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Ambassadors teach Chicago kids in underserved communities about solar eclipse

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A total solar eclipse is coming up in less than three weeks – and members of the NASA-funded Eclipse Ambassadors program are using the rare event as a learning opportunity.

The goal is to teach people in underserved communities about the upcoming eclipse.

CBS 2 caught up with one ambassador Wednesday afternoon at the SOS Children's Village Tim McCormick Community Center, at 1133 W. 13th St. on the city's Near West Side.

"It should be a really cool show and a once-in-a-lifetime event, so we want to be able to share it with the kids and make sure they know what's going on, because this is a really cool thing," said Eclipse Ambassador Andrea Vesecky. "I like to use a lot of hands-on things. It's not fun to have somebody just kind of sit there and talk at you - so trying to get them engaged with a lot of questions and thinking about different things."

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Andrea Vesecky CBS 2

The peak of the total solar eclipse is just after 2 p.m. Monday, April 8.

In Chicago, 94% of the sun will be covered by the moon - if the weather cooperates.

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