Moose participate in annual "I love to read month"

Published on February 17, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release

The Manitoba Moose, in conjunction with Red River College, is proud to announce the organization is once again participating in the annual "I Love To Read Month" program throughout the community in the month of February. Moose players will be visiting 14 schools during the month-long program and will start in three schools on Tuesday, February 17th.

The entire Moose team will be involved in visiting children in their classrooms over the next three weeks. During the school visits, players will be available to read to the students, sign autographs and hand out Moose tickets, donated by Red River College, to the kids. A reading workbook created by the students at RRC is also available upon request. If schools are interested, please contact the Moose office at 987-7825.

The Moose organization would like to send out a sincere thank-you to all of the schools that have participated in the program.

Here is the list of schools and players making appearances at the school:

Tuesday, February 17:
Mountbatten Community School – Tomas Mojzis, Jimmy Roy
Westgrove Elementary School – Martin Grenier
St. John's Ravenscourt – Rene Vydareny

Wednesday, February 18:
Victoria-Albert School – Sean Pronger
Sansome School – Alex Auld, Jaroslav Obsut

Thursday, February 19:
A.E. Wright School – Nathan Smith
Niji Mahkwa School – Brandon Nolan, Brandon Reid

Monday, February 23:
Beaumont School – Ryan Ready, Pat Kavanagh
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra "Poetry Reading" – Chris Nielsen, Peter Sarno
King Edward Community School – Kirill Koltsov, Dallas Eakins

Thursday, February 26:
Frontenac School – Sean Pronger, Rene Vydareny
Athlone School – Fedor Fedorov, Jaroslav Obsut
Island Lakes Community School – Jimmy Roy

Friday, February 27:
Maple Leaf School – Jimmy Roy, Justin Morrison
Bernie Wolfe School – Mikko Jokela, Chris Nielsen

All school appearance times are at 1:30-3:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

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