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I won tickets to a Penguins hockey game where I got to ride the zamboni. My mom (like now) helped me write a think you letter to both the team and the people that I won the tickets and ride with. The people for the Penguins like my letter and picture that I sent that they gave me 4 tickets to game 5 of the Pens vs. Rangers in the playoffs in 2008. We didn’t know about the tickets until 2 days before so we could not find someone to go with us. The day of the game I told my mom that I wanted to give the 2 extra tickets away. We asked what seemed like forever and no one wanted to split from their group to watch the game outside and people told me to sell because I could get a lot of money. After a while I found two girls going to see the game outside with their aunts, they did not want to leave their aunts alone but their aunts told them to go. Their friends could not believe that they were sitting 7 rows away from the ice. Even though I didn’t ask for anything in return for the tickets, Sam helped me take pictures of the players before the game and after the game when the Pens won since I had to climb on my mom to see over the crowd.
If the same thing were to happen tomorrow I would give away the tickets again. My mom says karma is a good judge of a person and even though the good people don’t get the breaks they need when they need them. Even though it seems that the bad people get them all the time. She tells me that one day when you need it most all your good deeds will come back to help you and in a way you would not think of.
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"So shines a good deed in a weary world." -William
Owen, I am so glad there are people like you, who think unselfishly of others. You truly make the world a better place; and your actions inspire me!
Peace!
-cw
Chuck Watterson | 10 months, 2 weeks ago
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Great way to “Pay It Forward” Good for you. Next time, maybe look into taking a foster child or two to the game with you or a neighborhood child less fortunate. You’ll make their day, and very possibly change their life. God Bless
Susan | 10 months ago
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Giving away tickets
I remember something similar back when I was about 10 and going to Disneyland with my family. That was back in the 1960s when you bought books of tickets for the rides. At the end of a long, fun day, we still had a couple of books of unused ride tickets. We were not planning to come back the next day, so my dad pulled out the ride tickets and handed them to the parents of a couple of young children as they were entering the park. He said, “enjoy the rides.” Those kids were overjoyed and thanked him. It made an impression on me too. Now whenever I go to the state fair, I will often buy ride tickets, but usually only use a small portion of them. Then on my way out, I look for a family with children that look like they would use them and hand them the tickets and say, “enjoy the rides. Invariable, the faces on the kids and parents light up with smiles and words of thanks are spoken, usually in a tone of surprise. I hope that those kids at Disneyland and every kid I have passed tickets to at the fair have passed on this tradition. It really is a small gesture, but it makes me feel good that I have passed on a little joy in a child’s day, and a lesson of sharing.
Barbara Cox | 9 months ago
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Giving away tickets
Your mom sounds like a very wise woman and it shows by the way you are, always do the right thing even though you don’t get the reaction you expect from some people. It’s what makes you special and it is called integrity, and character, it is what will always set you apart, never change!!! Never settle be less than who you are.
Sharon L Burke | 7 months, 2 weeks ago
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