PAYETTE â 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 âThink Make Createâ 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.