Paul Mulcahy Aims to Inspire Others With Grateful4 Challenge
May 29 | Men's Basketball
On the court, Paul Mulcahy excelled in his debut season with the Scarlet Knights. Off the court, he was just as energetic about supporting his community. Fresh off that successful freshmen season, Mulcahy established an offseason social media campaign predicated on spreading gratitude and uplifting people’s spirits and mindsets as the world experiences the COVID-19 pandemic.
I’m extremely excited to announce the launch of the Grateful4 Foundation. Our mission is to spread the idea of gratitude and inspire a chain reaction of selfless acts. Gratitude is an underappreciated and undervalued emotion that we believe is super special because it affects and relates to all people. No matter someone’s age, race or socioeconomic status, we believe that everyone can feel a sense of gratitude. No matter what is going on in someone’s life, we believe there is always at least four things to be grateful for. Our goal right now is to spread this message of gratitude with as many people as possible.Paul Mulcahy
Mulachy is using social media as a way of connecting with others across the globe. To accomplish his goals, he helped create the ‘Grateful4 Challenge’.
We’re asking for people to share a short video of themselves sharing the four things they’re grateful for right now and nominate four other people to do the same. In times like this, people tend to focus on the negatives and all the things they can’t do or don’t have in life. What we are trying to do is help people take a step back, do some self-reflection and realize that there is so much in their lives to be grateful for. And there is people all in their area and all over the world that are in less fortunate situations. If you believe in this message and can relate to it, we’d love for you to join in on the Grateful4 Challenge!Paul Mulcahy
The challenge launched on Thursday evening, May 28th. Mulcahy got the ball rolling with his video, where he shared that he was grateful for his health, friends and family, the ability to play basketball, and having a safe place to sleep every nice.
This is my #grateful4challenge
— Paul Mulcahy (@paulmulcahy_3) May 28, 2020
I nominate @RutgersMBB @RURiotSquad @BarstoolRU @GSBAthletics pic.twitter.com/Z85Io9U8Is
Mulachy’s Scarlet Knights teammates were eager to support the initiative. Akwasi Yeboah (health, family and friends, having a roof over his head, having food on the table), Luke Nathan (health, supportive family, teammates and the opportunity to go to Rutgers) and Nick Brooks (health, friends and family, support system, passion to make a difference in society) were among the first to join in on the Grateful4 Challenge. Rutgers staff members also joined in on the initiative.
Huge shoutout to @lukenathan33 of @RutgersMBB for stepping up in the #grateful4challenge pic.twitter.com/DhVzNTsTzM
— The Grateful4Foundation (@grateful4found1) May 29, 2020
Check this out to see @NickkBrookss of @RutgersMBB #grateful4challenge pic.twitter.com/pdToXqgCDs
— The Grateful4Foundation (@grateful4found1) May 29, 2020
My #grateful4challenge with a special twist! I’d like to challenge Rutgers legends @marcobatt81, Quincy Douby, @Kevin_Lorincz, and @GreenyRU to take part in the challenge plus ALSO complete 4 random acts of kindess. Being kind is always right! @grateful4found1 pic.twitter.com/7QiTMqftoC
— Steve Pikiell (@CoachPikiell) June 8, 2020
@grateful4found1 My grateful4challenge! #grateful4challenege I appreciate the opportunity to share what I’m grateful4! pic.twitter.com/hPiQbdpZYj
— Stephen Hayn (@stephen_hayn) June 3, 2020
Big shoutout to @tjthompsonRUMBB our first coach of @RutgersMBB to join in on the #grateful4challenge pic.twitter.com/Ne7BYfw0EM
— The Grateful4Foundation (@grateful4found1) May 29, 2020
We have a lot of great kids from great families on our team, and this is just another example of that. I'm proud that Paul has taken on this initiative. Hopefully people will continue to jump on this and do a video and talking about the things they are grateful for. We all have a tremendous amount to be grateful for. Sometimes, in these tough times, you forget about those things. But we all have a lot to be grateful for. I'm excited that our guys have vision like that and those kind of goals. I'm proud of him for starting that up and hopefully it can generate a lot of good in New Jersey and in the world.Head Coach Steve Pikiell
With the start of this challenge, Mulcahy hoped to inspire a chain reaction of selfless acts. The Bayonne, N.J. native and Gill St. Bernard’s product aims to have others join in by sending their own videos out on social media and helping to spread the message and is looking forward to hearing what everyone is grateful for.
I'm super fortunate to be surrounded by some great people. The support of this has been tremendous. This has taken on a life on its own once we've put this out. I'm really excited about how its spread this notion of gratitude."Paul Mulcahy
