Alyssa Milano says Son's baseball team has met its GoFundMe goal after a tragedy
Alyssa Milano.
Alberto Rodriguez/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty ImagesAlyssa Milano is grateful that her son Milo's baseball team reached its fundraising goal despite the online backlash.
“Thank you to everyone who donated. #gofundme from Milo's team has reached their goal for #Cooperstown. I really appreciate your donations, amid the vitriol,” Milano, 51, wrote via X on Saturday January 27.
The team's travel fund ultimately raised $11,175, which was $1,175 more than their goal.
Milano created the GoFundMe on behalf of her husband, David Bugliarito help cover the costs of their 12-year-old son's baseball team.
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“We hope you will make a donation to help keep our team competitive. Your donation will go towards travel expenses, uniforms and contributions for families,” said a message on the fundraising page. “We can also use your donations for pins or novelties to make our tournaments memorable off-the-field experiences.”
David Bugliari and Alyssa Milano.
Earl Gibson III/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty ImagesMilano shared a link to the GoFundMe via her X-page on Thursday, January 25, asking followers to donate money for the team's trip to Cooperstown, New York. Her social media upload was subsequently criticized for asking for money instead of funding the program herself. Milano didn't respond We weeklyasked for comment at the time, but has since defended itself.
“I get questions from the media about whether I have contributed financially to my son's baseball team,” says the Charmed alum wrote in an X-message on Friday, January 26. “I have paid for uniforms for the entire team and coaches, organized birthday parties and sponsored every child who cannot afford the monthly dues.”
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She continued at the time: “The children also do fundraising themselves: car washes, movie nights and many more fun things. Thank you to everyone who contributed to GoFundMe! You made it easier for these boys and their families.”
Milano and Bugliari, 43, also share daughter Elizabella, 8.
“The sadness you feel as a parent is like nothing you've ever experienced – it's like shattering your DNA,” Milano previously said Us in 2018 of motherhood. “It's like [a] debilitating heartache. And it can be about the strangest things. It's like seeing my son's jaw looking straight ahead. I'm not joking. I suddenly look at his neck and it starts to look like him [a] little boy and not a baby, and the hair on the back is getting coarse, it's just all very disturbing.
Milano revealed that too Us that she tries to teach Milo and Elizabella to be “socially aware and aware.”