开拓者游戏如何使奶奶的圣诞节

每年，本网站及其读者每年都会派遣贫困儿童来观看开拓者在莫达中心的比赛。它始于10年前，是少数人的慷慨举动。已经成长为我们现在正在谈论成千上万的孩子。去年我们发送了2000年以上，我们正在努力做同样的事情。

有时，当数字如此大时，项目就会被抽象。我们失去了与个人的联系，并开始考虑数量。这就是成功的危险。

今天，我想分享一个故事，而不是成千上万的孩子，而是大约两三个去看开拓者的故事，这些故事是由于过去几年来由开拓者提供的。我希望我们所有人都记得为什么我们这样做，为什么这个项目不是关于无面的群众，而是对那些可以以小而简单的方式改变生活的人，如果人们足够关心，他们的生活可以改变。

A couple of years ago I got an email from a grandma. “Grandma” was actually a misnomer. Technically she was the biological grandmother of a couple of the kids in her house, but practically speaking she functioned as their parent. Beyond that, she hosted foster children. She and her husband had done that for years. Even though it cut into their resources and occasionally raised the stress level, they viewed it as a sacred calling.

今年，事情进展不正确。她的丈夫生病了。没有好转。他们看着圣诞节，摇头。他们知道这是空闲的。

奶奶并不关心物质的事情，而是希望她的寄养孩子知道他们是被爱的。在她多年来所住的所有孩子中，这两个孩子的最艰难。他们最初的家庭状况与您想象的那样糟糕。在与奶奶着陆之前，他们已经从福斯特家到福斯特家弹跳。她给了他们庇护所，但也是安全的。他们逐渐开始信任。她不能在圣诞节给他们很多礼物，但她想知道她是否可以向他们保证那个春天的经历。去开拓者游戏不仅会激发他们的兴奋，还可以确保她打算让他们待一会儿……她不会将他们传给其他人。

When Grandma wrote us, she was hesitant. She knew we helped entire classrooms and youth programs go to games. Was there any possibility that we could spare just two tickets for a small family? She offered to pay for an extra ticket for an adult to go with them. Grandma was a big Blazers fan herself but she couldn’t go because she couldn’t leave Grandpa alone with the rest of the kids. She had asked a friend to take her foster children to the event. She would never request three tickets, though, just two for the two kids most in need, if we had them.

I wrote to Grandma immediately. I said I was sorry to hear about her husband. I thanked her for taking care of all her kids. I told her that there’s no way we’d consider sending just her two foster kids. I let her know that Blazer’s Edge readers would provide tickets for her, for another adult, and foreverykid in her house. She wrote back and asked if I was sure. I said we’d never been surer of anything.

几天后，她发出了感谢信。在这是一个简短的视频中，爷爷录制了，而祖母告诉孩子们发生了什么事。当然，高击击和欢呼很棒，但是您知道该视频中最好的部分是我的吗？我无法说出哪个孩子。养育或生物学，短期或长期，这些人忍受的艰辛，那一刻，他们看起来像一个非常幸福的家庭。奶奶得到了她的圣诞节愿望。

我们之所以能够这样做，是因为本网站的读者提供所有这些门票。这不是由组织完成的，而是由我和您在一起。我们在这里和那里都有一些东西，直到加起来有多达2000个孩子和2000个故事。

今年的西装外套的边缘夜比赛是3月9日对费城76’ers。您能帮我们通过将孩子送入游戏而对孩子有所作为？即使只是一两个，也很大。莫达中心的上甲板很便宜，您可以按照自己的信用卡来按照自己的方式或通过电话，通过电话。就是这样：

Head to the Trail Blazers website through this link:http://www.rosequarter.com/blazersedge/

使用订单代码：BlazersEdge

如果您以这种方式购买门票，则会自动捐赠。

如果您不想在线订购，则可以致电503.963.3926致电Ticket Rep Alec Botts。

Tickets are available at multiple price levels, allowing you to donate as many or few as you wish within your budget. Prices range from $9 to $25 per ticket.

If you work with underprivileged children or youth, the process for requesting tickets is greatly simplified this year.电子邮件me at blazersub@gmail.com for details and spread the word that we’re eager to help folks see a game!

感谢您年复一年地使该活动成为成功。成千上万的年轻人由于您而经历了开拓者篮球的灯光，声音和动作。我们所有人都期待为我们社区的青年和孩子们度过一年。

- dave blazersub@gmail.com /@BlazersEdge/@davedeckard