EIN: 26-3317656
Website: www.LostBoyzInc.org
Phone: (773) 245-6804
Fishing with Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) & Outdoor Extravaganza with IDNR & the Forest Preserve – By partnering with the IDNR and the Illinois Forest Preserve, Lost Boyz youth were able to truly experience an outdoor extravaganza twice this summer! They had the chance to wall climb, learn how to fish, and learn even more about nature.
‘42’ Movie Premiere – Perhaps one of the most exciting events from this year was Lost Boyz’ special invite to see the ‘42’ movie premiere at Chatham Movie Theater, located right off 87th & State Street. The new Jackie Robinson film premiered on Friday, April 12th and Lost Boyz was there to experience it! That’s right, the South Shore Yankees and the South Shore Patriots were both invited to view this new and exciting film! This was a particularly special outing for our youth for many reasons. Not only were our youth interviewed by Hot Rod from Power 92, Darlene Hill from Fox Chicago, and ABC Chicago, but our players also had the chance to learn about the great Jackie Robinson in a new way. As our aspiring athletes sat and watched ‘42’, you could hear the players asking Coach LaVonté historical baseball questions and you could see them staring at the screen waiting to see what Robinson would do next.
Academic Arm: Partnering with the Chicago summer program, One Summer, Lost Boyz hosted 11 youth interns during 2012. Through this program, the interns learned Marketing Research, Social Media Management skills, and how to mentor our youth baseball players. With society ever-increasingly living online, it was important that our interns discovered not only how to market a business, but how to manage social media tools to effectively do so. This past summer, Lost Boyz partnered with EF Chicago to host 3 international interns who not only brought their management and business skills to the table, but they each brought a different perspective and cultural background that could be shared with our youth. As one of the Lost Boyz core initiatives is to expose our participants to other cultures, partnering with EF Chicago was the perfect opportunity to do so. These interns helped build and expand Lost Boyz’ online social presence through websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google +, and more. They were also instrumental in putting together our monthly newsletters and even this very report!
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