Edgewood Park — Students at Washington School for the Deaf welcomed a very special guest last week when Seattle Seahawks star wide receiver Jermaine Kearse paid a visit.
Kearse is known for his involvement with local youth, particularly 15 to 1 Foundation. 15 to 1 was founded by Kearse with the mission as stated on the organization’s website, “to support and inspire youth in military families to work hard, persevere and believe in order to overcome adversity and find success through positive choices, experiences and opportunity.”
Jane Mulholland, superintendent of WSD said that, “Mr. Kearse did talk about his foundation, which focuses on children of military families, however his main focus here was to spend time and interact with our students and staff. Everyone had a great time.”
During the hour long assembly, Kearse talked with and answered questions, signed autographs, gave out T-shirts, and even threw the football around with some of the older students.
