Shorter University donates laptops to Youth for Christ

June 9, 2011 - Shorter University recently donated 13 laptops to Rome’s Youth for Christ organization. According to its Web site, YFC has as its mission to reach young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other likeminded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ and commitment to social involvement.

Travis Hill, who serves as the executive director for the Youth for Christ program, was happy to receive the laptops. He explained that the laptops would be used in conjunction with Youth for Christ’s annual Camp Discovery. “We have a competition at the end of the camp and we will be able to give these laptops away as prizes. We are very excited about that and thankful for the donation.”

Last year, Shorter donated 20 laptops to Youth for Christ and the Open Door Children’s Home and an additional 20 desktop units to Pepperell Middle School.

Shorter University’s Eric Hall (right), system administrator for the Office of Information Technology, presents Travis Hill, executive director of Youth for Christ, with 13 laptop computers.

Founded in 1873, Shorter University is a Christian university committed to excellence in education. Since 2003, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Shorter among the South’s best baccalaureate colleges, and the Princeton Review annually includes Shorter on its lists of best value and best Southeastern colleges.The university offers traditional bachelor’s degrees in 48 major areas as well as undergraduate degree programs for working adults, the Master of Business Administration, the Master of Education and the Master of Arts in Leadership. General education and calculus courses are offered in an online format, and Shorter recently launched online programs that lead toward the Associate of Science, the Bachelor of Business Administration, and the Master of Accountancy degrees. For more information, visit www.shorter.edu.

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