{"id":466693,"date":"2025-12-23T13:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/466693\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:46:14","slug":"spurs-bring-holiday-cheer-to-local-families-with-elf-louise-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/466693\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs bring holiday cheer to local families with Elf Louise Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 The San Antonio Spurs finished their Season of Giving back to the community by dressing up as Santa and his elves while giving gifts to local children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The basketball players teamed up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/elflouise.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/elflouise.org\/\">Elf Louise Christmas Project<\/a> on Monday to offer some holiday cheer to West Side families, according to a release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KSAT talked to a Spurs player who gave out gifts as Santa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cMe and Harrison are out here to give gifts, spread some joy,\u201d he said. \u201cWe wanted to give to the community and make sure the kids had a good holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This was just one event that the players went to over the past five weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/21\/san-antonio-spurs-players-give-back-at-thanksgiving-community-events-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/21\/san-antonio-spurs-players-give-back-at-thanksgiving-community-events-this-week\/\">During Thanksgiving<\/a>, players like Harrison Barnes, Devin Vassell and D\u2019Aaron Fox teamed up with local organizations to provide dinners for families in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Spurs also hosted a Christmas tree giveaway with Methodist Healthcare and Methodist Healthcare Ministries. According to a release, more than 150 decorated holiday wreaths and trees were given away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThe holidays can be a difficult time for many families, especially this year as some face added challenges,\u201d said Patricia Mejia, Chief Impact and Inclusion Officer at Spurs Sports and Entertainment. \u201cSeason of Giving is about meeting our community where they are, extending a hand, sharing joy and helping ensure every family feels supported and seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read more on KSAT:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The San Antonio Spurs finished their Season of Giving back to the community by dressing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":466694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,44679,7709,23773,7202,7203,7199,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-466693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-holidays","11":"tag-ksatkids","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-sanantonio","14":"tag-spurs","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115769192188079227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}