![]() ![]() ![]() "I think it's more than just basketball … We're trying to mentor these youths. Lincoln Cole, a co-ordinator at STAC, welcomes the program Bsat has introduced. It is nice to see that change." 'More than just basketball' Pellegrini said Jackson is "not the most avid reader, so it's great to see him actually picking up a book, and something that's not a comic book or an easy reader. Lincoln Cole, Steel Town Athletic Club coordinator We're trying to guide them in the right direction. ![]() It's more than just basketball … We're trying to mentor these youths. "This is something up to them to keep up on their own time to read," she said. Pellegrini believes the initiative will help the children learn about accountability and assert their own independence. Jackson has been reading the book for about a week and a half, and Pellegrini said "it's going quite well." ET on Friday at Bernie Custis Secondary School.) (The team plays its first game, open to the public, at 6 p.m. Members of the team are expected to read 10 pages each night, and then they all talk about it when they meet for practice on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. ![]() Bsat says once the kids are done reading Do Hard Things, they'll move on to The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, by Sonya Renee Taylor and All About Love: New Visions, by Bell Hooks. ![]()
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