The numbers are astounding and speak to the high need in the Inland Northwest communities. The line to enter the back-to-school event stretched three blocks at its peak. Volunteers distributed nearly 1,000 backpacks in the first hour. At the end of the day, more than 5,000 backpacks (full of grade-appropriate school supplies) and 15,000 individuals […]
March 2015: New Milestones In Internet Essentials
Comcast has announced that since August 2011, its nationally acclaimed broadband adoption program, Internet Essentials, has connected more than 450,000 families, or 1.8 million low-income Americans, to the power of the Internet at home. To put that in perspective, 1.8 million is larger than the populations of 96 of America’s 100 largest cities as well as 12 […]
Comcast Donates $100,000 to Seattle Goodwill to fund Innovative Computer Literacy Program
Seattle Goodwill and Comcast have announced $100,000 in grants from Comcast that will be used to develop an innovative digital literacy program utilizing mobile devices to teach the technology skills that are essential for success in the 21st Century. Goodwill plans to roll out this pilot program across the nonprofit’s 10 Puget Sound job training […]
What Comcast’s Internet Essentials Learning Zones Mean for the Puget Sound
[youtube=http://youtu.be/2rKW29DeFKI]Good news for families who find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide: Comcast is extending Internet Essentials, its low cost broadband adoption program, indefinitely. The company also announced more than $1 million in grants to dozens of non-profit organizations across the country to create Internet Essentials Learning Zones, including $100,000 in grants […]
Comcast Partners with Spokane Group, Tincan, to Bring Broadband to Those Who Need It
Click on the video to watch excerpts of a the media briefing at Tincan’s Internet for All event in Spokane. The discussion of the importance of broadband access and Comcast’s Internet Essentials program included Tara Neumann, director of Tincan; Ben Stuckart, president of the Spokane City Council; Dr. Shelley Redinger, superintendent of Spokane Public Schools; and Ken […]
