FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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11/08/2017

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Rocky Mount, NC - A group of senior football players from Nash Central High School used their lunch break to mentor second grade boys at Williford Elementary on Tuesday. 

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The effort was led by Kevin Jones, who is the founder/president of the BAC Scholarship Fund and also attended both schools. The focus of the engagement was reading comprehension, which Principal Kendrick Alston says is a top priority.

 

Second graders were paired one-on-one with a football player in Williford's Media Center where they read a short story and discussed the book's key elements afterwards (i.e. main character and order of events).

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Jones says that the program has the potential to make a lasting impact. "The 2nd graders gained positive role models today, the football players learned the importance of serving those coming behind them and the adults in the room were at a loss for words. Our community was made stronger today."

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