FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Lauren Hames 407-246-3106

MAYOR DYER TO ASSIST TECH OUTREACH PROJECT DURING COMPUTER GIVEAWAY

ORLANDO, Fla. (June 4, 2004) -- Residents of Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood will receive free computers from the Tech Outreach Project this Saturday, June 5, 2004, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Callahan Neighborhood Center.

The Tech Outreach Project will give away 50 computers to residents in the Parramore Heritage District. Mayor Dyer and the Orlando chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity will greet recipients and assist them in loading the computers into their vehicles. To receive a computer, the recipient must be a client of the Callahan Neighborhood Center and have some computer training.

The Tech Outreach Project is part of an effort by The Willie Clark Foundation to bridge the technology gap in Central Florida’s impoverished neighborhoods. The project, which involved asking corporations to donate their used computers, has distributed approximately 500 computers to individuals, senior citizen centers, daycare centers, community service organizations, neighborhood centers and churches. Additional giveaways will take place at centers in the Parramore neighborhood throughout the year.

The Tech Outreach Project is the first of many efforts to come from the Willie Clark Foundation. The non-profit corporation’s mission is to work in disadvantaged neighborhoods to foster community development, personal development, racial reconciliation and governance.

For more information, contact Willie Clark at 407-245-7748 or 407-797-1058.

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