Mooseheart to welcome National Network of State Teachers of the Year Monday

On Monday, July 11, 75 members of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year will come to Mooseheart to take a campus tour, read to students and make a donation of books.

The activities will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. It is part of the network's July 11-14 national conference, which takes place in Rosemont.

The Mooseheart trip is one of two service projects the network is conducting during its conference. The other involves a trip to Schurz High School in Chicago.

After the campus tour, a handful of student teachers of the year will perform a reader's theater for Mooseheart's elementary-aged students. Middle school and high school students will hear inspirational speeches by Joe Fatheree and Annice Brave. Fatheree, from Effingham, Illinois, was named one of the top 10 educators in the world through the Global Education Prize. Brave, from Alton, Illinois, is the 2011 Illinois Teacher of the Year.

Moose International is an international organization of approximately 1.1 million men and women, dedicated to caring for the young and old, bringing communities closer together and celebrating life. The Moose organization maintains approximately 1,600 Moose Centers across the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Bermuda, providing members with family-oriented social, dining and sports activities. The organization's main endeavors include Mooseheart Child City & School, a residential community and school for children whose families are unable to care for them; and Moosehaven, a Florida retirement community for senior members. Children at Mooseheart in Aurora receive the nurturing home, spiritual development and solid education they need to reach their full potential through a variety of innovative, nationally-recognized educational and family-living programs.

To learn more about Mooseheart, visit www.mooseheart.org or follow Mooseheart Child City and School Inc. on Facebook.