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George W. Bush and Laura Bush Join Former Cowboys to Announce North Texas Super Bowl 45 Host Committee’s Education Initiative: SLANT 45

Former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and a host of former Dallas Cowboys joined together at Cowboys Stadium on September 21st to announce “SLANT 45”, the largest community-wide service learning project for children in U.S. History.  The North Texas Super Bowl 45 Host Committee named their initiative after one of the running plays from the Dallas Cowboys playbook in the 1990’s:  Slant 45.  Former Cowboys fullback Daryl “Moose” Johnston, the lead blocker on the running play, is leading the way in the program as the Chairman of the SLANT 45 Action Team. 

Starting in 2010, SLANT 45 (Service Learning Adventures in North Texas) will involve about 20,000 elementary school students in 112 North Texas communities in a combined 45,000 hours of community service and service learning.  The scope of projects is limited only by the children’s imagination.  Civic participation is the goal.  Improving the student’s critical thinking, collaboration, character education and creativity are part of the experience.