Toros Baseball “Reads Across” Hopkinson Elementary School
CSUDH’s boys of summer participate annually in NEA’s “Read Across America” event
March 3, 2006

Los Alamitos, CA -- In achieving one of the team’s most significant wins in this 2006 season, the Cal State Dominguez Hills baseball team made their annual visit to Hopkinson Elementary School yesterday to participate in the National Education Association’s “Read Across America” event.

Toros Fred Medina (seated) and Gus Hernandez take a break in between stories to pose for a photo during the CSUDH baseball’s annual visit to Hopkinson Elementary to celebrate “Read Across America” in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Photo courtesy Rody Wing

Led by head coach George Wing, a contingent of five Toros clad in Cardinal & Gold traveled to the elementary school, where they spent approximately an hour reading to the students and answering questions. Reading many of Dr. Seuss’ classics, Toros Ryan Owen (Torrance, CA/West Torrance HS), Fred Medina (Santa Ana, CA/Century HS), Gus Hernandez (Lynwood, CA/Lynwood HS), Chris Borchers (Torrance, CA/LA Harbor CC) and Kyle Stanley (Buena Park, CA/Hawaii Pacific) presented the kids of Hopkinson Elementary with not only their time, but also showed their commitment to the wonders of reading.

Created nine years ago as a one-day event to celebrate reading on Dr. Seuss’ birthday (March 2), NEA’s “Read Across America” is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on or around Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which has grown into a nationwide initiative that promotes reading every day. In May 1997, a reading task force at NEA formed the idea, and on March 2, 1998, the inaugural “Read Across America” day was born.