Royals Changing Outcomes One Child at a Time

In one year, Douglas Boyle, DBA ’88, chair and professor of accounting and director of the Ph.D. program in accounting at Scranton’s Kania School of Management, and Laura Boyle, shown above, raised half a million dollars to renovate the former L.A. Lewis warehouse in West Scranton. Thanks to the passion and dedication of University faculty, alumni, students and friends, they established a 4,500 square-foot home to free athletics, arts and wellness programs — the West Scranton Youth Center.

What's unique about the center is that everything — from programs to materials, uniforms and equipment — is provided at no charge to participants.

"We're hoping one of the outcomes of this is that kids will have a different pathway other than getting involved in things that aren't really productive for the community or for themselves," said Dr. Boyle.

Find out how faculty and students from the University's business leadership program and Occupational Therapy Department joined forces with philanthropic Royals to put their Ignatian values in action. Read the full article in the spring issue of The Scranton Journal.