March 02, 2016

Eagles player leads story time for kids on Dr. Seuss' birthday

Beau Allen reads 'A Cat in the Hat' at MLK High School

By Thom Carroll
PhillyVoice Contributor

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Philadelphia Eagles player, Beau Allen reads 'A Cat in the Hat' at MLK High School, Wednesday, March 3, 2016.

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Philadelphia Eagles player Beau Allen visited Martin Luther King High School in the city's East Germantown neighborhood on Wednesday to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America Day.

During the event, Allen and the Eagles Youth Partnership’s Storybook Man read books by Dr. Seuss to 6- and 7-year-olds from West Oak Lane Charter School. Sponsor Santander Bank donated more than 3,000 books to be distributed to at-risk youth in the area by the Philadelphia Reads organization.

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