Sunday, September 5, 2010

New center for Parramore teens - Orlando Business Journal:

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The facility, which featuresz a photography lab, lap tops and video is aimed at addressing the need for oldedr youth in the area to have a safe space during the hours they are outof school. playerf Dwight Howard donated $25,000 to the projectt as part of winningthe $50,00 0 2007-2008 DeVos Community Enrichment Award. A team of 15 Parramorde Kidz Zone teens collaborated onthe design, features and ruless of conduct for the Teen Shack, a spacer that once served as the Orlandoi Magic’s training locker room. The resulting spacw will allow the youth todevelop photographs, use laptops, play videogamess or watch movies.
Other Parramore Kidz Zone community partnefr programs in the Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex includ ethe city’s open gym, the ’z midnight basketball, Page 15’s Homework Roomz after-school tutorinv and Workforce Central Florida’s youth employment services Modeled after the Harlem Children’s Parramore Kidz Zone was launched by Orland o Mayor Buddy Dyer in 2006 to offer Parramorse children to pre-kindergarten education, parenting education, healt care, mentoring, tutoring and other activities.

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