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Packers Training Camp Builds Relationiships with Fans and Players

Posted at 11:10 PM, Jul 26, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-27 00:10:50-04

For many families Packers Training Camp is a chance for them to build personal connections with the players they love.

"It was almost like seeing and old friend again because he came out and gave me a hug and then took him," said Sarah Forster of Little Chute.

Sarah Forster and her son Raymond, a child living with disabilities who can't speak, is making a connection without words to Packers Cornerback Quinten Rollins.  It's the second year the two are riding together in the Dream Drive.

"When I got home from work you could hear him in his bedroom, he's non-verbal but ah-ah," laughed Forster.

That reaction, according to Raymond's mom, means he's excited.  Last year was the first year the family came to the Dream Drive, but this time there's one less bike.
Sarah's other son died between football seasons and again Quinten Rollins showed back up in their lives.
 
"Our son just passed away and a friend of our tweeted him I don't have Twitter but she tweeted him that our son passed away and he tweeted back his condolences and it's a big deal to us," said Forster.
 
Rollins was a rookie last year but he essentially started his career with the family.
 
"It's just building a connection and keeping a connection going and like I said I had him last year and I just wanted to keep extending out to the family just like I said being more than a football player because at the end of the day that's what we are," said Rollins.
 
Even though the family lost a son and brother, they gained a friend through training camp.