MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami Dolphins rookies Nate Brooks, Deion Calhoun, Jake Carlock, Chandler Cox, Jamal Davis, Michael Dieter, Sam Eguavoen, Myles Gaskin, Terrill Hanks, Montre Hartage, Gary Jennings, Patrick Laird, Jonathan Ledbetter, Chris Myarick, Nik Needham, Chidi Okeke, Durval Queiroz Neto, TJ Rahming, Keaton Sutherland, Andrew Van Ginkel, Ken Webster, Christian Wilkins, Preston Williams, Gerald Willis and Terry Wright, T.D., and Dolphins’ staff in collaboration with Neighbors4Neighbors adopted four deserving families this holiday season with a holiday gift event that included tickets and pregame field passes to the Dolphins vs. Bengals home game at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 22.
“We have four South Florida families that we are sponsoring this holiday and are fortunate to be able to pass this on to them and so our group really wanted to do a good job of making this a special Christmas for them by getting them some things they need and also a couple toys for the kids,” Laird said. “All of us players, we realize how fortunate we are and we are in a great position where we can help people and so this was a cool opportunity that the Dolphins’ staff set up for us.”
As part of the Adopt-A-Family initiative, the rookies shopped and purchased gifts for the pre-selected families and presented these gifts at a holiday gift event at the Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University on Monday, Dec. 16. The invited participants had the opportunity to spend the evening with the rookies, take part in obstacle courses and received a tour of the facility. At the event, the rookies surprised each participating family with tickets and pregame field passes to attend the team’s final home game of the season at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 22
“I was wondering what we were going to do for Christmas this year and as a single parent it’s difficult to get the things that your children want for the year and so when I got the call I was feeling very excited and blessed,” Shamori Aldridge said. “This was just the icing on the cake this year and I really appreciate that something like this happened for my kids.”
“It means a lot for me because I came from a rough journey so to know someone is watching and really cares about us, it means a lot and to get it from the Dolphins is a blessing for me and I really appreciate them doing this for me and my kids,” Roschelle Bent added.
These events are part of an ongoing series of the #DolphinsHuddlefor100 service projects as part of the NFL’s 100th celebration. The NFL has invited fans, players, clubs and employees to join Huddle for 100, an effort to inspire 1 million people to volunteer 100 minutes of their time to make meaningful contributions to their communities.
