NC A&T Cooperative Extension Brings Computers to Area Centers

For Immediate Release
November 13, 2001

Greensboro, NC: The North Carolina A&T State University Cooperative Extension Program has placed computers and printers in three eastern North Carolina locations ravaged by Hurricane Floyd.

Through a grant from the Rural Emergency Crisis Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the A&T Cooperative Extension Program placed computers in the Dunbar Community Center in Battleboro, St. Luke’s Church in Princeville and Pines Chapel Baptist Church in Pine Tops.

At the Dunbar Community Center, the computer is used mainly by senior citizens to learn computer skills and manage the center’s activities.

St. Luke’s Church uses the donated computer in conjunction with after-school programs, allowing young people the chance to complete their schoolwork electronically.

The computer at Pines Chapel Baptist Church is likewise used for an after-school program, which is called People Assisting in Reformation and is designed to help at-risk children and their parents expand their educational opportunities.

“We know that there are many needs in the area as it recovers from the flooding of two years ago, and we’re pleased to help wherever and however we can,” said Dr. Ellen Smoak, director of the effort and a specialist with the NC A&T Cooperative Extension Program.

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