Carrie Children's Foundation, Inc.

Announcements

Anyone in need of free bread, eggs, milk, etc. The Jericho City of Praise on Brightseat Road in Landover, Maryland distributes free food staples every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30pm-6pm. They give 3 days worth of groceries at no cost. You must show a PG County drivers license to prove residency.  For info call 301-333-0500 and press "0" for the operator.

"Counting on Children" partners with Capital area Food Bank distributes free fruits, vegetables, snacks, water etc, every 2nd and 4th  Friday at 9am in the parking lot at 311 68th Place, Seat Pleasant. Call 301-499-2319 to get on the distribution schedule. There is no criteria. Just show up with your own plastic bags.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT:

Harvard University announced that from now on undergruduate students from low-income families will pay no tuitution.  In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough.  We are not doing enough in bringing in elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution".

If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition.  The prestigious University recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans!

To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid website at http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/

FOUR (4) YEARS FREE - High School Senior African American Males

Do you know any Black Males (who are Seniors in high school) who want to go
to college for FREE. The black colleges are looking for future Black Male
Teachers and will send them to Universities/Colleges FOUR (4) YEARS FREE;
THIS IS FOR MALES ONLY.

1. Have parents fill out this application.
2. Read the Mission Statement.

There are Ten (10) different South Carolina Colleges or Universities including:

Benedict College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/benedict.htm;>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/benedict.htm;

Claflin University
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/claflin.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/claflin.htm

Clemson University
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/ clemson.htm

Morris College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/morris.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson ..edu/schools/morris.htm

South Carolina State University http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/southcarolinastate.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/southcarolinastate.htm

Greenville Technical College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/greenvilletech.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/greenvilletech.htm

Midlands Technical College
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/midlands.htm> http://
www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/midlands.htm

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/orangeburgcalhountech.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/orangeburgcalhountech.htm

Tri-County Technical College
<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tricountytech.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tricountytech.htm

Trident Technical College
<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tridenttech..htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/schools/tridenttech..htm

3. Send this to your family and friends also.
The web link is below:

<http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm>
http://www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm

Just like working out at the gym tones your muscles and makes your body stronger, there are excercises you can do to help your brain function more effectively and become stronger and sharper.  These practices called Educational Kinesiology, or Brain Gym for short, were developed by a man named Paul Denison.  There are many different excercises to help with everything from better focus and concentration, to more fluent reading, to critical thinking skills, to emotional release and anger control.People go to many hours of classes to learn the in-depth practices of Educational Kinesiology, but the basic excercise, called PACE, is just 4 easy steps and will help everyone's brain work better afterwords.                                                                                                                                         

1) Drink water- Drinking water oxygenates the brain cells and 'wakes up' your brain for learning.  It has been proven that drinking a glass of water before taking a test will automatically raise your test score. So, keep a bottle of water in your backpack and take a drink whenever you are feeling low on energy, lost or confused in class, and always before taking a test!

2) Cross Crawl- Cross crawl helps to coordinate both the left and right hemispheres of your brain so that both sides are working together simultaneously.  Take your right elbow and slowly bring it across your body to touch your left knee as you bring your knee up in the air, Then, do the same thing the opposite way, bring your left elbow together with your right knee.  Repeat this combination at least eight times slowly and deliberately.  The left hemisphere of our brain is the analytical side and the right hemisphere is the creative side.  If we are stuck in one side then we are not using the full potential of our thinking skills.  Cross crawl remedies that.

3) Hook-Ups- Hook-ups helps our focus and concentration.  Sit with your feet flat on the floor, then touch all five of your fingertips together, then touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth right behind your teeth. Hold this position for at least 30 seconds.  If you are feeling scattered or antsy during a lesson or a test, this is something you can do while sitting right at your desk that will help you to calm down and focus on the task in front of you.

This is just a sampler of Brain Gym excercises- if you are interested , find out more by looking up educational Kinesiology on the web.

The Women's Technology Program at
MIT is a 4-week summer residence program to introduce high school girls
to electrical engineering and computer science. If you know a girl who is
currently a high school junior who demonstrates math and science ability and
an interest in finding out about EECS, please encourage her to visit our
website for more information and for an application form 
 http://www.mit.edu <http://www.mit.edu/>
Our classes are taught in a supportive environment
by a staff of women MIT PhD candidates and undergraduates The full-time academic
program includes hands-on experiments and team- based projects in computer
science, electrical engineering, and mathematics. No prior experience in computer
programming,physics, or electrical engineering is expected, but applicants typically have
strong academic records, especially in math and science.