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WEBVTT MAGICAL. >> WE DID NOT EXPECT THIS AT ALL. >> OH MY GOD. >> WOW. >> I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 15 GUYS FROM THE TEAM HERE, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. JULIANA: A SAINTS SURPRISE FOR 25 UNSUSPECTING FAMILIES, WHO WERE TOLD TO MEET AT WALMART FOR A TREAT. >> I SAW THE CUPCAKES AND I THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING A PARTY OR SOMETHING. BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. >> YOU WILL GET $425. [APPLAUSE] JULIANA: SAINTS TIGHT END BEN WATSON AND HIS FAMILY HOSTED A BIG BENEFIT. >> THIS IS ABOUT EMPOWERING PARENTS TO BE THE HEROES IN THEIR KIDS LIVES. JULIANA: BEN, MORE THAN A DOZEN PLAYERS, AND EVEN GAYLE BENSON HERSELF HANDED OUT $425 GIFT CARDS FOR A HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREE. IT MEANT TO SO MUCH TO THESE FAMILIES WHO OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE HAD TO TELL THEIR KIDS SANTA COULDN’T COME THIS YEAR. >> I WAS JUST HOPING THAT THEY'D BE UNDERSTANDING TO THE SITUATION. IT IS A LOT. THANK YOU. JULIANA: TEARS OF JOY, NOT EVEN BECAUSE OF THE GIFTS BUT BECAUSE OF THE CHANCE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. >> WE HAD $68 TO GROCERY SHOP WITH. >> WE HAVE THREE BOYS. WE ARE GETTING THEM BIKES NOW. >> THINGS WE’D NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD PLUS WE CAN GET GROCERIES. JULIANA: EACH FAMILY SET OFF WITH THEIR OWN CART AND A PERSONAL SAINTS SHOPPER. >> SOME MAKEUP. JULIANA: WHO TRIED TO BE THERE AND EVEN OFFER SOME TIPS. >> THE BOND THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BETWEEN OUR TEAM AND FANS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. JULIANA: THE SAINTS KNOW FIRST HAND THAT GIVING BACK INSPIRES TRUE CHANGE. >> PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE BEFORE WANT TO COME BACK AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE. >> THEY ARE IMPACTING LIVES EVERYWHERE THEY GO. IT IS SPECIAL TO BE PART OF IT. >> I AM TRULY HUMBLED. I AM GRATEFUL AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS. THANK YOU. JULIANA: IT WARMS YOUR HEART. ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES ARE WITH THE METRO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES APPEARED IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEIR FACES. SHAUN: YOU HAD MARGARET CRYING BACKSTAGE. WE NEED TISSUES IN THE WEATHER CENTER. BUT WHEN YOU SEE STUFF LIKE THAT, IT IS HUGE. THESE ARE NFL PLAYERS. THEY GIVE BACK TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND IT MAKES YOU PROUD TO BE PART OF THE CITY. JULIANA: IT REALLY DOES. AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES -- BRITNEY BREES WAS HELPING. IT WAS GREAT.

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