Tucson Roadrunners and fans collect gifts for both Banner Diamond Children's patients, children in foster care
TUCSON, Ariz. - — Pro athletes build their own community in the locker room and on the field of play. Fans can pick up on those strong relationships and follow a franchise's call to help a community charity drive.
Tradition dictates that, as soon as the home team slaps a puck into the opponent's net for their first goal of the game, thousands of fans launch their bags filled with stuffed animals onto the rink. "We have 3000 diehards that come to every game, they're a part of everything we do," Roadrunners team president Bob Hoffman said. Hoffman also said the franchise had collected close to 7,000 thousand stuffed animals throughout the year, including Saturday's collection. Most of this year's haul will go to kids receiving foster care support through Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva Children's Services.
"In the hospital, there's not a whole lot of choices that they have control over," Hadley Trull, Banner Medicine's associate director of child life, said. Before the start of these big toy drives, Trull said she, her team and experts working for Banner Health let the Roadrunners and other community partner know which toys they need and who will benefit most from these gifts."What we're finding is that our teen population often gets overlooked and our infant population often gets overlooked," she said.
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