Raleigh, N.C. — The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education is receiving a $25,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation to improve use of technology in educating North Carolina youth. The grant, part of the AT&T Excelerator program, will fund technology enhancement, reinforcement and expansion the Poe Center’s programs and evaluation methods.The project will improve the Poe Center’s website to give students, teachers and parents better access to health education curriculum and resources. It will also provide for an online evaluation system. By expanding its website, the Poe Center will expand its reach to all of North Carolina and beyond.
“Technology is a vital component to the success of non-profit organizations, which often have energy and vision but need some financial assistance to accomplish their objectives,” said Howard Lee, chairman of the State School Board and a Poe center board member. “This grant will enable the Center to significantly expand its technological capabilities and extend its health education efforts into all 100 North Carolina counties. Children across this state will enjoy healthier lives and have better prospects for the future as a result of the technology this grant will put in place. This clearly demonstrates the increased need to properly fund and equip nonprofit organizations.”
Since 2002, the AT&T Excelerator program has provided more than 2,500 technology grants — totaling more than $47.8 million — to organizations across the country. By helping nonprofits integrate technology into their operations and community outreach, AT&T Excelerator grants also place technology tools in the hands of the underserved populations that the nonprofits work with in order to provide resources such as education programs, Internet access, computer training and job-skills development.
“For the past six years, the AT&T Excelerator program has demonstrated the importance of how technology can benefit communities and organizations,” said John McKinney, AT&T regional director of External Affairs. “We are pleased the Poe Center will use technology funded by this program to empower and educate the community, helping to change the lives of young people on a day-to-day basis.”
About The Alice Aycock Poe Center
The Alice Aycock Poe Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive programs and resources in healthy lifestyle education for all youth in North Carolina. Since opening in Raleigh in 1991, the Poe Center has educated over 675,000 participants from 73 counties using state-of-the-art teaching, exhibits, learning theaters and outreach programs By engaging in fun, highly interactive lessons, school-age youth receive age-appropriate information on a variety of health topics, including nutrition, dental health, general health, family life and drug education. For more information, or to schedule a visit to the Poe Center, visit www.poehealth.org or call (919) 231-4006
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January 18th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
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