SLANT 45 — Down, set, hike!

The Super Bowl is coming … and there is a SUPER way for kids to get involved! Join SLANT 45: Service-Learning Adventures in North Texas, and team up with other kids to become a CHAMPION of community service!

SLANT 45 is the official North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee youth education program developed for elementary-age children.

The goal of SLANT 45 is to recruit 20,000 kids from more than 100 North Texas cities to generate 45,000 hours of community service.

Projects are limited only by a child’s imagination – from blanket drives and community gardens, to murals painted over graffiti, to a neighborhood walking program.

Teammates meeting all guidelines are eligible to receive an official SLANT 45 T-shirt, SLANT 45 playbook and have an opportunity to be part of the SLANT 45 Kids Bowl Bash in January 2011 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (free tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis).

“Here’s a great chance for us to recognize that the heroes of Super Bowl XLV aren’t just on the football field,” said former Dallas Cowboy Daryl Johnston, who serves as the SLANT 45 chairman. “They’re our littlest heroes, right here in North Texas, working to do good for others.”

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush are honorary chairs of SLANT 45, and Bank of America and the Ted & Shannon Skokos Foundation are the founding sponsors. To learn more about how the students and parents at your school can be involved in this FREE initiative, please join us for an information session on Tuesday, August 31 at 10 a.m. in room 309 at the Plano ISD Administration Building. Please R.S.V.P. by emailing Cristi Dyer at president@skaggspta.org. We hope to see you all there!