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Contact:
Heather Allebaugh (407)
246.3423
Victoria Shade (407)
246.4318
First Annual College Fair for Parramore Youth
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WHAT: |
Parramore Kidz
Zone’s 1st Annual College Fair will take place
on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The fair will be
located at the John H. Jackson Community Center
from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Participating
colleges include Florida A&M University,
Bethune-Cookman University, Edward Waters
College, Florida Memorial College, Valencia
Community College, and Columbia College. The
college recruiters will have recruitment
literature and be available to speak to those
attending the college fair.
This college
fair will give students the opportunity to talk
to the recruiters about their schools, including
information on courses and life on campus.
Students can learn more about the colleges they
are already familiar with and be introduced to
new ones as well.
Stanley Cromartie, the
City’s Youth Intervention and Prevention
Coordinator and organizer of this event, says
“PKZ has traditionally focused on crime
prevention and keeping kids in school in the
City’s highest poverty and highest crime
neighborhood, and now we’re looking to take it
to the next level.”
Modeled after the
Harlem Children’s Zone, Parramore Kidz Zone
employs creative outreach to engage a critical
mass of Parramore’s children and linking them to
positive opportunities, including
pre-kindergarten education, parenting education,
health care, mentoring, tutoring, and
constructive activities when school is out.
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WHO: |
City of
Orlando’s Families, Parks and Recreation
Parramore residents
Florida A&M University
Bethune-Cookman University
Edward Waters
College
Florida Memorial College
Valencia
Community College
Columbia College
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WHEN: |
Wednesday,
January 14, 2009 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
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WHERE: |
John H.
Jackson Community Center
1002 W. Carter
Street |
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