Athletes help children become stars in school

CHAMPAIGN – Six-year-old Kaylee Bowers was wearing her Warren Carter basket-ball jersey earlier this week, as she does nearly every Tuesday, when Carter visits her school.

The first-grader and the basketball player sat side by side on the floor in a hallway at Garden Hills Elementary School, Carter listening while Kaylee read books to him.

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