FanPost

Help Me Help Blitz Beat His MS!

Field Gullers,

My name is Garth Purkett and I am proudly an active member of this wonderful blog we call our internet home. I realize that this FanPost may seem redundant as member G'd Up already notified our community about helping Blitz in the 2010 Walk MS, but I'm looking to spread the message even further and in a different way especially as the event gets closer. I am the Philanthropy Chairman of Theta Xi fraternity at the University of Washington and when I found out that the man behind Blitz, our mascot, has Multiple Sclerosis, I had to jump on the opportunity to help.

The men of my house are teaming up with Ryan Asdourian, the man behind Blitz, to help grow Team Blitz at the 2010 Walk MS into the largest and most giving team at the event and to turn it into an annual occurrence.

This is where you come in.

I'd highly encourage you to come out to Husky Stadium this Sunday, April 11th at 9:30 am to walk for this great cause, and if you're interested in registering please visit www.BlitzTacklesMS.com. Myself and the 150+ other Team Blitz members will be there walking to support Ryan, but not everybody has the time to dedicate to this walk. However, I'd like to present you with another awesome way to get involved:

I've been working with Ryan ever since I read G'd Up's FanPost and am coordinating some of the sales of Team Blitz t-shirts!

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The shirts are only $10 and are a great way to contribute to helping out Ryan, whether or not you'll be walking on Sunday. Ordering them is very easy: click on Theta Xi's Walk MS page HERE and click "Donate to Theta Xi!" Our house is collectively a member of the greater Team Blitz, so any money donated on our personal page goes straight to Team Blitz's total.  If you donate $10 or more (or get others to pledge in your name) then you've got yourself a shirt! All you have to do then is send an email to me at garthpur@gmail.com with your name and where you'd like your shirt sent and we will have you your shirt ASAP. If you donate $10 for a shirt, Theta Xi will donate an extra three dollars for every shirt sold! These shirts are also available for purchase in person on the day of the walk.

I'd sincerely appreciate if some of you fine Seahawkers would support Ryan by supporting our branch of the effort. The shirts are super badass (I'm wearing mine right now) and you can take pride in showing the world that the passion of the 12th Man goes much deeper than simply rooting for our beloved Seahawks. Let's help Ryan/Blitz fight MS together.

Again, if you'd like to register to walk for Team Blitz on Sunday, April 11th at 9:30 am, please visit the Team Blitz 2010 Walk MS page at www.BlitzTacklesMS.com