2011 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Then I would suggest...
Tonic East around noon tomorrow.
by ljdevine on Nov 11, 2011 4:29 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Done.. May we never forget this
I feel we can all learn many things from this in our own lives.
by archerbullseye on Nov 11, 2011 3:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
First, I want to commend the BSD staff for promoting this cause and its readers for responding so well. These are the efforts that “grab” you due to the emotional hook they have. Even though I am not a PSU fan, frankly, I kicked in a small amount to this cause. Being a father to a son, these events do cause some introspection. I also kicked in a small amount to Stephanie (Chris’ wife) Spielman Cancer Research Fund. Being a cancer patien;, there is that ‘hook’.
Take some time, look around for a cuase that you feel strongly about, and help them out. Again, a ‘well done’ to BSD staff and its readers. Oh, and play well tomorrow.
"I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research." - Sherlock Holmes
by KenK on Nov 11, 2011 4:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Thanks on both counts..
and I love your sig.. Holmes was/is my hero growing up. (sans the drug use ofc ;-) )
by archerbullseye on Nov 11, 2011 7:20 PM EST up reply actions
$200,463 from ~5,671 People = $35.34 ave
Way to go! Keep up the good work guys!
by archerbullseye on Nov 11, 2011 10:18 PM EST reply actions
I'm a Boilermaker alumna
and I donated too. I’ve been really feeling for PSU the past few days and am totally outraged at how this entire situation was handled. Outraged at how JoPa was ousted. Outraged that people actually charged with a crime are still affiliated with the university. Outraged at the media coverage since two of my friends who aren’t big college fans just told me, after catching a news piece here and there, that they thought JoPa molested the kids.
Good for you guys for coming together and raising so much money so fast for this cause. I think as disastrous as this is for Penn State, it is very much raising awareness of sexual assault and molestation and hopefully will motivate other witnesses in similar situations to come out as well as the victims themselves. I just read an article about how a lot of male on male assaults don’t get reported by witnesses or the victims because it’s considered taboo and hopefully everyone coming together and raising money for this cause says that it’s ok.
by dsince1984 on Nov 12, 2011 12:12 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
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