2011 Yale "Get a Grip" Campaign: Ivy League Championship Effort
Looking to duplicate their wildly successful 2010 campaign efforts, the Yale Women’s Field Hockey team once again accepted the challenge of raising awareness and funds for myotonic dystrophy research through their season-long fundraiser known as “Get a Grip”. Inspired by junior goalkeeper and MDF Board member Ona McConnell, who is living with myotonic dystrophy, the team collected pledges for a season-long “goal-a-thon”, linking every goal they scored to efforts to find treatments and a cure for myotonic dystrophy.
And the 2011 Get a Grip Campaign was a complete success! With an exciting 7-0 Senior Day win over Brown, the Bulldogs captured the 2011 Ivy League title, and their 69 season goals helped push their overall fund raising total to $35,600.
Thank you to Ona and entire the team for your efforts on behalf of the myotonic dystrophy community and congratulations on a spectacular season. Go Bulldogs!
More details about Yale's efforts can be found on the Yale Bulldogs website.
