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Wings celebrate another successful Hometown Holiday Assist | DetroitRedWings.com
The Red Wings are not only giving up goals to their opponents, but they’re giving out gifts for the holidays too!
All jokes aside… this a really great thing that the organization does and it’s awesome to see the players participate.
The week before Christmas, the Wings will make their annual visit to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan to visit the kids there and deliver all the presents.
”It’s awesome,” Glendening said. “To see both sides is pretty cool. You see these kids, they’re searching for gifts that they think that other kids would like. To see the kids at the hospital receive those gifts is awesome.”
Mantha said the annual hospital visit is one of the highlights of the holiday season.
”The smiles that they have on their faces at that point is just amazing,” Mantha said. “Their parents are thrilled to see us. Even some of the kids, they watch us play and they know who we are so as soon as they see us walking into the room, I think they forget everything and they’re just enjoying the moment that we’re there. It’s always fun.”
“Seeing a lot of smiles on the kids and giving back is what we’re here for.”#RedWings celebrate another successful Hometown Holiday Assist: https://t.co/o34MDlvj2Y pic.twitter.com/uqcQIoIfzI
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) December 9, 2019
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