- Patches: A Miami-area homeless man and unofficial spokesman for The Wino and Gold LeBron Jersey Drive.
Update: A little incentive for you all. Miami New Times has graciously donated a pair of tickets to the Cavs vs. Heat game in Miami on December 15th. The person who drops off the most LeBron gear before our deadline (October 11) will get them. Yes, the tickets are for a game in Miami, but we really don’t care if you go or if you sell them. In fact, similar tickets to these (Section 114, Row 29) are going for close to $200 on StubHub. So sell away if you’d like.
Bring us your stuff and the tickets could be yours.
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Previous efforts by a certain group to collect the unwanted LeBron jerseys, shirts, and assorted paraphernalia of Clevelanders to donate to Miami homeless shelters are unsuccessful at this point, thwarted by politics in Miami.
We think that’s simply not cool, and as one intrepid Miami reporter discovered last week, the homeless of Miami totally want Cleveland’s LeBron-related stuff. And they should have it.
So, Scene’s partnering up with Miami New Times for a drive of our own. And we’re not going through official channels or dealing with those uninterested in clothing the downtrodden of South Florida in the finest of wine and gold threads.
Here’s our promise: Donate your stuff to The Wino and Gold LeBron Jersey Drive and we’ll personally make sure your formerly cherished items are given directly to a person of need in Miami. No, really. The good folks at Miami New Times will distribute the collection themselves.
We know you were too lazy to donate or burn your stuff this summer. It’s still sitting in your closet, or a box, and we want it. Please.
Just drop your stuff off at Scene’s offices (1468 W. 9th St., Suite 805, Cleveland, OH) by October 11, and we’ll get it down to Miami. The office is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. (If those hours are an issue or you’d like to ship your stuff, email me and we’ll figure something out: vgrzegorek@clevescene.com).
No joke, folks. We want your LeBron jerseys, shirts, sweatshirts, shoes — whatever you want to give up. And we’ll get it down to Miami for you and hand it personally to someone who would love nothing more than to wear your orange No. 23 gear.
Pass it on.
This article appears in Sep 29 – Oct 5, 2010.
this is ridiculous!! Get over it now – he’s gone, move on w/your life.
I agree. Let it and him go. We are empowering his ego with all of this. We have already let him know how we felt about the way he handled leaving the Cav’s.
Let it go …. GROW THE FUCK UP…. He left, plain and simple !!!!
why the heck are we sending so much clothing to miami and we need it right here in our city, f@@k labron, but the clothing will be well welcomed by people here that really need it, u guyz need to leave it alone the bums gone, this is just a publicity stunt, to shame him more, we get it, my feeling where hurt too, but the chump gone, and i rather c it go to our own community
give me a labron jersey, 4xl please, i dont care about that crap no more, or just give me 1 for my son he’s 10 nov. 25, that lives in Florida, that will make a nice birthday present for him, he has no idea about whats going on but likes lebron, i wouldnt dare tell him nothing bad about the kid
This is genius. To all the folks saying “grow up & get over it” I say screw you. Good hate should age like wine or scotch. Just think how smooth and delicious LeBron hate will be in 12 years. BTW How do you guys feel about the Ravens’ owner who I will not name? Still love to hate that taint smear don’t ya?
Can I mail it to your office?
NEVER FORGET.
LET HIM FEEL IT EVERY TIME HE STEPS FOOT IN CLEVELAND.
Don’t ever let it go Cleveland. Anyone who says “Let it go” was never a Cavaliers fan anyway. Unless the egotistical media whore gets on ESPN and apologizes to every Cavaliers fans for the way he acted. He should be treated with distain, hate, and disgust until he does. This wasn’t the act of leaving….it was the delivery and the following actions.