When Seattle special education teacher Kevin Zelko began a fund-raising quest to buy Seahawks jerseys for some of the neediest students at his inner-city elementary school, he imagined a small, do-it-yourself project. He hoped to raise about $1,000 and provide new jerseys for maybe 20 kids
What he got was something much bigger — much, much bigger
Zelko teaches at Kimball Elementary School. He also works some weekends lugging 70 pounds of booze up and down the aisles of Seattle’s CenturyLink Field as a beer vendor at Seahawks home games. Fridays are spirit days at Kimball, and students are encouraged to wear the jerseys of their favorite sports teams. That overwhelmingly means the Seahawks these days, as Seattle’s NFL team is one win away from a Super Bowl berth Read more…
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