UNC Student-Athletes Become Pen Pals With Local Elementary Students

Posted May 12, 2016
It started small, with UNC student-athletes writing to a single class of fifth-graders in the fall of 2013. This year, more than 350 Carolina student-athletes exchanged letters every few weeks with students in the second through fifth grades at New Hope. Today, Tar Heel kicker Nick Weiler helps coordinate the program on the student-athlete side. (GoHeels.com)

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