PAYETTE — As announced in a news release on May 12, the Idaho Out-Of-School Network and University of Idaho Extension 4-H Youth Development are deploying 12 mobile, pop-up makerspace trailers in rural and underserved communities with help from the Idaho STEM Action Center, Idaho State Department of Education, Idaho Division of Career & Technical Education, Gizmo-CDA, and private partners. The Payette clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Treasure Valley will be one of those recipients, with a “Think Make Create” makerspace trailer arriving on June 1.
According to Idaho Out-Of-School Network director Anna Almerico, the mobile makerspaces will engage more than 3,000 children in rural and underserved Idaho communities this summer.
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