On Friday March 28^th, the SUNY Brockport Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) teamed up with librarians from Brockport's Drake Memorial Library and visited Helen Barrett Montgomery School No. 50 for the annual READ Program.
 
A large collection of Golden Eagle student-athletes and their mascot Ellsworth spent the morning at the school. They all took part in several physical education activities, reading to the kids, sharing goodie bags, and providing donated books.
 
The Friends of Drake Library donated sling bags for each student with a signed book, pencils, pens, small notepad, composition notebook, toothpaste, toothbrush, and box of crayons.

Brockport student-athletes spent over an hour with the elementary school students in the classroom and 40 minutes outside where they participated in jump rope, hula hoop and parachute games.
 
The READ Program is a great way for the SUNY Brockport student-athletes to remain connected with the youth of the community in a fun learning environment.



Participants included:
Shannon Blankenship, Alexis Sison, Amanda Evans, Peter Tinaj, Abigail Polus, Lucy Crounse, Colby Jordan, Kellie Gentile, Madeline McCrosson, Corrine Wilson, Jillian Humphrey, Hannah Pauly, Ryan Sampson, Allyson DePerno, Maeve Kelleher, Maura Langdon, Jace Fredericksen, Milo Scheve, Maddy Howell, Liv Magin, Vinny Pisa, Devin Pisa, Caitlyn Dailey, Mike Talbert, and Sharazade Cooper

Thank you to the following staff members for supporting the event: John Jackson, Steve Pike, Susan Hoffman, Jennifer Kegler, Mary Jo Orzech, Gloria Gustke, Casey Spark, Olivia Metz.