TOUGH AS NAILS READ BOOKS, RUN THE BASES DID YOU KNOW... Kids in classrooms without classroom libraries read 50% less than kids in classrooms with libraries?
THE LARKS
READING PROGRAM
BY Farmer’s ETHAN CHAIET The Union Insurance Reading Program encourages students in the Bismarck-Mandan and “In order to beareas Toughto as read. Nails, one have they surrounding Theneeds moretobooks the willingness keep moving forward, evento when read, the moretoopportunities they have earn things go wrong. ” Larks gameday staff member, John super cool prizes such as pencils and erasers, passes Wilson echoes these words each day before and he steps to the Dakota Zoo, the Medora zip-line free into the pizza at ballpark. Pizza Ranch! Wilson, a season ticket holder since the inception It’s our goal to help create excitement about reading of the Larks in 2017, joined the staff last season amidst the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A lifelong and rewards students for accomplishing their baseball fan, Wilson enjoys coming to the ballpark not only for the play on the field, but also to watch the reading goals. next generation learn more about the game he loves so much. This year the firsthand reading what program grew by“Tough more as than Wilson knows it means to be Nails.” As a former judge from New York City, Wilson 2,000 students. theofnumbers below.the circumstances, Wilson prides himself on always has seen and dealtCheck with a out variety conflicts. Despite
bringing the parties together and finding a solution. Throughout the pandemic, Wilson still helped help his clients through online mediation to push cases forward. He hopes that his experience in his professional career will be relayed into his work at the ballpark. Wilson says a team can not be successful if they don’t play together.
34 57 1,115 9,198 When he’s not at the ballpark, Wilson can be found at the golf course, watching a Yankee game, or working behind the grill. CITIES SCHOOLS CLASSROOMS STUDENTS
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