Jason Rogers and Tim Morehouse Share Olympic Lessons with Students from Boystown

Tucked away in Brooklyn is a small building where remarkable work is being done with some of New York City’s most at-risk children.  Jason Rogers and I had the privilege of visiting one of the Boystown New York locations today to meet their dedicated staff of teachers and social workers.   Most importantly, we got to address the students involved in the program.  We spoke to about 40 students about our Olympic experience and how we set our goals long before we could immediately achieve them and told them the importance for them to do the same thing.   We also demonstrated some fencing for them, shared stories from the Olympics and gave them a chance to check out our Olympic medals.  As a former teacher for three years, I can think of no better way to spend my morning than talking to kids and trying to inspire them. I hope we did a good job!  They were really great and you can see how much having such a caring environment is turning their lives around and providing them hope for a bright future.

BOYSTOWN: Boys Town is a beacon of hope for America’s children and families through its life-changing youth care and health care programs across the United States.   Partnering with families, our nonprofit, nonsectarian organization provides abused, abandoned and neglected children with a safe, caring, loving environment where they gain confidence to get better and learn skills to become productive citizens.  Boys Town works with communities and schools in order to meet the growing and more diverse needs of today’s children and families.  To learn more go to www.boystownnewyork.org