Frederick County Project Description Community Description Pictures Community Partners Community Resources		Frederick County Sagner PAL Center Technology Club and William Lee Computer Center Contact: Cindy Zhao, Faculty Extension Assistant, 4-H Youth Development cindzhao@umd.edu Project Description: The Sagner PAL Center Technology Club serves youth primarily between the ages of 7-12 who live in the Sagner housing units where the PAL Center is located. A 4-H educator provides informal instruction to youth on software applications and educational computer games on _a weekly basis from 4-8 p.m., Monday through Thursday. At the Sagner computer center youth are encouraged to use the computers for homework assignments and learn basic computer skills and software. After participating in instructional activities, youth can earn time to play computer games and learn about computer applications_. Since March 2007 youth are encouraged to join Reading Club to read aloud together, then type re-told stories and keep book journals on computer. The Lee Computer Center 4-H Club is located in a Housing Authority computer lab at the Taney public housing unit that is designated as a youth facility Monday between 3-6 p.m. The 4-H Club meets weekly and participates in computer-based activities using the 4-H computer curriculum, among other resources. The Club met from August 30, 2004 until February 2007. Community Description: The community living in the Sagner public housing units is a low-income, primarily African-American population. The PAL Center is open to all youth living in Frederick City. The Taney public housing unit (William Lee Computer Center) serves residents of the adjacent public housing apartments as well as the surrounding community. This population is generally low-income and racially diverse. Community Partners Community partners include: the Frederick City Police Department, City of Frederick Housing Authority, Eudora Technologies, and the Carroll Creek Rotary Club.
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