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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Heather Allebaugh
407.246.3423
Victoria Shade 407.246.4318
Parramore Kidz Zone Lock-In to Have Fun and Stay Safe
Thanks to Dr. Phillips Charities
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WHAT: |
City of Orlando’s Parramore Kidz Zone (PKZ) is
hosting a free Community Lock-Down for Parramore
youth ages 13 to 18 from August 1 to 2, 2009.
The event will begin on Saturday afternoon with
a pool party to herald the end of summer. Later
in the evening the participants will “lock down”
for the evening by staying all night at the John
H. Jackson Community Center and Orlando Downtown
Recreation Complex. The agenda will focus on
life skills development, and the teens will have
opportunities to hear speakers talk about life
behind bars, compete for prizes in game, baking
and exercise contests, and enjoy barbeques and
breakfast.
The lockdown event is one of
the latest of PKZ’s efforts to address the need
for older youth in the area to have a safe space
to spend time in during out-of-school hours. A
team of PKZ teens collaborated on the agenda for
the event.
Modeled after the Harlem
Children’s Zone, Parramore Kidz Zone launched by
Mayor Dyer in 2006, 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.
Dr. Phillips Charities, a combination of The
Dr. P. Phillips Foundation and Dr. Phillips,
Inc., has been supporting the charitable needs
of the central Florida community since 1953. The
motto of the Dr. Phillips Charities is “to help
other help themselves.” Dr. Phillips Charities
makes grants to nonprofit organizations that
focus on educational programs, children and
youth services, social services, cultural
programs, and health or rehabilitative programs.
The Dr. Phillips Charities has awarded grants in
excess of $23 million over the past three years.
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WHO: |
City of Orlando’s Parramore Kidz Zone
PKZ
Youth
Dr. Phillips Charities
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WHEN:
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Saturday,
August 1 at 2:00 p.m. until Sunday, August 2, at
4:00 p.m.
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WHERE:
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John H. Jackson Community Center (female
participants)
1002 W. Carter Street
Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex (male
participants)
649 W. Livingston Street
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