11/04/2015
Youth Organization Wants To Provide Free Computers
BY LEON B. CREWS
Sentinel Staff Writer
For more than two decades, Sanford Harper, Jr. has been trying to work with area youth through his Pure Poets Society and other youth programs.
Harper, also known as Dr. San Man, wants to target youth with families in need of a computer in an effort to put the technology in homes that otherwise couldn’t afford a computer.
“I’m launching a campaign called ‘Poetry With A Purpose’ to ask people with old or used laptop or tower computers to donate them for our computer mentor program where at risk youth learn to rebuild the computers so they can be redistributed to the winner of an annual poetry contest hosted by the Pure Poets Society.
“Anyone who wants to drop off an old computer can do so at 1704 ½ 7th Avenue, upstairs at Habibi’s Ho**ah, or at 1632 East 7th Avenue.”
The Pure Poets Society is offering a county wide poetry competition targeting the at risk youth with the topic, “Wildlife Preservation versus Industrialization.”
“We have three age categories (6-11, 12-15 and 16-18) in hopes of giving away 9 desktop computers or notebooks for contestants that meet the requirements,” said Dr. San Man.
All entries need to be turned in by November 20th and submitted to [email protected]. Contestants may enter the contest through expression of poetry, essay, song, dance, and performing skits on stage, or painting mosaic art portraits.
“Encouraging the youth is our main priority,” said Dr. San Man.
“Our representatives are highly motivated individuals seeking to make improvements within the urban community.”
For more information about the Pure Poets Society and the poetry competition, please call (813) 573-1869.
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