#SupportSally

8/28/2013

The Scizz

http://www.sweetsallysunshine.com/

Before you do anything else, click on that link above and do a little reading.

Sally is the 10 month old daughter of Matt Kabel, the co-founder of the New York City Buffalo Bills Backers, a friend of DGWU Sports, and an all-around awesome guy. As you can read from Sally's site, she was recently diagnosed with Leukemia and has been going through treatment at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York City.

I've known Matt since the summer of 2004 when I first moved to NYC and needed somewhere to watch the Bills and feel at home. Matt and the other ex-pats from NYCBBB welcomed me with open arms. So when I heard about Sally's condition, I figured it would be the perfect time to put all of our snark and dumb jokes aside, and use this platform to help out an amazing family.

I immediately contacted our sometime cohort and sometime enemy TrendingBuffalo.com to see if they could help with the cause. They worked quickly, and now I'm proud to announce that Store716.com and Socorp, Inc. have teamed up to bring you the Sweet Sally Sunshine charity t-shirt. These guys have offered to take care of all the production and shipping of the shirts, with all proceeds benefitting Sally, Matt, and the rest of the family. You can click on t-shirt image for a link to purchase the shirt.

As much as we may get down on Buffalo and its sports teams, there is a reason why the place is called "The City of Good Neighbors". Sally is our neighbor and she needs us right now. Help us #SupportSally and wear the shirt with Buffalo Pride.

I'd again like to thank TrendingBuffalo.com, Store716.com, and Socorp, Inc in helping put this all together. I'd also like to thank NYCBBB co-founder Matt Soreco for staying in contact with Matt Kabel throughout this whole process. But that's not all! In a move that may surprise you all, Arch-nemesis Del from the Bills Mafia has also offered to help with getting the word out about Sally (& the shirts) and has donated some swag to an upcoming fundraiser/raffle that will be held here in New York in a few weeks (more info to come). Thanks to Kevin Snow from the Sabres too for sending some raffle donations our way.

I'd also like to thank all of the Buffalo blogs that have offered to help out over the coming weeks in support of Sally and her family. Not all of us have always got along, so it was beyond impressive the quick response I got from everybody. After just one tweet asking for interest in helping out, these guys have agreed to spread the word throughout the blogosphere, donate items for the raffle, and even organize fundraisers of their own. So thanks to Joe from Buffalo Wins, Phil from Black & Blue & Gold, Ryan from The Goose's Roost, Chris from Two in the Box, Frank from From the Rockpile, Kevin from Buddy Nixon, Mike from Queen City Sports, Shutdown Pair, 3rd Man In, Dave Kelly, the Defenseman, Sal Capaccio, and the rest of Deeg for all their assists.

If anybody else would like to help out, you can contact us at deargodwhyussports@gmail.com or contribute directly through the Sweet Sally Sunshine website.

But seriously, if DGWU Sports is working together with the Bills Mafia on a project, don't you think it should be worth supporting???

#SupportSally

Sally and her dad, Matt.

11 Comments

Matt Kabel

8/28/2013 06:28:50 am

Sally's blog is getting a record breaking number of visitors today and had no idea why til Soreco just showed me this. Honestly, just read it and started crying, and wasn't due to Scizz's typical terrible writing. What you guys are organizing is amazing, the support is just so overwhelming as I had no idea about most of this. We can't thank you guys enough.

The Barrister

8/28/2013 08:07:47 am

Scizz is out running gobs of errands tonight, so in the meantime I'll just say it's been a pleasure knowing you and this is the least we can do. Scizz has been organizing the brunt of it from our end, but the rest of us are just thrilled to be able to help out in anyway we can. Love ya, Matt - for what you've done for us Bills fans in NYC and for what you're doing now as a dad to such a terrific and gorgeous little girl. Praying for you and your family every day.

Gloria Morrison

8/28/2013 07:36:49 am

Beautiful little girl! Scott told me about her several weeks ago, Sally and whole family in my prayers. Hope to help out with in anyway I can.

Cynthia Kabel

8/28/2013 07:57:32 am

OMG, I just signed into Face Book and read what you are all doing for my niece Sally. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your support and the t-shirts, donations, etc! I can't wait to order t-shirts and spread the word!! We Kabel's are so thank for what everyone is doing and I too started crying when read this......LET'S GO BUFFALO!!!

Alissa Chandler

8/28/2013 01:04:32 pm

Matt,
I was so glad Del Reid shared this story with me today. My husband Scott plays for Buffalo and I am trying to spread the word about this story. Praying for you, your family, and that darling baby girl of yours!
Alissa Chandler

Matt Kabel link

8/29/2013 04:37:49 am

Thank you so much Alissa, that means a lot. Sally is very darling, she has quite the fan club at Memorial Sloan Kettering where she's being treated!

Cynthia Kabel

8/29/2013 03:23:51 am

I just had a question, will children/youth shirts be offered by any chance? If not, no worries, I was just wondering. Again, thank you all for what you are doing for my niece Sally.

The Scizz

8/29/2013 04:30:43 am

Cynthia that's a great question. I'll reach out to store716 and see what they say. Happy to help!

Cynthia Kabel

8/31/2013 12:16:29 am

Thank you! I have had a few people in e NYC area where I live ask, that's all. No worries if they don't offer....thank you again for everything you are all doing!!

Cynthia Kabel

9/5/2013 12:58:49 am

Sorry to bother you all but I was curious as to when the T-Shirts were going to be mailed out please? I did not see a tracking number on my order, so was not sure? Thank you so much for all you are doing for our little Sweet Sally Sunshine!!!

The Scizz

9/5/2013 01:55:39 am

No problem, Cynthia! Store716 originally said they would print and ship them sometime after the 15th. But since the orders were so much higher than expected I believe they are going to start doing it sooner. (They are a pretty small operation). I believe they have an e-mail listed on their website that you can contact them by. Maybe they can speed it up for you. Sorry for the wait!

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