Bears player reads to young students as part of Chicago Homeroom Huddle

Published: Feb 19, 2024 Duration: 00:01:54 Category: News & Politics

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SOME KIDS AT ERIE HOUSE GOT A VERY SPECIAL VISIT FROM A CHICAGO BEARS PLAYER TODAY. OUR ROZANNE TELLEZ WAS THERE FOR THE BIG SURPRISE. REPORTER I'M AT THE ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE WHERE THEY HAVE THE CHICAGO HOME ROOM HUDDLE UNDERWAY. WHAT IS THAT? WELL, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHICAGO BEARS AND ERIE HOUSE AND PNC BANK, WHERE THEY HAVE PEOPLE COME VOLUNTEER AND READ TO THE KIDS. AND LOOK WHO VOLUNTEERED TODAY. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE ADRIAN AND COLBERT HERE FROM THE CHICAGO BEARS. UM, TELL ME THE KIDS LOOK PRETTY INTO THIS AND YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE. YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE ONE AT HOME, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. UH, 18 MONTHS. AVON IS MY WORLD. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO READ TO HIM HAS REALLY KIND OF PREPPED ME FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME AND GIVE BACK. AND, UH, JUST. SHARE THAT THAT LOVE AND THAT ATTENTION AND PRESENCE WITH OTHER KIDS. YEAH THEY ARE SO ADORABLE. AND THEY WERE REALLY INTO IT. WHEN YOU'RE READING, WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF THAT? IT, UM, IT'S JUST JUST GIVING OUT LOVE, GIVING OUT LIKE THAT PRESENCE AND JUST INTENTION, LIKE. UM, NOT EVERY KID GETS THIS OPPORTUNITY. NOT EVEN JUST FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND READ TO THEM. BUT EVEN AT HOME, LIKE, SO ME BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, THAT MY KID GETS IS, IS LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL FEEL LIKE, OH, I FEEL LIKE WE ALL DESERVE RIGHT? BEING THERE RIGHT? PRESENCE. WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND READING THE KIDS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH PNC BANK, APPARENTLY BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED GROW UP GREAT. THEIR VOLUNTEERS HAVE LOGGED NEARLY 1,000,000 HOURS SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2004, AND ONCE AGAIN TODAY, IT'S THE KIDS HERE AT ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE WHO

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