Bears Do Good In Offseason

Players of the Chicago Bears participated in a reading incentive program called Tales to Tackle this last weekend at the Walter Payton center in Chicago.  Stanley, the mascot, alumni Mickey Pruitt, Robin Earl, and Allan Ellis as well as wide receiver Rashied Davis and kicker Robbie Gould led a football skills clinic and honored the 65 middle schoolers that qualified for the awards ceremony that followed.

Tales to Tackle challenged students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade to read three books a month for four consecutive months.  The books had to be approved and the students had to verify their reading to be eligible for the drawing of which 65 were randomly chosen to attend the clinic and ceremony.

In other Bears’ news safety Chris Harris, defensive end Israel Idonije joined Colts cornerback Nick Harper as part of Gridiron Greats Tour 2007 that visited Multinational Division Baghdad last week. The players wore desert and green camouflage in honor of the soldiers they would be hosting.  Soldiers lined up in Liberty Morale Welfare and Recreation building to get posters, footballs and other memorabilia signed.

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