Saturday, May 08, 2004
Hey, Carl! Got Any Reds Tickets?
Here's a genuinely nice gesture by a major league owner. Sue Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Reds owner Carl Lindner is sending about 450,000 vouchers, each good for two Reds tickets, to Cincinnati-area schoolchildren, teachers, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, nurses, police officers, firefighters and the like. The tab for the tickets is being paid by the Lindner family, not the club or any of Lindner's other businesses.
According to the article, Lindner's philanthropy is motivated by his appreciation for the good care he received as a patient at Cincinnati's Christ Hospital five years ago. He began by giving away tickets to nurses and public-safety workers, but has since expanded the list of recipients.
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Here's a genuinely nice gesture by a major league owner. Sue Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Reds owner Carl Lindner is sending about 450,000 vouchers, each good for two Reds tickets, to Cincinnati-area schoolchildren, teachers, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, nurses, police officers, firefighters and the like. The tab for the tickets is being paid by the Lindner family, not the club or any of Lindner's other businesses.
According to the article, Lindner's philanthropy is motivated by his appreciation for the good care he received as a patient at Cincinnati's Christ Hospital five years ago. He began by giving away tickets to nurses and public-safety workers, but has since expanded the list of recipients.
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