Recently, student-athletes from Illinois State University visited Towanda Elementary School to read to students as part of the State Farm/Missouri Valley Conference Just Read! program. Many other student-athletes will continue their support of the program as they travel to Sugar Creek Elementary School on Wednesday, April 27 to read to the students and relate the importance of reading.
The student-athletes will be reading to elementary students at Sugar Creek Elementary School from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Several student-athletes from a variety of teams will be representing ISU.
The trip to Sugar Creek Elementary will mark the eighth elementary school that ISU student-athletes have visited this year.
The Missouri Valley Conference started the Just Read! program in November, 1998. The program, which is co-sponsored by State Farm Insurance and the Missouri Valley Conference, has student-athletes visiting local elementary schools, reading books and relating the impact that reading has had on their lives. The program is very successful, and video segments from each Missouri Valley Conference visit are aired during the league's basketball television package.
For more information regarding Illinois State's visit to Sugar Creek Elementary School or future visits, contact Jane Fulton at 309/438-2750. For more information regarding the "Just Read!" program, contact Jack R. Watkins at 314/421-0339, ext. 327, or Sarah Weier at 314/421-0339, ext. 318, of the Missouri Valley Conference.
