Troubled Teens Resources

Teen crisis intervention is an ongoing proposition in the inner city. The public is well aware of the millions of treasure that has gone into city after city in an effort to stem the tide of teen age drug abuse and crime. It is, though, especially heartening to see help extended the old fashioned way, via the private sector.

“It’s a worn brick building surrounded by a well-used playground and basketball courts where most of the hoops are missing nets. But inside the Robinwood Community Center, youths and other residents can find a top-of-the-line computer laboratory with 10 19-inch flat screens, wireless Internet, printers and a projector.

Northrop Grumman, the defense contractor based in Linthicum, installed the new computer lab Friday as part of its renovation of the center in the Annapolis public housing neighborhood.

The company’s work, which will include painting, replacing ceiling tiles, furniture and carpeting, and refurbishing the kitchen, is the first major investment in the community since the city, Anne Arundel County and the Annapolis Housing Authority vowed in February to turn around the troubled neighborhood and stem violence that had spread to Annapolis High School.

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In that computer room, troubled teenagers who have never before experienced the thrill of discovery will find worlds opened to them that they never imagined via the bounty of information available online. Journalists, photographers, writers, and entrepreneurs can come from one simple act of corporate kindness.