THE WHY
DONATE HERE Jeff, Kyle & Tad are running for the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, a charity partner in the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon. The Joe Torre Safe at Home foundation is an organization whose mission is “educating to end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives”. Joe Torre himself was abused as a child and now, as an adult and a prominent baseball manager, he has created this foundation to aid in the protection of children in violent homes. The foundation has expanded to include an additional comprehensive program entitled Margaret's Place, which provides students with a safe room in school where they can meet with a professional counselor trained in domestic-violence intervention and prevention. We work within the school environment to promote awareness, to prevent violence and to help those students who have been affected by it. This has helped immensely in the Los Angeles and the greater New York City area. We originally joined Team Safe at Home to check off an item that has remained on our bucket lists: to run a marathon. The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation provided a means to complete that task, but after learning all the good they do in communities to help children experiencing abuse, this has become an organization we are proud to represent and fundraise for. As one of the many Athletes who run in the TCS New York City Marathon a part of Team Safe At Home®, we are required to raise a minimum of $3,000 each in support of the Joe Torre Safe At Home® Foundation’s mission of educating to end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives. Please donate any money that you can for this cause. Children should not be raised in households of abuse. Please help the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation by donating today. Thank you for your continued support. DONATE HERE |
THE HOW
DONATE HERE We have decided that we should make this into something inspirational, and what's more inspiring than growing beards? The rules are simple. Beginning on June 2nd, 2014, we will not shave our beards for one week for every $450 we raise. This means that if we raise our goal of $9,000, we will each have to grow our beards for 5 months, a date that coincides with the 2014 New York City Marathon. If we raise more than $9,000 then that's great, but the growth will still end on the day of the marathon. We want to keep our jobs and girlfriends. You can keep track of our progress on Instagram, and please feel free to send us some encouragement by using the contact tab above. We're asking that you all give up some padding in your wallet while we give up the strength of our legs, and we couldn't be happier about it. Thank you. DONATE HERE |