The St. Louis Blues have long been a classy organization. However, they stepped up their game in these troubling times with regard to sometimes forgotten workers.
The St. Louis Blues are still awaiting word from the league about any concrete scenario for a potential return to action. However, they should not hold their breath since there is no agreement between the CDC, local governments and the national government about how long this voluntary separation should even last.
So, as fans, we all wait with the team. Players have been allowed to fly to their various homes, if they do not live in the city they play in.
That seems like it would make a potential restart of the league take even longer. What if the United States deems things OK, but a player comes back from the Czech Republic and it blew up there? Anyway, that’s for other people to decide and ponder.
What we do know is the Blues continue to be one of the classiest organizations in sports. They might not be the first, but they have joined a group of ownership in various sports that have promised to help out their arena workers during this uncertain time.
The team created what is being called the Blues Employee Assistance Fund. It will be funded by ownership, players and fans themselves.
More from St Louis Blues News
- St. Louis Blues Giving Nick Ritchie A Look Is No Lose Situation
- St. Louis Blues Torey Krug Already Injured Before 2023-24 Season
- Former St. Louis Blues Forward Going Into Hall Of Fame
- Can Hofer Upstage Binnington in Starting Goalie Spot for Blues?
- St. Louis Blues 2023-24 fourth line depth chart could be surprisingly strong
Season ticket holder Andy Frisella already made a $100,000 donation to the fund. All Blues players have made a donation to the fund as well.
According to KMOV, any excess money will be donated to local efforts battling this new virus and health related concerns from it. That is always good to know since people often open their wallets in time of need, but never know what happens to the money if they are too generous and there is spillover.
By visiting blues.givesmart.com or by texting ‘blues’ to 76278, fans can make their donation to help out this fund. It does not specifically say how the text feature works, so try that avenue at your own risk.
This is all a solid community builder. The people fans would be helping out are our own neighbors and community mates.
These people often go unnoticed and underappreciated. Whether it is the people forced to clean the awful drunken mess in the bathrooms or the ones serving food in the overcrowded concession stands or the ones dealing with rowdy fans in the seats, they all keep the action flowing by dealing with fans in the best way possible.
It is only fitting that they get some assistance during this time without work. It should be no surprise the Blues joined in with this seemingly league wide plan to help out the little people that keep the NHL going in their respective cities.