Charlestown Lacrosse and Learning Center

CONTACT:

PO Box 290537
Charlestown, MA 02129
617-242-1813
charlestownlacrosse.com

Bob Cutler, Executive Director

DESCRIPTION:

In 1997 two Charlestown fathers, Stan and Zack, created this integrated athletics and education program for their sons and other neighborhood boys. Their ideas could have been taken from classical Greek texts: that athletics, education, and community service together develop mind, body, and character, in youth. They began with 29 boys in the first year, and evidently had great success, because the next year 150 boys and girls showed up to participate in the program! With that captive audience, they added a Learning Center to provide team members with academic assistance and educational volunteer opportunities. Regular attendance at school was a prerequisite for team membership in the following year. Apparently that worked as well, because today CLLC has four programs and seven competitive teams for inner-city kids ages 6 to 18. To extend their horizons, players attend games and experience student life at local schools and universities. For some the Center has helped gain admissions and scholarships at prestigious New England schools. Here is a winning program, and you can be part of their success!

(2002: HUMAN SERVICES: Children and Youth: Sports and Summer)