Dodgers to raise funds again tonight for Bryan Stow; team makes promised donation
The Dodgers will again be collecting donations at tonight's game at Dodger Stadium for the Bryan Stow fund.
The team said it previously received over $61,000 in donations at a Monday stadium drive-through event for Stow, the Giants fan who was the victim of a brutal beating on opening day at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers also said they have made a contribution to the Stow fund, but that the amount is a private matter between the team and family.
The Dodgers have invited members of American Medical Response, where Stow is employed as a paramedic, to collect the donations tonight. They are scheduled to be stationed at every level of the ballpark, behind home plate.
Funds can also be donated online through the San Francisco Police Credit Union.
Stow remains in a medically induced coma, and doctors fear he has suffered brain damage.
-- Steve Dilbeck
Photo: Dodger Stadium beating victim Bryan Stow (center) is shown on the scoreboard before a MLB National League baseball game. Credit: Beck Diefenbach / Reuters
Let's hope that the perpetrators of this terrible act are brought to justice swiftly and thoroughly. Prayers for Mr. Stow. Wish him a speedy recovery.
Posted by: Samuel from da Bay | 04/14/2011 at 11:44 AM
Steve,
Over the years, I have never sat in one of the pavilions. Does a person get to them from behind the home plate entrance?
Posted by: StanL | 04/14/2011 at 12:30 PM
Players are always talking about giving back to the fans; now would be a good time? AND no, that doesn't mean raising money by selling your autograph.
Posted by: no donation is too small | 04/14/2011 at 12:44 PM
If Frank McCourt and the Dodgers are paying Bryan Stow's medical expenses...it would be of interest to all the fans suggesting this as an appropriate humanitarian gesture.
Posted by: skyharbor | 04/14/2011 at 01:46 PM
StanL: No you have to enter the pavilions from the outfield side, but the Dodgers said there will now be donation booths in the pavilion area too.
Posted by: Steve Dilbeck | 04/14/2011 at 02:02 PM
THX for the response as I didn't know. Now, do you know the police breakdown ratio between the behind the homeplate and pavilion areas?
Posted by: StanL | 04/14/2011 at 02:38 PM
Let's go anyone who hasn't contributed. It feels a lot better when you do.
Posted by: OldBrooklynFan | 04/14/2011 at 04:24 PM
They have absolutely got to catch the perps. It's good to see stadium security finally getting the attention deserves, and heartbreaking to read about Stow's condition, but it would be at least a small consolation if we knew the thugs who did this are behind bars.
It's really worrying that we haven't heard *any* good news from Stow's doctors, any signs of progress at all.
Posted by: Blueeyedgal | 04/14/2011 at 05:41 PM
They need to rename the stadium Parking Lot in his honor.
Lord knows that McCourt has none ....
Posted by: These Dodgers Suck! | 04/14/2011 at 09:55 PM