Jan. 16, 2005
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A limited number of Ara Parseghian bobblehead dolls remain for sale by the Monogram Club, with proceeds benefitting the Monogram Club’s Brennan-Boland-Riehle Scholarship Fund and the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation.
A PDF order form is linked above or you may receive an order form via mail or fax by contacting Tracy Mattix at (574) 631-8219.
All Monogram Club dues-paying members receive a 10-percent discount off the $20 cost per doll There also is a $10 shipping-and-handling charge for each doll ordered.
Monogram Club members annually donate to the Brennan-Boland-Riehle Fund and the University handles the principal, with interest providing scholarship money. The fund has grown to approximately $3 million – one of Notre Dame’s largest endowments – and currently helps support 45 sons and daughters of Monogram Club members as they pursue a Notre Dame degree. The 25-year-old fund has assisted 131 recipients whose combined scholarship allocations are nearly $2 million (including $320,000 for 2004-05).
The Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation is committed to victory against Niemann-Pick Type C, the neurodegenerative disease that has claimed the life of Parseghian’s grandson, Michael, and granddaughter, Christa. It also threatens the life of their sister, Marcia.
See the below links for more on the BBR Fund and the Parseghian Foundation:
http://und.collegesports.com/sports/monogramclub/spec-rel/120404aaj.html
http://und.collegesports.com/sports/monogramclub/spec-rel/122604ach.html
http://www.parseghian.org/apmrfweb/