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Champions in the Community
Athletes Trick or Treat with the residents of the Tammy Lynn Center
On Halloween, 13 NCSU student athletes and several staff members of the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes treated the residents of the Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities to a Halloween book donation. The student-athletes also participated in a “trick-or-treat” event and walked from classroom to classroom, assisting the residents on their quest for Halloween treats! Some student athletes wheeled the wheelchair bound residents from room to room and everyone had a wonderful time. After trick-or-treating, the student athletes selected books from the donated boxes and each student athlete read a book to the Tammy Lynn residents. NCSU football player Willie Young captivated his audience with a rousing rendition of “It Looked Like Spilt Milk” by Charles Shaw. After reading, Willie said “I really felt privileged to come out and participate in this Halloween event. It was fun reading to the kids because they were so interactive.”
The event provided an opportunity for many of NC State’s gifted athletes to share their time and compassion with people who may never be able to play on a team or attend college. The joy on the faces of the people at The Tammy Lynn Center showed how truly thrilled they were for these student athletes to visit and celebrate Halloween with them.
The feeling was clearly mutual. All of the student-athletes had a wonderful time and several plan to go back to the Tammy Lynn Center to volunteer on a regular basis.
This event was a great success on the path to promoting literacy all over North Carolina. The Academic Support Program for Student Athletes hopes to continue and increase its involvement in the NC community and to use the “celebrity” of the student-athletes to advocate the importance of education. Today was certainly a big win for the Tammy Lynn Center as well as the student athletes at NC State.
