New Kent Charles City Chronicle

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LEGO robotics closeout reception

By Community Member | June 3, 2015 9:31 pm

Heritage Public Library honored New Kent Rotary Club with a May 23 reception to thank them for donations made to the library's LEGO WeDo program. The Rotary club donations totaled $5,600 that was used to purchase hardware and software for the program that allowed students to construct robots using the blocks. Pictured are (l t r) Franke Ferrante (Rotary Area Governor), Barbara Winters (library director), Judith Harris (library IT coordinator), Rotarians Mark Burnet, Jackie Smith, Taylor Newman (New Kent High School president of Rotary Interact Club), and Stran Trout.