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Laurie Evans with State Representative Roberto Alonzo and Mayor Pro Tem Elba Garcia.
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Teen Centers provide at risk youth with exposure to positive role models in the community and offer special programs on career planning, college admission, and homework help via the Internet. Teen Center activities include interview training, job fairs, computer training, help with college and scholarship applications, creative writing, public speaking, Web design and arts and crafts. Library staff as well as academic and professional community residents guide and advise teens throughout these activities.
“We commend the great work that the Dallas Public Library is doing through their Teen Centers to give at risk teens the chance to participate in educational and volunteer programs,” said Brooks McCorcle, senior vice president of Investor Relations, AT&T. “Programs like Teen Centers, which are designed to help students excel in high school, are doing their part to cultivate a well-educated workforce, which will help America remain the leader in a digital, global economy.”
In addition to the Teen Centers, the AT&T grant will allow the library will implement two new programs: Moving Words Literary Camp @ Dallas Public Library (creative writing workshops for fiction, playwright and poetry) and Teen Center Arts Incubator: Backstage @ Dallas Public Library, for teens interested in exploring literary arts and theater production.
“We are so very grateful to AT&T for this generous donation,” said Director of Libraries Laurie Evans. “With this grant we will have Teen Centers at all our branches, providing teens with a safe and constructive place to go, with a variety of recreational and educational activities.”
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