Boys Town

Boys town is an orphanage and was founded in 1951 which hosts a home for boys who have no families to return to or to support them. Boy’s town is a town of boys who has a president and adults around to keep an eye and help them. Our class as well as another class visited Boys Town. We had met a boy who was 9 years old, who had been there for about one month. The ages of the boys range from about 9 years to 21 years of age. There are about sixty boys that live in Boys Town. Boys Town is a charity town that gets money through fundraisers for boys who no longer have families or parents to return to. The boys get schooling while they stay in Boys Town by certified teachers. They have art classes, math classes, literature and English, etc. We had also met the mayor of Boys Town, which changes every two months. He was 17 years of age and had been in Boys Town for two years. They change up the mayor every two months to give the boys opportunities to be a leader and feel like they have an important role within the town.

The town was very nice filled with buildings, a church, kitchen, trees, and art that the boys have done recently and in previous years. Boys Town is a wonderful place where boys who have little or no support from their parents and/or family can earn an education, gain leadership roles, grow up and live and meet others who are in similar situations as they are in. The boys we had met seemed extremely happy to be able to have the opportunity to live in Boys Town and begin the process to one day be on their own. Boys Town is a national orphanage and there are many more located around the world. The boys that live in Rome, at Boys Town do have part time jobs and have to work to earn some sort of living and money to spend upon their wishes. It was extremely great to be able to meet to boys who took initiative to come to Boys Town and earn a living and meet other boys in the same situations as them.

*For more information on Boys and Girls Town please visit the following site:

www.boystownofitaly.org