Remember Team Sasha, the inspiring children's basketball team from Plano? Yesterday marked their final delivery of thousands of Legos collected for their SLANT 45 project to Children's Medical Center in Dallas. The team rolled up to the hospital Monday afternoon with wagonloads and donation boxes full to the brim with more than 400 Lego sets for the patients and their families to enjoy. It was quite a spectacle to see those boys and their families surrounded by hospital staff and cameras galore as they piled their donations up in the entrance!
Team Sasha's members then headed up to the 10th floor of the hospital to receive words of thanks from Dr. Bowers (Sasha Ohotskiy's doctor) and Sasha's father, Sergei (among others). The boys gave heartfelt interviews for the press, remembering Sasha as "one in a million," and talking about how optimistic he remained both in and out of the hospital during his treatment, and then hauled their wagons over to the 10th floor playroom to stock the shelves FULL of Lego sets! The rest of the donations were distributed to other playrooms for general use or stocked away to be used as birthday presents for patients.
Team Sasha has served as an inspiration for many, including the 8th grade graduating class at Levine Academy, where many of the team attend school. Each year, the class does a fundraising project, and this year, they chose to support Team Sasha's SLANT 45 Lego donation program. Soon, a check for $500 will be headed to Children's Medical Center to join the thousands of Legos who've already made the hospital their home - which really demonstrates the generosity of these kids and their capacity to care and provide for others!
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