Football Players Know "Reading Is Where It's Hat"

As part of Super Bowl week in Jacksonville, Fla., NFL players visited local Jacksonville schools to read with students and encourage them to celebrate literacy. The Heart of America Foundation also generously donated hundreds of books to local Jacksonville schools.

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	Greg Jones, full back for the Jacksonville Jaguars , joins students at Jean Ribault Middle School to rev them up for NEA's Read Across America Day (JPG, 475 KB) Photo credit: Todd Drexler, NEA Staff Photographer
	Jacksonville Jaguars' safety Nick Sorensen reads to third graders at St. Clair Evans Academy as part of NEA's Read Across America activities during Super Bowl week in Jacksonville.  (JPG, 580 KB) Photo credit: Todd Drexler, NEA Staff Photographer
	Jacksonville Jaguars' safety Nick Sorensen translates answers to students' questions for the Cat in the Hat at a read-in to St. Clair Evans Academy in Jacksonville, as part of the NEA's Read Across America program.  (JPG, 382 KB) Photo credit: Todd Drexler, NEA Staff Photographer
	Jacksonville Jaguars' safety Nick Sorensen traded in his football helmet for a red and white striped stovepipe hat to encourage students to open up a book and read.  (JPG, 362 KB) Photo credit: Todd Drexler, NEA Staff Photographer