Kansas City, MO. The ABA KC Stars are proud to announce the Buckets & Books Reading Workout Program, an integrated reading program designed to encourage kids to set and meet reading goals. The Stars want kids to understand the power they have over their own futures, the connection between succeeding athletically and succeeding scholastically and the lifelong knowledge that can be gained within the pages of even a single book.Here's how the program works:
The Kansas City Stars players will be visiting dozens of local elementary schools, holding assemblies to encourage and empower the kids to set and meet their reading goals. The players will challenge each student to read just one book in the next four weeks. If the number of books read school-wide within a four-week time period meets the number of students within the school, each student will receive one free ticket to a specific Stars game.
The Stars game is their school's game. At halftime of the game, the principal of each participating school will be brought out to the floor, given a certificate of accomplishment and will be announced to the crowd. The principal can hit the free throw, they will be awarded a team-signed red, white and blue ABA basketball to take back to their school.
If your school would like to be involved in the 2009-2010 Buckets & Books Reading Workout Program, please contact Christina Rose, at crose@kcstars.com or call 816 695 6462 or visit www.kcstars.com or www.abalive.com.
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