A LOOK AT HOW IT’S MAKING A
DIFFERENCE
>> GOOD JOB.
THEO: NOT :00 A.M., -- 9:00 AND
A.M., A DOZEN OR SO ELEMENTARY
AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT
PIMLICO ARE GETTING IN A TOUGH
WORK OUT.
>> I WATCH A LOT OF WRESTLING
AND STUFF SO I WANTED TO TRY IT.
GIVE IT A TRY OTHER THAN LIKE
FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL AND
STUFF.
THEO: THESE STUDENTS ARE A PART
OF A NEW PROGRAM CALLED ’BEAT
THE STREETS’
THE ORGANIZATION USES VOLUNTEERS
LIKE COACH PATRICK COLEMAN
TO MENTOR ATHLETES AND TEACH
THEM THE SPORT OF WRESTLING.
COLEMAN WRESTLED IN HIGH SCHOOL
AND COLLEGE AND KNOWS THE VALUE
IT CAN HAVE.
>> MY COACHES IN HIGH SCHOOL,
WHEN I STARTED WRESTLING AND
THEY TOOK ME UNDER THEIR WING,
IT WAS BIGGER THAN WRESLING.
I STILL SPEAK WITH THEM UNTIL
THIS DAY AND THEY ENCOURAGE
EVERYDAY SO I KNOW THAT IF
WOULDV’E HAD THEM IN MY LIFE A
LOT SOONER ESPECIALLY AT THIS
AGE I FEEL I WOULD’VE BEEN A LOT
MORE SUCCESSFUL.
THEO: THESE YOUNG MEN SAY THEY
ARE DETERMINED NOT TO BECOME A
STATISTIC.
>> IN BALTIMORE THERE’S A LOT OF
SELLING DRUGS, KILLING, I’VE
SEEN SOME OF MY FRIENDS THAT I
GREW UP WITH THERE WAS PEOPLE I
GREW UP WITH BUT THEY’RE SELLING
DRUGS NOW.
>> MAKE SURE YOU SQUEEZE ABOVE
THE ELBOW.
THEO THEY SAY COLEMAN IS MORE
THAN A COACH.
>> HE TELLS US THINGS THAT ARE
GOING ON OUT IN THE WORLD AND
WHAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
THEO: AND BEAT THE STREETS IS
HELPING THEM REACH THEIR GOALS.
>> IT FEELS GOOD TO BE
UNDEFEATED AS A FIRST YEAR
WRESTLER I’M HAPPY THAT I’M ABLE
TO BE UNDEFEATED.
THEO: COACH COLEMAN BECAME A
VOLUNTEER WITH BEAT THE STREETS
FOUR YEARS AGO BUT BROUGHT IT
HERE TO PIMLICO ELEMENTARY
MIDDLE SCHOOL AT THE START OF
THE YEAR AND HIS ATHLETES WERE
EAGER TO JOIN THE TEAM.
>> ANY SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT HAVE
A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS TO START
