By Julie Bykowicz
Sun Reporter
July 30 2008
Former Baltimore Colt and NFL Hall of Famer Lenny Moore showed young Juvenile Services clients around the Ravens training camp in Westminster.
(Sun photo by Gene Sweeney Jr. / July 29, 2008)
It might have been Ravens training camp, but this was a Baltimore Colt doing the coaching yesterday. His team: 16 youths caught up in the state Department of Juvenile Services.
Better known for his star turn as a halfback in the 1950s and 1960s, Lenny Moore has spent the past two dozen years helping troubled teenagers. Moore, 74, works for the community and family partnerships division of Juvenile Services, where his NFL connections help him arrange trips to training camp, exhibition games and other Ravens events.
"I know folks out there need people like me to give them hope," Moore said, sitting on the bleachers with the youths. "I like giving these boys exposure to certain situations that they would never have the opportunity to be a part of."
The kids who came to Westminster yesterday were selected for their good behavior inside two Juvenile Services facilities, Cheltenham Youth Facility and Victor Cullen Center.
He'll escort two more juvenile groups to training camp next month.
The complete article can be viewed at The Baltimore Sun.
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