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Educating the World
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Bridging the Digital Divide

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AWARDS

BR!CK Award - The BR!CK Awards honor the nation’s finest young world-changers. Winners represent the best in their field or issue and are rewarded with a huge community grant and a special televised award ceremony.

Christopher Reeve Award – The Heart of America Foundation's Christopher Reeve Award is presented each year to an extraordinary youth who has demonstrated tremendous courage and compassion in serving his or her community.

WFSB “Everyday Hero” Award – Channel 3's Scot Haney introduces us to a person each Friday who, by attitude and actions -- either big or small -- help make our state and the world a better place.

National Caring Award – Inspired by the example of Mother Teresa, the Caring Institute celebrates those special individuals who transcend self and devote their lives to serving the disadvantaged, poor, disabled, and dying.

third street community center "Magic Maker" Honored jacob and chris malakowsky (nvidia) for donating refurbished computers to create a lab for after-school programs

Points of Light Award – The Daily Point of Light Award honors individuals and volunteer groups that have made a commitment to connect Americans through service to help meet critical needs in their communities.

Prudential “Spirit of Community Award” - The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honor young people in middle level and high school grades for outstanding volunteer service to their communities.

Kohl’s “Kids who Care” Award – The Kohl's Kids Who Care initiative recognizes and rewards youth for generous community service.

Angelsoft “Angels in Action” Award – Through Angel Soft Angels in Action, children and teens are recognized and rewarded for executing exemplary acts of service to benefit their community, a charity or cause.

NSF Sponsored ITEST Grant
"IT Community Support Project"

The IT Community Support Project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is a collaboration between the University of Hartford, the Hartford Public Schools, and Computers for Communities, Inc. The 3-year project involves after-school hands-on technology training and summer internships for students in Hartford Public Schools.

During the summer, additional training is held in business skills, career planning and job keeping skills. Students who successfully complete their after-school and summer training modules may be eligible for internships at local organizations and corporations in the IT field.

By the third year of the program, students will have established a computer support center, Our IT, where they will have real-world practice in providing technology support to local small businesses. Students will also refurbish donated computers for distribution to the community and provide basic computer training to community members, families of participants and other youth. The center will contribute to overall sustainability of the IT Community Support Project.

Cheshire Correctional Institution
Prisoners IT Skills Program

CFC loves a win-win deal. Our local demand had grown so great, we needed a steady stream of computers to be refurbished. Ken Cairns, a vocational instructor at the state prison, was looking for computers to use to teach IT skills to his inmates. The two organizations joined forces to help each other out. The goal is twofold, Cairns said: Inmates gain computer skills and accomplish something good for the community. Said one inmate: "The great thing about this program is that I'm making a difference on the outside even though I'm caged in here," he said. "It makes an impact on the world, and that's what life is. ... When you're able to put [a computer] together and make it work, that's fantastic." Read more here

nvidia refurb project

NVIDIA set up a temporary warehouse for employees who donated and refurbished used computers, components, and peripherals. Companies including Adobe, Cadence, Synopsys, Microsoft and United Micro also participated in the event by donating their employees' time and resources to transform the donated hardware into updated systems. Hundreds of employees and families turned out to help Jacob, who was onsite for two weeks, collect, rebuild and distribute over 400 computers to the local community in Silicon Valley.

ISee Photo Gallery Here

hartford wireless

Wireless Hartford is an initiative conceived by Mayor Eddie Perez to close the digital divide in the city of Hartford where approximately two thirds of households lack a functioning computer and access to the Internet. The goal of the program is to provide a measure of free and low cost wireless broadband access to all Hartford residents and provide low cost computer equipment and training.

CFC was an important partner in the program, as we ran the computer depot, and provided free technology training to Hartford residents, so that they could learn to use their new computers.

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