"The Argos have also set up a mechanism for anyone who wants to donate the tickets they purchase to underprivileged youth in the Toronto community. To take advantage of this offer, please contact Melissa Robinson at mrobinson@argonauts.ca or 416-341-2787."
It’s a great idea that I hope people will take advantage of, and I hope the process is made even more user friendly by adding the option of an online form and confirmation process that is less cumbersome and time consuming and more secure than emails and phone calls.
I am actually considering buying a couple of tickets to an Argo game and donating them, but I would rather be able to do that immediately when I purchase them, since I have no intention of ever using them myself. Phone calls and emails after the fact are better than nothing — unless I’m being asked to send credit card or other confidential information via an insecure method. A secure web form would provide a better record of the transaction, and expedite the process.
With the long waiting list for tickets to BMO, the Argos can’t afford to give away tickets to underprivileged kids. Imagine how upset the thousands of people waiting to pay good money for Argos tickets would feel.
Seriously, though, it would be a positive for the organization to offer to match donations from the public, or something along those lines.