HRHS Student’s Dream Comes True
Students Shop with the Panthers
HRHS student Ne’Quan Deas received
a special surprise on Friday, Dec. 4th, as his
school teamed up with Dream On 3 (DO3) for
a signature VIP sendoff during a school-wide
pep rally.
Thanks to Dream on 3 and HRHS, Deas
and his family are headed to Nashville to
attend a Tennessee Titans football game!
The pep rally celebrated Ne’Quan and served
as the springboard to making his NFL-sized
dream come true.
Earlier this year, Dream On 3 approached
Hickory Ridge High School about participating
in a pilot program called Junior Dream
Team. Excited about this opportunity, HRHS
assembled a team of eight high school
students who worked with DO3 to help make
their fellow classmate’s wildest sports dream come true.
The team selected Deas with the goal of providing him with a memory
that would last a lifetime and to let him know that his fellow classmates, and
the entire HRHS community, are ready to get in the huddle with him. Through
numerous school fundraisers – a talent show, a pancake breakfast and t- shirt
sales using the simple slogan Dream On For Ne’Quan – the Junior Dream
Team raised $8000.00 to help make Ne’Quan’s dream a reality.
Dream On 3 was founded in 2012. Its vision is a “community united
in making dreams come true” for some very special local children. The
organization has received overwhelming support from the healthcare
community, the sports community, and Cabarrus County Schools along with
many other national organizations for their attention to this population of
special needs children.
Thirty students from A.T. Allen Elementary School received a special surprise
– a $200 holiday shopping spree with members of the Carolina Panthers!
The students spent the morning shopping on Dec 8th at Academy Sports &
Outdoors store near Concord Mills with Carolina Panthers Ed Dickson, A.J.
Klein, Mike Tolbert, Brad Nortman, Dean Marlowe, Kurt Coleman and Shaq
Thompson.
Members of the Top Cats and the Women of the Panthers also joined the
players to help students make their selections. Special thanks to United Way
Central Carolinas- Cabarrus County for helping to arrange this wonderful
event for our students. And of course, THANK YOU to Academy Sports and to
the Carolina Panthers for their generosity!
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