HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Members of the Saginaw Valley State University track and field team celebrated 'March is Reading Month' by spending an afternoon with students at the Bay-Arenac ISD Living and Learning Center on Mar. 30th. A total of 12 Cardinal track and field student-athletes participated in the event as part of SVSU Athletics' ever growing initiative to make a positive impact on the community.

The afternoon included many different activities as the Cardinal student-athletes led group reading sessions with the class, participated in one-on-one readings with the students and helped out with arts and crafts projects.

The goal at Bay-Arenac ISD Living and Learning Center is for the students to become participating members of their community to the best of their abilities. To reach this goal the students work to transition by following a curriculum that includes functional academics, leisure, recreation, independent living, and community-based experiences.

"Helping others makes me happy and by the look on the faces today our team helped make a lot of people happy," said SVSU student-athlete Chelsea Savage. "I would do it again in a heartbeat!"

The Bay-Arenac ISD Living and Learning Center campus is located at 1435 W. Center Road in Hampton Township.