CMS students set up lemonade stands to reduce digital divide

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Students from a Charlotte-Mecklenburg School sold lemonade in Huntersville Saturday to raise money for fellow students who don't have access to a computer at home.

Parents and students from Torrence Creek Elementary partnered with the nonprofit organization E2D.

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The nonprofit's goal is to eliminate the digital divide and to bridge the gap between students who have computers to do their homework and those who don't.

"Without that in the home, it takes a lot to get to a library or do that at the school, so it allows them to learn a lot more at home in the convenience of their own computer," Cindy Cooper, Torrence Creek PTA community service chair, said.

The students set up lemonade stands in the Cedarfield neighborhood and near Torrence Creek's bus lot.

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