If this idea ends up moving ahead, I have a contact at the Diocese of Pittsburgh Catholic Elementary Schools - or I can give you a name for you to contact directly.

On a side note - I reached out to Dave Harper about the letter he agreed to post on our site.  Waiting for a reply.

FAM

This is a fantastic idea and a cause I can put my efforts (aka dollars) behind. Gormley will be in Charlotte at an Alumni event next Thursday - perhaps I can bring it up to him?

I took the liberty of running this idea by Conor McGartland in Duquesne's ticket office. He said Duquesne does indeed have a program called Dukes in the Community, where free tickets to basketball games are made available to needy children, less fortunate families, local Catholic schools, etc. He's not registered on this board, but anyone interested in finding out more about this program and possibly contributing to it can reach out to him at 412-396-5124 or mcgartlandc@duq.edu. 

Last edited by DennisC91 (5/19/2017 1:28 pm)

I've been trying to find out how to do this. I called Conor McGartland and he referred me to Bryan Colonna. I sent him an email and I am waiting to hear back. I just want to make a cash donation and get a tax receipt. After all, the only thing I'm getting out of it is some vicarious pleasure to help my Alma Mater. If I get a response I'll be happy to share it with this board.

I just spoke to Connor at DU.  He thought our idea of buying a bloc of donated seats was a great idea. He said they would love the publicity and getting the kids up on the scoreboard and recognizing "The Board Bunch" or whatever we wanted to call it. 

I told him I would act as point man to get any ticket buyers together.  Please PM me and give me your contact information plus how many seats of what size donation you want to make. 

I also told him this was a very busy summer for my wife and I so I won't be doing anything actively on it until at least August but plenty of time before the season starts.