Boston Foundation to be honored by Lee County Commission today
The Tre Boston Beyond Belief Foundation has helped kids stay away from drugs and other bad decisions, given motivational messages, and holds free events with the Boys and Girls Clubs and other agencies through his fitness center.
Today, at the start of the Board of County Commissioners meeting in Fort Myers at 9:30 a.m., the foundation, led by Tre Boston and Iris de Hoyos, his mother, will be honored by Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass through an resolution recognizing their support to local youth in the area.
It will be just one of two major awards the two will receive during this month.
Among the many things Boston and de Hoyos do through the foundation is to show extraordinary support of Lee County’s Drug Free Kids, and attend the Drug House Odyssey Family Night to support this 30-year event and its underage drinking prevention message.
Boston also takes time to tape motivational messages during annual observances of Red Ribbon Week and Drug Facts Week, and through his D1 Training Center, supports healthy kids through free events to the Boys and Girls Clubs and other agencies serving Lee County’s most vulnerable population.
The Beyond Belief Foundation also supports Lee County families through holiday events, gift cards and a free football camp, which had more than 350 kids attend in June.
The work Iris de Hoyos and Tre Boston has resulted in this resolution, and both will receive the Hanley Foundation Prevention Superhero Award at the Annual Meeting of Drug Free Lee on August 24 at the Cape Coral Police Department.
Boston played high school football at North Fort Myers High School and at the University of North Carolina before playing in the NFL for seven seasons with three teams.
He started the Tre Boston Beyond Belief Foundation in 2017 as a way to help at-risk area youth and give back to the community, making de Hoyos the executive director.
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