COLUMBIA'S KIDS: Students learn, play during Fun City program

Hailey Twietmeyer helps teach Aliyah Norman math during Fun City at J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center on March 17. Fun City is a program for inner-city kids to do crafts, get homework helped, learn about their African American heritage, have lunch and play with each other.   |  Elizabeth Pierson

Jayden Norman-Tigner works on a puzzle with his mom, Stephanie Bonaparte, left, and grandmother Consuela Johnson, right, during Fun City on March 17. Johnson has been the head of the Fun City program since May 2011. Fun City is an educational program that takes place every Saturday and during summers at J.W. "Blind" Boone Community Center in Columbia.   |  Elizabeth Pierson

Tyrique Miller-Liddell completes an acrostic poem with the letters of his name at a learning station during Fun City on March 17. Fun City is a program for inner-city kids to do crafts, get homework help, learn about their African American heritage, have lunch and play with each other.   |  Elizabeth Pierson