These young men are part of the Champs Male Mentoring, a program dedicated to creating a community of men who support each other.
Six West Side young men are headed to the Super Bowl on Sunday. They leave town on Friday, but CBS 2's Shardaa Gray caught up with them before they packed their bags."My mind was blown since I first got the news," said Melvin Bush, 17, a senior at Rowe-Clark Math & Science Academy.
"This it about to be my first time on the plane," said West Town Academy senior Phillip Jones."Like, I'm just going to be excited, just walking through the airport."These young men are part of the Champs Male Mentoring, a program dedicated to creating a community of men who support each other and empower youth of Chicago.
"What Champs means to me and what they've been doing is like, they really care and they're trying to those three E's: empowerment, education, and exposure," Leverette said.
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