They had been nearly as good as new.
And that was factor for grateful Whittier college students and their households, who obtained newly refurbished laptops on Monday, Oct. 16.
AT&T partnered with Human-I-T – a nonprofit group that refurbishes donated know-how to offer low-income people and nonprofits with units, web and digital coaching – to distribute 50 refurbished laptops to recipients who had been chosen by the YMCA.
The laptop computer distribution on the YMCA of Better Whittier was a part of AT&T’s nationwide effort to shut the digital divide.
This yr in California, AT&T and Human-I-T have donated greater than 4,000 computer systems to college students and households and almost 1,000 throughout Los Angeles County, stated Carmen Cuevas, space supervisor of exterior affairs for AT&T.
“It’s been an awesome expertise having the ability to bridge the digital divide, and making certain that college students and households obtain the issues they should get entry to job alternatives, studying alternatives and to attach with well being care and actually get the entry to these alternatives for fulfillment,” Cuevas stated.
The corporate says it is going to be investing $2 billion over the following three years to deal with the problem for low-income People by means of low-cost broadband provides, participation within the Emergency Broadband Profit, and neighborhood funding, in accordance with its web site.
College students, households, neighborhood leaders, elected officers and volunteers had been in attendance on the Whittier laptop computer distribution on Monday. Along with the Dell laptops, Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, D-Whittier, additionally offered a examine with $250,000 of state funds for the YMCA.
“That is simply our means of giving again to the neighborhood,” stated Juan Aceves, annual giving marketing campaign director at YMCA of Better Whittier.
Aceves stated that discovering 50 households to distribute the laptops to was fast, emphasizing the necessity in the neighborhood. He was additionally grateful for Calderon’s contribution to the YMCA and stated the funds could be used to assist with renovations to the constructing.
Natalia Rodriguez was one of many college students who obtained a brand new laptop computer. She is in seventh grade at Katherine Edwards Center Faculty in Whittier and stated the laptop computer would assist when doing homework. She additionally participates within the YMCA’s swim workforce.
“It’s tremendous useful, we’re already completely happy to contribute our dues to the Y for the aquatics workforce, so for us to have this little additional to assist her, may be very useful,” stated her mom, Victoria. “As a result of they’ve a school-issued iPad, however nothing can change having the ability to have a full-size laptop.”
