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40 youngsters join Woodlawn Little League
By Renita Austin on Monday, April 14, 2008
Baseball, America’s favorite past time, has made it to Woodlawn in the form of the Woodlawn Little League!!!
In the recent past, this sport has been all but non existent to the youth in Woodlawn and other areas in the 20th Ward, though Woodlawn is known as home of such great and legendary baseball players as Minnie Minosa and others. To change that situation, the New Communities Program of Woodlawn with the support of LISC and the MacArthur Foundation has assembled a little league developmental camp for youth who are 12 years and under to train them in the fundamentals of baseball.
The league focuses on the fundamentals of swinging, throwing and catching.
Renita Austin
The youth committee of NCP/Woodlawn and its chairman, Mr. Joseph Strickland, recognize that our youth should not only be exposed to a great sport such as baseball, but also have some very vital life skills taught and reiterated, such as team building, sportsmanship, and even conflict resolution. It is the goal of the youth committee and the faithful volunteers of the little league developmental camp to assist our youth in being the best that they can be.
The Woodlawn Little League began on March 15, 2008 with 40 youth from the Woodlawn community and their parents attending the first session. We were able to get eight volunteers who are from the Woodlawn community or have ties to the community. Semi–pro baseball players as well as high school baseball coaches have participated as volunteer coaches and trainers.
View more photos of the Little Leaguers and volunteers in a web album here.
NCP Woodlawn looks forward to working with youth in transitioning into one or more little league baseball teams in the near future. NCP/Woodlawn thanks all of their partners who helped to make this camp happen: Hyde Park High School for the use of their gymnasium, LISC for seed funding, the volunteers for their time and effort, and last but not least the youth and their parents for actively participating in this effort and being a joy to work with.