It was August, 2004 and the Bruce family from Seattle was visiting Edmonton for a wedding, when a group of strangers bestowed a random act of kindness upon them.
“My husband played baseball, I played softball, so we went to watch a ball game,” Sharon Bruce recalled. “There was a half dozen of them, just sitting behind us. Sadly we never took a picture, but they loved Leo with his little chubby cheeks. We tossed him back there and they played with him and whatnot,” Sharon explained. “They were very fun, lovely people.”Multi-day Edmonton Oilers 50/50 to support Ukraine humanitarian efforts
“‘We’re giving you this ticket and if you win, it’s for his education,'” Sharon remembered them saying.