See Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi read to Natomas students. ‘Unlocking their dreams’
Kristi Yamaguchi, who realized her dreams in 1992 by winning Olympic gold as a figure skater, wants to help today’s children find and achieve their own dreams.
That’s the goal of the Always Dream Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes early childhood literacy that she founded, and why she visited Sacramento’s Hazel Strauch Elementary School on Monday to join the school’s Always Reading year-end celebration.
“We really hope that providing these literacy resources for them, and also the family engagement support for their families which is really the core part of our program, has given them the foundation to enjoy picking up a book, get excited about reading and unlocking their dreams,” Yamaguchi said.
Yamaguchi read her children’s story “Cara’s Kindness,” which is about a cat who asks for help picking a song for an ice-skating routine.
The Bee’s Paul Kitagaki Jr. contributed to this story.
