Miami Dolphins Go Halloween Costume Shopping with Elementary School Students
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October 17, 2017
Miami Dolphins Go Halloween Costume Shopping with Elementary School Students
Miami, FL – The Miami Dolphins took 50 elementary school students shopping for Halloween costumes on Tuesday afternoon. Students from Park Lakes Elementary and Robert Russa Moton Elementary walked the aisles of Spirit Halloween in Oakland Park with Dolphins players, cheerleaders, alumni and mascot T.D. in search of great costumes to impress their friends.
The students came into the shop in two waves, with Park Lakes Elementary’s 25 students coming first. Ten Dolphins players, four cheerleaders, three alumni and T.D. greeted the students as they walked in and handed each one a Miami Dolphins T-shirt. Shortly thereafter, the kids were off shopping for costumes with some of their favorite Dolphins players, including Chase Allen, MarQueis Gray, Matt Haack, Neville Hewitt, Malcolm Lewis, Drew Morgan, Cody Parkey, Eric Smith, Gabe Wright and Vincent Taylor.
“It’s the holidays. Halloween is coming up and I know kids look forward to going costume shopping. Me being a father and having my own kids, it’s something I couldn’t do this year because they’re out of town,” Dolphins tight end MarQueis Gray said of being able to join the kids in their costume hunt. “I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to go help these kids and help them have fun today.”
Once the Park Lakes students all had their costumes, they sat down with some of the Dolphins to enjoy a Papa John’s pizza party. Meanwhile, the Robert Russa Moton students entered the building for their chance to shop for costumes. Players, cheerleaders Alexandra, Britt, Holly and Jenny, and alumni Larry Ball, Troy Drayton and Lousaka Polite walked kids through the aisles to help them become grim reapers, princesses, superheroes and more.
Robert Russa Moton principal Eric Wright said he selected the students based on need. “We come from a low economic area. Most of them have challenges and needs, so it’s just an opportunity to get away from their community, but really they probably wouldn’t have had a chance to go shopping for costumes. Most of our students are siblings that come from large families, so usually they don’t all get to get something. This way they all get to get something.”
