{2 Vid_Clips} From Football to State Supreme Court_Story of Justice Alan Page

Former Minnesota Viking and Hall of Famer Alan Page had an illustrious NFL career. And then he was elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court.

In 1988, Page and his wife Diane founded the Page Education Foundation. That Foundation provides much-needed financial and mentoring assistance to students of color in exchange for those students’ commitment to further volunteer service in the community. As of June 2010, the Page Foundation has awarded grants to 4,500 students, who in turn have given over 300,000 hours of their own time to young children. Upon his retirement from the bench, Justice Page hopes to become a public school teacher so that he might make an even more personal impact on the children the Foundation has served.

Since 1996, Page has volunteered to be a "reading buddy" in the Everybody Wins reading program at a local elementary school.

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Page’s contributions to the community have not gone unnoticed, and he has been the recipient of a number of awards recognizing the impact he has made on the lives of children throughout the nation. He has also received Honorary Doctorates in Humane Letters from the University of Notre Dame, Winston-Salem State University, and Gustavus Adolphus College, as well as Honorary Doctorates of Laws from the University of Notre Dame, St. John’s University, Westfield State College, Luther College, and the University of New Haven.

..Video.... http://sports.yahoo.com/video/outside-game-alan-page-172825266.html
...more...@..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Page

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