Jaheim Benton (left) slides safely into third
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When he found out that the family of Jaheim Benton, a player on the Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League team was forced to leave their home when Jaheim’s mother’s hours as a home care worker were reduced, it didn’t take long for Spencer Leak to take action. The owner of Chicago’s Leak and Sons Funeral Home quickly volunteered to pay the family’s rent for a year.
“Superstar and homeless don’t mix,” Spencer Leak, owner of Leak and Sons Funeral Home in Chicago, told the Today show. “We’ve got to do something about that, and for the next year, little superstar Jaheim is going to have a home.”
Read the full story here: Chicago Man Agrees to Pay Homeless Little League Champ’s Rent for a Year
Jaheim’s team is the reigning U.S. Little League national champion. They narrowly missed winning the international title when they were edged out by South Korea in the deciding game by a score of 8-4 on August 24th.
Leak and Sons has operated in the Chicago area for three generations and has a longstanding reputation for giving back to the community. The company’s founder, Reverend A.R. Leak, was active in the Civil Rights movement and instrumental in the desegregation of Chicago’s famous Oakwood Cemetery.
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