Deer Park Public School kids got a special thrill when Buffalo Bills Captain and starting Safety George Wilson visited them in April. Mr. Wilson was part of the “NFL Canada -Take a Player to School Contest,” a sweepstakes that awards four national prize winners to take an NFL Player to school for the day and team merchandise for his/her family. The program lets winners hang out with an NFL player for the day, talking to the kids about topics spanning the importance of a healthy active lifestyle to goal setting and anti-bullying. In this case, Deer Park’s Tikal Charles-Taylor, 12, seen in the Bills jersey left of Wilson, was given the chance to bring Wilson to school. The day started out at the Taylor residence, where Tikal’s mother June Charles made her signature “Breakfast of Champions” for Taylor and Wilson. The breakfast consisted of pancakes, bacon, sausage and fresh fruit. Tikal and Wilson then took a chauffeured ride to the Deer Park School, where they greeted Tikal’s’s principal, classmates and teachers — with Buffalo Bills news.

