November 21, 2009
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Teens Pledge Y2K Help to Elderly

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In addition to providing assistance should electricity, water or food supplies be interrupted at the turn of the century, the teens and their families have agreed to help with the long-term needs of any senior in need by providing transportation, help in paying bills and companionship.

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The Y2K bug, shorthand for a shortcut programmers took years ago that may result in computers mistaking the numbers 2000 for 1900, is a particularly scary notion for this group, which isn?t well versed in new technology and whose members are easy marks for hucksters, LaRoza said.

Hoping to spread the program to other cities, Manateen members plan on visiting members of the Youth Coalition of Santa Cruz in California in the fall.

Teens there are busy spreading the word about Y2K to the numerous retirees who settle in the northern California community, said Karen Jeffries, director of public relations for the Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County.

'Part of what will happen is that the Manateens will share ideas of what they?re doing on Y2K and our teens will go back there,' she said.

Like the Manateens, the Santa Cruz group is completely youth driven and has been talking to seniors about not falling prey to hucksters looking to make a fast

dollar by scaring them unnecessarily.

Contacts: Adraine LaRoza, executive director, Volunteer Services of Manatee County, Bradenton, Fla., 941-746-7117. Karen Jeffries, director of public relations, Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County,

Santa Cruz, Calif., 831-427-5070.

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