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Al Roker, the popular weatherman on NBC’s Today Show, will be in Charlotte on Friday to give away a Penske truckload of goods to the Community School of the Arts as part of Roker’s “Lend a Hand” charity series.
This is the eighth year the series has traveled across America to help small charities that work to improve conditions in their communities. In Charlotte, he is donating the goods to Charlotte’s Community School of the Arts. He will air segments at Spirit Square, where the school is based.
Charlotte’s the road trip's last stop. Roker kicked off his goodwill road trip in Los Angeles Monday and will make stops in Portland, Ore., Galveston, Tex., and Little Rock, Ark., before arriving in Charlotte.
The Today Show is aired on the Observer’s news partner, WCNC NewChannel 36. Larry Sprinkle, a WCNC weatherman, will be with Roker during the broadcast at Spirit Square.
The Community School of the Arts was started in 1969 by Henry Bridges to provide quality music lessons to low-income children. Forty years later, it’s programs have expanded. They are offered to families that pay tuition, but the school still reaches out to children who can’t afford lessons – with a belief that a quality arts education should be available to everyone. David Perlmutt
