Article: ROCKIES HELP AARON REALIZE DREAM.(Sports)(Column)

Byline: Sam Adams Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

By living his dream, baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron created dreams for children to follow.

Aaron, who is major league baseball's all-time home run king, was in Denver on Friday, when he received a $15,000 check for his Chasing the Dream Foundation from the Colorado Rockies and U S West.

Aaron spoke at a luncheon that attracted many of Denver's black civic leaders and a Rockies contingent that included Charlie Monfort, Bob Gebhard, Gary Hughes, Jim Leyland and Paul Egins. Egins, the Rockies' director of player development, is a close friend of Aaron's.

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