Birth Damage Control ...?

Courtesy of the Chicago Bears, Briggs went out and saved face did some community-service.

CHICAGO – Lance Briggs threw out the ceremonial first pitch and sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh inning stretch of the Cubs-Pirates game Friday. But the Bears linebacker wasn’t the only one who enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime experience at Wrigley Field.

Briggs brought 11 children from Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois with him to the ballpark, taking them on the field before the game and then later up to a private suite to watch the action.

Founded in 1977, Boys Hope Girls Hope is a privately funded, non-profit, multi-denominational organization that provides at-risk children with a stable home, positive parenting, high quality education and the support they need to reach their full potential. Many of the kids come from home environments marked by drug abuse, poverty or neglect.

Lance Briggs fires the ceremonial first pitch before Friday's Cubs-Pirates game at Wrigley Field.

“A lot of these kids have never been out to see a baseball game like this in person,” Briggs said. “To come out here on the field is real special for not only them but for me too.”

Briggs was touched while watching a short video about the kids from Boys Hope Girls Hope en route to the game. The organization is unique in that it places children in non-institutional, family-like homes staffed with live-in residential counselors, supports children financially and emotionally through college and beyond and is funded exclusively through private donations.

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Imagine if he could do as much for his children as the Boys and Girls club does for the community.

Briggs gives at-risk kids an experience of a lifetime [Chicago Bears Official Website]