Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz (right) talked with Anthony Harris from Hyde Park Monday during the MLK Summer Scholars kickoff at Agganis Arena at Boston University. He urged the job recipients to “step up and do the right thing.”
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City kicks off summer jobs program
Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz (right) talked with Anthony Harris from Hyde Park Monday during the MLK Summer Scholars kickoff at Agganis Arena at Boston University. He urged the job recipients to “step up and do the right thing.”
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Kicking off a program that will put 650 young Bostonians to work this summer, local business leaders and Mayor Thomas M. Menino congratulated participants Monday and urged them to make the most of their summer jobs. Red Sox slugger David Ortiz also came to bat for the event, held at Boston University’s Agannis Arena, delivering a message on timely performance. “This is the time for you guys to step up and do the right thing,” Ortiz said to the gathered participants.
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