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Petro visits American History High School  NETS center Johan Petro visited students and answered their questions at American History High School in Newark on Monday, June 13. Petro congratulated the students for winning the NETS All-Star Balloting School Contest in which they submitted 23,250 ballots, the most All-Star ballots of any participating school in the contest. Brooklyn Public Library | Summer Reading 2011 
Nets Head Coach Avery Johnson tipped-off the Brooklyn Public Library's 7th Annual Summer Reading event by reading "Salt in His Shoes" to children at the Central Branch of the library on Thursday, June 9.
Johnson's reading was part of a full-day of events for children and adults on the Library's plaza, which included music and activities. The Nets coach also encouraged children to sign-up for the Summer Reading program, which this year will be themed "One World, Many Stories" and will highlight a variety of different cultures. Johan Petro visits Hackensack University Medical Center 
Nets player Johan Petro recently made a special visit to Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ. During his trip, Petro spent time visiting with the children in the pediatric unit of the hospital. Photo Gallery
ADA Dance Clinic 
Nets center Brook Lopez joined members of the Nets Dancers and the Nets Kids dance team for a dance clinic at the Boys & Girls Club of Newark. More than 50 kids from the club participated in the clinic that was taught by the Nets dancers and Nets Kids dancers. The clinic, presented by the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council, included a health and wellness lesson, as well as a fitness training session taught through dance. Photo Gallery
Lopez Helps Exchange '3s for Trees' 
Center Brook Lopez traveled Tuesday to Branch Brook Park in Newark, where he joined NETS staffers, NETS Dancers, mascot Sly and Lawns by Yorkshire CEO Steven Jomides along with representatives from his company and the park in planting more than 200 trees as part of a "Threes for Trees" initiative undertaken in collaboration with Lawns by Yorkshire. Photo Gallery
Nets Passport to Fitness 
Nets players Johan Petro & Sasha Vujacic recently participated in the Nets Passport to Fitness program with 30 kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Morris, Bergen & Passaic counties. The players joined members of the Nets dancers, Team Hype and Sly in teaching the kids a dance and tumbling lesson. The goal of Passport to Fitness is teach kids various approaches on how to stay fit & healthy by having them partake in fun fitness activities. So far this season, the kids have participated in a NBA Fit Clinic, ice skating lessons, a karate lesson & indoor rock climbing.
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