“The Bishop’s School’s Lucky Ducklings Club — a chapter of the Lucky Duck Foundation, a San Diego-based homelessness relief nonprofit — hosted former San Diego Chargers running back Terrell Fletcher for its annual kickoff event Oct. 28, which brought together Lucky Ducklings clubs from six high schools across the area at Bishop’s La Jolla campus.

Fletcher, who became a motivational and leadership speaker after retiring from the National Football League in 2002 after eight seasons with the Chargers, headlined the event as the “leadership expert.” He is executive director of the Blanchard Institute, an Escondido-based nonprofit organization that has the goal of “bringing time-tested leadership models to people across the globe,” according to its website.

The gathering featured pizza from Timmy’s Place, a pizzeria and print shop that employs homeless youths and was started by the Lucky Duck Foundation.

“Each of you are leaders within your schools, communities and San Diego,” Lucky Duck Foundation Executive Director Drew Moser told the crowd. “We hope Terrell Fletcher can open your minds to everything being a leader can mean so you all can continue to excel as leaders of your own communities…”

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