Lacrosse Thu Jan 24 2013
OWLS Holds Inner City Lacrosse Camp on MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
The kids participating in the Outreach With Lacrosse and Schools, or OWLS, hope to live in such a world.
Last Monday in the West Loop, a group of kids from the Mercy Home for Boys & Girls learned the fundamentals of lacrosse from the folks at OWLS. The event is a part of a continuing effort to expose inner-city children to the sport; one that is traditionally played by the affluent.
OWLS is a volunteer organization dedicated to starting lacrosse programs for inner-city schools and communities. It stresses team-building, healthy lifestyles and academic achievement. The OWLS program is spearheaded by Sam Angelotta, a Pre-Kindergarten teacher at St. Malachy School on the city's West side. Angelotta played collegiate lacrosse at Indiana University and DePaul University. He says the program started out as need for an after school program.
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