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"I would like to have Andre Kirilenko over for dinner. The reason I would love to have Andre come over is to converse with my mother in Russian and also meet my children.

I am a single mother raising two children and caring for my mother with Congestive Heart Failure and Alzheimer's. My mother speaks fluent Russian but rarely converses with anyone since she was an only child and both of her parents are deceased. When my mom was healthier, she was a Jazz regular and loved going to the games. She was very excited when Andre joined the Jazz team and loves to cheer for him.

Because my children do not have a male role model, I would like Andre to meet them and encourage them to do their best in everything they do. He would be a very positive role model and I know he would make a great impression on them."
- Melinda

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