Bear down is the message as fullback visits Buffalo Grove school
Chicago Bears fullback Jason McKie visited a first grade class at Ivy Hall Elementary School in Buffalo Grove Wednesday to tout commitment and giving your best to the young students.
The visit was arranged by Cindi and Mitchell Ruchim, whose son Drew is a first-grader in teacher Nikki Comin's class. They purchased the visit at an auction fundraiser for the Rory David Deutsch Foundation, which benefits pediatric brain cancer research.
McKie had donated his time to the foundation, which was created by Rory's family in honor of the 7-year-old Highland Park science buff and Nintendo junkie who died a decade ago from a brainstem glioma.
McKie answered questions about playing for the Bears and signed autographs during his visit.
Chicago Bears fan Brandon Frankel, 7, of Buffalo Grove, gets his Brian Urlacher jersey signed by Chicago Bears fullback Jason McKie. Brandon yelled out, "Where's Brian Urlacher?" as Jason was entering the first-grade classroom. Everybody laughed.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Excited Bear fans looks on as Chicago Bears fullback Jason McKie signs autographs for the first graders.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Excited Bear's fan Maya Shub, 6, of Buffalo Grove, throws her arm up to ask a question of Chicago Bears fullback Jason McKie, who was visiting the first graders at the Ivy Hall Elementary School in Buffalo Grove on Wednesday.
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