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A WorldLegacy Leadership Team Brings an Extreme Makeover to Kyrgyz Community Center in Chicago

The 168th WorldLegacy Leadership Team empowers local children by completing a massive three day makeover in Chicago
 (PRWEB) March 10, 2018

A WorldLegacy Leadership Team, based in North Carolina, will complete an extreme makeover at the Kyrgyz Community Center in Chicago, Illinois, beginning on Friday, March 9. In less than three days, the team will build a computer lab, children’s playroom, paint rooms, install carpeting, add technology to the meeting hall, and update the dining room and kitchen area. This is the 168th class of the WorldLegacy program, and the first time they will be working in Chicago. Team members are travelling from Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, as well as the Chicago area to create this project.

This WorldLegacy Leadership Team is committed to furthering the physical, cognitive, and emotional strength of children, and creating possibility by modeling a leadership role in the world.

This extreme makeover project is the culmination of WorldLegacy’s three-month leadership development program. The eight individuals that comprise the team completely designed the project from start to finish, they cannot use any of their own money or raise money to finance the project, and they need to involve the community to do 75 percent of the work. The project must be complete in three days or less. This team is committed to deeply involving the community in what is possible with vision and intention. For information, or to support the project, contact Tim Saetre, 651.317.4089
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The WorldLegacy Leadership team invites all to come and participate. The adventure begins on Friday, March 9 at noon and 8:00 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday at the Kyrgyz Community Center, 6002 N Keating Ave, Chicago, IL 60646. The official ribbon cutting ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 11. The ceremony will celebrate and honor all donors, volunteers and leaders who gave of their time, talents and resources to make the project a success.

NC169 Leadership Team

Club receives new computer lab

BY COREY DAVIS
Staff Writer

Monday, January 15, 2018

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tar River R egion unity in Rocky Mount just received some much-needed equipment.  The club’s Lucy Ann Boddie Unit on West Raleigh Boulevard is home to a new state-of-the-art computer lab, which is equipped with 16 HP
desktop computers, eight fold-up tables, software and networking. The renovated project was completed in three days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The project was culminated with a ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration on Sunday. The makeover of the computer lab was made possible by WorldLegacy’s NC 167 Leadership Team. WorldLegacy is a company with a vision of making a positive difference in the world.

Minnesota native Cindy Kunz, who came down to Rocky Mount to help with the revamped computer lab project, is a member of WorldLegacy’s NC 167. She said it’s a three-month leadership development program, whose purpose is people transforming the world.

Kunz said Raheen Norman, who resides in Rocky Mount and also is a member of WordLegacy’s NC167, was behind the idea to put in a computer lab in the Boys & Girls Club. Kunz said program members had to submit a project proposal and the group came to an agreement or voted to do the computer lab for the club.

“We know children are the future, so we’re laying a foundation now for kids to learn to grow to hopefully make their own vision for the world,” Kunz said.  Kunz said the nine members of NC167 were charged with designing the project from start to finish and couldn’t use any of their own money to finance the project. Kunz said the members could only do 25 percent of the work and had to enroll the community to do the other 75 percent.

Norman said 16 people from across Eastern North Carolina donated computers from Office Depot. Tarrick Pittman, owner and operator of CoolGeeks in downtown Rocky Mount, came by to do all the computer set up and networking.  In addition to the new computers, the room in the lab was painted, while the floor was cleaned and buffed. The exterior of the Boys & Girls Club received a face-lift, including a power washing, a painted entrance and new signage.

Ron Green, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of the Tar River Region, said he appreciates WorldLegacy for choosing the Boys & Girls Clubs from among the other different projects that could’ve been done in other areas.

Green acknowledged in many cases the children that come to the Boys & Girls Clubs only have access to a computer or Internet at school. With many classes today having children do homework online, it can cause them to fall behind. The new computer lab will provide the children with the same access they get at school with the new computers and Internet speed.

“One of the goals I had since I came here was to upgrade or redo the computer lab, and that goal has been accomplished,” Green said. “This also gives us an opportunity to bridge the digital divide because the way technology is today, many of our young people we serve are behind because they don’t have access to the Internet or a computer when they’re home. It make us feel good that we can provide it for them.” Norman said it’s good for the club members to know that there are people that want to assist in helping the Boys & Girls Clubs.

“One of things I learned about this community is there are people that want to help the Boys & Girls Club, but don’t know how,” he said. “Also, one of the things specifically is African-Americans need to see other African-American donors when it comes for things for their organization or things for them. A lot of times when you talk technology, the donors don’t typically look like the community they support. That’s why I made it a point to find 16 donors from this community that represent the boys and girls that come here.”

The Rev. Garland Jones of Mount Zion Christian Church
paints the walls of the computer lab Friday at the
Lucy Ann Boddie Brewer Unit of the
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tar River Region.

Rocky Mount Telegram Monday, January 15, 2018