WooLife Movie Released Opening Day After 7 years
DVD To Benefit Chicago Coalition for the Homeless And Mercy Home for Boys & Girls

"WooLife", an independent film documenting the life of legendary Chicago Cubs' baseball superfan Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers, will be released on Opening Day of the 2008 baseball season, March 31st at Wrigleyville Sports in Chicago as well as www.woolife.com.

A benefit screening of the film on April 1, 2005 raised $15,000 for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. The Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic is working on resolving license issues with the Cubs /MLB over ‘non-game' footage shot inside Wrigley Field. $5 from each "WooLife" DVD sold will be donated to charity-$2.50 will be donated to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and $2.50 will be donated to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.

Ronnie Wickers's difficult life stands in stark contrast to the enthusiastic, upbeat persona he has presented to Chicagoans, and the sports world in general, for the past four decades. He was abused as a child, and spent 7 years homeless living in a cardboard box under Wacker Drive. He has learned from the game of baseball and his religious beliefs to help him retain his positive outlook on life. "Woolife pays fitting homage to whom may be the perfect Cub fan: someone who has infinite optimism in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity", said actor Joe Mantegna.

He is well-known to fans, players, and sports reporters for his "Cubs Woo, Cubs Woo" cheer which reverberates throughout Wrigley Field from his perch in the bleachers. He has been featured on ESPN, FOX Sports, Howard Stern and in the pages of Sports Illustrated, NY Times and the Japan Nikkei.

During the past 40 years Ronnie Woo Woo has attended more than 3,000 Cub games on tickets he bought himself, or which were given to him by Cubs' players, fans, and even ticket brokers. He attended his first Cub game in 1947 with his grandma to see Jackie Robinson in Wrigley Field.

The film tells Ronnie's story from his beginnings as a mentally and physically abused child, through his struggle with homelessness, to his victorious attempt to become the first regular Cub fan to sing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at Wrigley Field. The invitation to sing during the seventh inning stretch came only after fans and friends raised $5,000 to buy Ronnie his first set of false teeth to fill in his previously toothless smile.

The film documentary was produced, filmed and directed by Paul Hoffman and edited by Joe Marrazzo and Holen Kahn. Visit www.woolife.com for more information.

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
1325 S. Wabash Ave. Suite 205
Chicago, IL 60605
www.chicagohomeless.org
Contact:Ed Shurna (312) 435-4548

Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
1140 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60607
www.mercyhome.org
Contact: Mark Mroz (312) 738-7560

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