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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2005

Browne presents $250k for Da Vinci Discovery Center
State grant coincides with opening of new facility

State Senator Pat Browne, R-16th District, marked the opening of the new Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology facility by presenting the organization with a $250,000 state grant Saturday.

"The opening of this new facility is a landmark day for our community," Senator Browne said. "I applaud the efforts of those who worked to make this complex a reality and I was pleased to secure this state grant to assist in those efforts."

The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology is a community-driven, non-profit organization incorporated in 1995 as part of Lehigh University. It became an independent organization in 1999, and it has managed partnerships with colleges and universities, corporations, government organizations, and more than 25 school districts throughout the region. In 2003, it merged with Leonardo Da Vinci's Horse, Inc., of Allentown.

The organization's mission is to promote inquiry-based learning in science and technology for children in Leonardo Da Vinci's image – thereby promoting academic excellence in these crucial disciplines. The Center provides every young person with fun, hands-on educational opportunities through its demonstration facility, its classroom outreach initiatives, and its professional development programs for teachers.

"The Da Vinci Discovery Center has played an important role in improving the quality of science and technology education for hundreds of area students," Senator Browne said. "The new state-of-the-art demonstration facility on the campus of Cedar Crest College will provide even more opportunities for it to enrich the lives of our young people."

Contact:

Matt Moyer
(610) 821-8468