Comcast To Pledge $25K To Warrren/Holyfield Boys & Girls Club
Grant is part of initiative to increase digital literacy.
by Patch Staff Cable provider Comcast Corp. plans to kick off the second year of its Internet Essentials Program in Atlanta through a partnership with the Warren/Holyfield Boys & Girls Club in Grant Park, the Technology Association of Georgia and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in an initiative designed to boost digital literacy among youth. As part of that initiative, Comcast is expected to announce on Thursday $85,000 in technology grants including a $60,000 Club Tech Grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta and $25,000 to fund the 2012-2013 Digital Connectors program at Warren/Holyfield Boys & Girls Club. Comcast launched Internet Essentials in Georgia last year in a special ceremony at Drew Charter School in East Lake. …
lynell thomas
5:50 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2011
This program is a JOKE....I have tried to submit an application 5 times....3 times I faxed the information which was an application, and the read out from the nutrition dept at my daughters school stating our family recieved free lunch, and were in the guidelines for the program..After comcast reported that they recieved the application but not the nutrition report, I was denied...I immediately … more ›