When we think of reading, we often assume that everyone knows how to read, but this isn’t entirely true. According to thinkimpact.com, on average 79 percent of US adults are literate in 2022, but 21 percent are illiterate. On average, 66 percent of fourth-grade children in the U.S. could not read proficiently in 2013. There is still lots of room for improvement. Former NFL player and Five-Time Super Bowl Champion Charles Haley, alongside Bob Bowie, the Founders of the Tackle Tomorrow Foundation, are making it their duty to change these statistics in South Dallas. Like some of the children that he