Press Release

July 15, 1999

For Immediate Release

CELEBRATION OF HORACE MANN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SUMMER PROGRAM IS TOMORROW (JULY 16); STUDENTS PICK UP AND TAKE HOME COMPUTERS THEY REPAIRED

Students attending the Horace Mann Neighborhood Center Summer Program spent the past five weeks restoring and assembling 50 IBM-compatible computers. Tomorrow, at the end of the first session of the summer program, they will pick up their finished computers and bring them home.

The celebration will run from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Horace Mann Middle School, 4130 Navajo Street. The computer pick-up will begin at 1:35 p.m. in Room 206. The computers - all originally in non-working order and in need of updated software - were donated to the summer program. The students spent hours and hours fixing the computers and putting them in good working condition.

Other events include photography and arts and craft displays in the main hallway; martial arts and dance performances in the auditorium (12:05 to 12:45 p.m.); and demonstrations of magic, cooking and low rider activities (from 12:50 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.). Snacks and refreshments will be served.

Program sponsors include the U.S. Department of Education, with 21st Century Community Learning funding, Rose Community Foundation, and Mile High United Way.

For more information, please call Erica Loera at 303-764-6851.