Education and home Internet go hand in hand. And equalizing access to educational resources is one of the most important benefits of a home Internet connection. That’s precisely why we first offered Internet Essentials to low-income families with children from Head Start through 12th grade. Education, however, doesn’t just end after high school. So, today, I had the privilege of joining Colorado Lieutenant Governor and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education Joe Garcia and President of the Colorado Community College System Nancy McCallin, Ph.D., to announce that Comcast is extending Internet Essentials, on a pilot basis, to low-income community college students across Colorado. We also announced an Internet Essentials low-income community college pilot program in Illinois, home to one of the largest community college systems in the nation. To be eligible, students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant — the nation’s largest need-based grant program.
Following an unprecedented day of impact at the nation’s first Opportunity Fair & Forum in Chicago on Aug. 13, the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative today announced that it will bring its next Opportunity Fair to Phoenix on Oct. 30 as it continues to accelerate its nationwide effort to hire America’s opportunity youth – 16-24 year olds who are not in school or employed, an estimated 5.6 million people in the U.S. The coalition, now composed of 33 leading U.S. companies including new members Papa John’s, Republic Services, TOMS and VILLA expects to hire hundreds of young people in Phoenix next month, building on the hiring effort it launched in Chicago earlier this summer with over 4,000 young Chicagoans, 800 of whom have already received job offers.
Through its participation in CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program, Astoria Bank is funding 5,000 brand-new books for New York City schools. In partnership with education nonprofit First Book, Astoria Bank is providing the books to help students from Central Queens Academy Charter School and P.S. 361 The East Flatbush Early Childhood School start the school year off strong.
There is a growing consensus on the needs of standards of proactive of how community investment, employee volunteering and giving programs are managed. This includes executive support, program planning, communications with key stakeholders and measurement.
Michigan is known as the trail state because of its 12,000 miles of recreational trails. The state kicks of Trails Week on Saturday, September 19. The celebration is special one this year with the opening of the newly developed Iron Belle Trail – a 2,000 mile state-wide looped trail, half of which is a hiking trail and the other half a cycling trail.
It’s also a special opening because TransCanada has committed to being the first corporate sponsor of the trail.
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