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NEW! - Applications Now Accepted for Summer and Fall 2007 Tubby's Clubhouse/Dell TechKnow programs. (more) Tubby Smith's Clubhouses are located at the Carver, Castlewood, Kenwick and Dunbar Community Centers in Lexington. Another Tubby's Clubhouse is located at the Urban League's Technology Center. The goal of Tubby's Clubhouses is to provide easily accessible technology education to the citizens of Lexington, close the technology gap between the "haves" and "have-nots" and provide life skills education for people of all ages.
The program is FREE. Tubby's Clubhouses are a first-ever collaboration and joint funding effort between the Tubby Smith Foundation, the Parra Family Foundation, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and its Division of Parks & Recreation, the Dell TechKnow Program, Fayette County Public Schools, Lexmark International and the Lexington Urban League. Key partners include Kentucky Trade Computer, the University of Kentucky, Central Bank and Trust, Keeneland, NeverTell Farm, Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Lexington, Executrain, Intints, Integrated Sign and Graphics, Corky's Bar-B-Q, Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Lexington and Kentucky Lighting and Supply. Nearly 700 middle school students have graduated from the computer education classes offered during 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Applications are now being accepted for the Summer and Fall 2007 Dell TechKnow class sessions. Click here to download an application for the upcoming Dell TechKnow classes. |
