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Bob VDW's 50th B-day: $105K donation last night
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 2:29 pm
by Edrock
Last night (April Fool's Day Ironically enough) was Magic President/CEO's, Bob VanDerWeide's, 50th' birthday, and I thought they had a great celebration! Throughout the 1st half, various events (with Bob directly participating) were held & the results generated $$$ amounts for donation to charity. These events included a 3-point shootout (w/two fans, Bob, his, brother, Nick Anderson, & Dennis Scott!) a $50K halfcourt shot (Bob hit one!), a mascot dodgeball tournament, & a couple of others.
The final total was $95K, which the Magic rounded up to $100K.. This along with an anonymous $5K donation totaled $105K presented to the Boys & Girls club of Orlando last night. I skimmed through the game thread & didn't see anything about this, but I thought the actions of Bob & the Magic organization warranted mention. In fact I didn't see any coverage about this anywhere! That seems like a pretty decent amount of money to donate. Kudos to them...
Re: Bob VDW's 50th B-day: $105K donation last night
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 2:39 pm
by The Favero
Edrock wrote:Last night (April Fool's Day Ironically enough) was Magic President/CEO's, Bob VanDerWeide's, 50th' birthday, and I thought they had a great celebration! Throughout the 1st half, various events (with Bob directly participating) were held & the results generated $$$ amounts for donation to charity. These events included a 3-point shootout (w/two fans, Bob, his, brother, Nick Anderson, & Dennis Scott!) a $50K halfcourt shot (Bob hit one!), a mascot dodgeball tournament, & a couple of others.
The final total was $95K, which the Magic rounded up to $100K.. This along with an anonymous $5K donation totaled $105K presented to the Boys & Girls club of Orlando last night. I skimmed through the game thread & didn't see anything about this, but I thought the actions of Bob & the Magic organization warranted mention. In fact I didn't see any coverage about this anywhere! That seems like a pretty decent amount of money to donate. Kudos to them...
They mentioned in on Sun Sports and showed some of the mascot dodge ball challenge.
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 2:47 pm
by Optimus_Steel
It was funny seeing pretty boy wear something other than a suit.
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 3:17 pm
by TheRevTy
How did Dennis Scott do in the 3 pt shootout?
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 3:31 pm
by NEM
he's a nice guy
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 3:32 pm
by laVal03
VanDerWeide's half court shot was like the #3 or #4 play of the day on sports center
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 6:06 pm
by Rick Rolled
TheRevTy wrote:How did Dennis Scott do in the 3 pt shootout?
Didn't make one....
Poor guy, looks like he weighs 350 pounds.
Posted: Wed Apr 2, 2008 6:16 pm
by Edrock
Rick Rolled wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Didn't make one....
Poor guy, looks like he weighs 350 pounds.
I think he made one or two (I don't think Nick made any)... Seriously though... I thought he was Charles Barkley...
Posted: Thu Apr 3, 2008 12:29 am
by AdamTheGreek
3-D missed them all and Nick maybe made one (they both sucked).
Bob was taken people to the cleaners in shooting and dodgeball.
