Monthly Archives: October 2009

 The YWCA in Marion joined the Net Literacy Alliance as it works to increase digital inclusion throughout Grant County, Indiana.  Additional information about the YWCA’s program is at http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=igLQIYOEKpF&b=4933333. The Net Literacy (www.netliteracy.org ) and Bright House Networks (www.brighthouse.com) partnership in Indiana has increased computer access to tens of thousands of Hoosiers.  The YWCA has taken a leadership role in Grant County working to reduce the digital divide and has created a public computer lab at the Five Corners Mall available to all Grant …

Net Literacy (www.netliteracy.org) student volunteers and Net Literacy Alliance partners have been hard at work repurposing computers for schools and nonprofits.  With a backlog of computer requests by schools still exceeding 2,000 computers, Net Literacy’s student volunteers have provided over 4,000 computers and donated them to schools and nonprofits.  Most of the computers have been donated to schools, and the schools have used the computers to add computers in the classrooms, create computer labs, and provide computers to qualified families of students …