Our 2020 Top Dog Zach Littman got the ball rolling early for our 17th annual plunge. He pulled quickly into the lead and never looked back, tallying donations from 52, count them, 52 individual sponsors. That could be a Jolly Jump record for most donors. And we think he may have had a guardian angel
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From left: Matty Walls & Colin Henry, in the penalty box At the Jolly Jump, we like to start ’em young. Welcome third-graders Colin Henry and Matty Walls to the cause. Upon minutes of jumping aboard, these two plunging prodigies were already attracting sponsors like it was their job. Donate to Matty and Colin below…
Kristen Capone **** If you’re a veteran, do you remember a particular Jump? Tell us about it… I have a lot of memories from past jumps. I remember when we used to go to the Venus afterwards. That was like four places ago. I recall a year I forgot to bring dry pants. Fortunately, it
Laura Kelly scouts out her 2018 launch point **** If you’re a veteran, do you remember a particular Jump? Tell us about it… (The 2016 Jump) stands out in particular. It was the most successful Jump to date in both money raised and total fundraisers. Then, of course, Bryan Woodford’s pre-jump speech stands out… every
For many years, myself and my righthand man Robbie Poulin would meet early and travel to the Jump together. Over the last few years, however, he has been surprisingly absent. (I am assuming he has been on an in-depth spiritual search to find the meaning of life.) Wherever his path has led him in the
From left: Big Dog, Del Many people don’t know this, but Mike Del Rosso is the pixie dust that makes the Jolly Jump fly. He devotes countless hours to setting up jumpers pages, promoting the Jump, and more importantly, dealing with my shenanigans. Last year, the Jump was able to help him through his own
The Walls Family In 2015, the Wallses were the first jumpers to kick off the Jolly season. And they were Top Dog contenders until the very end. In 2016, as it turned out, their daughter Pru didn’t fall too far from the Walls Willow tree. Instead of buying her a birthday present, the little Walls
JOHN FRANEY We welcome aboard Mr. John Franey. This Abingtonian has already garnered attention and funds from Tesla/SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk. (Fun fact about Elon Musk: he’s also the co-founder of PayPal, which facilitates the Jolly Jump’s online donations.) I hear he’s hitting up Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos for a cash donation to
Tessa LaPointe got the ball rolling for the other jumpers in her family. Now it’s time to return the favor! DONATE TO TESSA KRISTIANLAPOINTE MARCUS & SARAH LaPOINTE LAUREN, JOSH, KIDS LaPOINTE TORPEYFAMILY
Brittany & Brian Minnehan Last year’s Grassroots Awards winners put on a fundraising display like no others. They leveraged every channel at their disposal to garner donations from more than 50 individuals. We just had to know how they did that! Did you set out to reach a lot of people from the get-go?