Literary birthday greetings: Curtis Granderson

March 16, 2011

The New York Yankees outfielder turns 30 today.

Granderson published a book for young kids,  All You Can Be: Dream It, Draw It, Become It!, in 2009 while a member of the Detroit Tigers. Proceeds go to help his Grand Kids Foundation, which was established “to help fund educational field trips, art initiatives, science initiatives and the increasing need for foreign language software. The foundation also supports inner city baseball programs through equipment donations.”

Here’s a mini-review from the website of the Westfield (NJ) Memorial Public Library.

Regardless of what sports pundits, parents, educators, philosophers, et al, say, kids do look up to these celebrities as role models, so it’s always nice to see athletes who have “made it” giving back to the community. I know some of you cynics out there might say that it’s a tax thing, but not everyone has to do it and many, like Granderson, seem to take pleasure in getting their messages out there, whether it’s getting young people to read or exercise and eat right or stay in school and off drugs.

Granderson was named MLBPA Man of the Year in 2009 for his contributions off the field.

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