Actress Alyssa Milano launches GoFundMe charity to raise $10,000 for son's cross-country baseball dream

Actress Alyssa Milano leads a busy life. In addition to her acting career, Milano also finds the time to produce, and involve herself in various social causes. However, recently, she sparked outrage by appealing to her fans for financial support.

Milano and her husband David Bugliari appealed to the public to donate to their son's U12 baseball team. According to the GoFundMe page, their son needs $10,000 to travel to Cooperstown, New York to play at Dreams Park.

"My son’s baseball team is raising money for their Cooperstown trip. Any amount would be so greatly appreciated. You can read more about the team and make a donation here," Alyssa Milano tweeted.

The competition in question is the Cooperstown Dream Park Tournament, set to take place between July 25 and July 31. However, the accessibility of the competition has come under fire. Currently, fees stand at $1,275 per player, making the tournament inaccessible for many youth programs around America.

Several of her fans have been left wondering why Milano, who has a net worth of some $10 million according to Celebrity Net Worth, and her husband need the extra funds. According to OutKick, Milano's GoFundMe page for the trip has been active since May 2023.

Despite the criticism, Milano is an experienced fundraiser and has involved herself in several worthy causes over the years. In 2009, Alyssa Milano raised about $75,000 for the non-profit group Charity: Water. Moreover, she was instrumental in raising about $50,000 for an AIDS relief program in South Africa in 2004.

Alyssa Milano's charity controversy raises interesting questions about celebrities appealing to fans for funds

In a time wherein millions of Americans are grappling with inflation, and struggling to make ends meet, it is very understandable that some fans would question why a millionaire like Milano would have to resort to charity to help her young baseball-playing sons actualize his ambitions.

Although the cause for her son and his teammates may indeed be a very valuable one, asking fans to cover the costs is not the way to go about sending her son to Cooperstown. In the past, Milano has been lauded for her commitment and action to help out those who are less fortunate than she and her family are, and has rightly garnered extensive praise for having done so. However, after moments like this, the 51-year-old risks damaging her philanthropic reputation for short-term gain on her son's behalf..