Meet Merle, she's a 92-year-old Blazers fan who went to see the Blazers take on the Grizzlies at the Moda Center on Thursday night. It was the first time she's ever gotten to watch the Blazers in person:
All this 92-year-old Blazers fan wanted was to meet Damian Lillard ... and she did
Merle is a life-long Blazer fan is coming to her first game tonight! @TrailBlazerNews #HelpMerleMeetLillard #RipCity pic.twitter.com/MztWFYsrRL
— Vital Life (@VLFoundation) November 5, 2015 Social media wasted no time getting to work trying to make Merle’s first Blazers game a great experience:
This is Merle @trailblazers she's 92 & a HUGE fan She's going to her 1st game tonight! Can we #HelpMerleMeetLillard? pic.twitter.com/lrqF0EQwxd
— Melissa Kaylene (@melissakaylene) November 5, 2015 #helpmerlemeetlillard #RipCity https://t.co/yAjTmAGAV9
— Anika Cook (@CookAnika) November 5, 2015 Love this so so much. #HelpMerleMeetLillard pic.twitter.com/ZbmXvxJS9g
— Mr. Portland (@Mr_Portland) November 6, 2015 @Dame_Lillard check this out. Everyone please RT this to get Dame's attention. pic.twitter.com/2JglzgRTci
— Shashank (@ShankBathula) November 5, 2015 And five hours later, Merle got her wish to meet Damian Lillard:
92-year-old Merle meets her favorite NBA player, @Dame_Lillard. #HelpMerleMeetLillard pic.twitter.com/h4DiTrqttW
— Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) November 6, 2015 Good job social media, good job Blazers and good job Damian Lillard.
