News
By Josh Goodman
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March 22, 2002
A group of aspiring teachers is helping children in need and getting a jump-start on their careers in the process.
Members of the University's chapter of the Student Virginia Education Association are involved in a variety of service activities benefiting children in the Charlottesville area.
The University's SVEA, a pre-professional organization for teachers, is running a book drive, teaching computer skills to local children and volunteering at the Virginia Festival of the Book.
In a first-time activity for the group, the SVEA will host a series of workshops to teach disadvantaged children how to search the Web or use Microsoft PowerPoint.
"These are kids who don't have computers in their homes," said Lottie Baker, SVEA community service co-coordinator.
Computers4Kids, a non-profit organization in Charlottesville, is sponsoring the workshops that SVEA will hold every Friday for four weeks, starting today.
Aside from the instruction, Computers4Kids will give all the children who participate in the program a computer to keep, Computers4Kids Executive Director Kala Somerville said.
The SVEA also is sponsoring a book drive for poor children that began March 18 and will continue until April 12.
