Net Literacy Increases Computer Access to Over 60,000 individuals in Four States!

Net Literacy is providing computers so that computer labs can be established at hundreds of locations, increasing computer access to the underserved. At community centers, Section 8 and HUD Apartments, independent living facilities, senior centers, schools, churches, and other nonprofits that range from the Boys and Girls Club to the Salvation Army, Net Literacy is making a difference.

"It's important," says Brian Kelley, Net Literacy's Youth Chair, "that access to computers is available to everyone. Otherwise, it's tougher for students to excel in school and harder for them to find employment once they completed their education." Net Literacy has provided computers in hundreds of locations in Indiana, Illinois, Wyoming, and Ohio.

"Students are a primary focus of Net Literacy, and our mission is to increase computer access, computer and Internet literacy training, and Internet safety education to youth. Because of the success we had providing computers to elementary and middle school schools in the inner city, we expanded our program to work with principals identifying school and student computer needs, and then donating hundreds of computers to make a significant and immediate impact. Next week, we'll be providing Minnie Hartmann School (IPS #78) 25 Pentium IV computers for their computer labs and 200 computers for their students. Principal Richards told us that this program will make a significant difference to her elementary school students - because over 200 of the more than 300 families that attend this elementary school will receive computers for use in their homes. When you consider that parents and older siblings will also have access to these computers, this one Net Literacy outreach program may impact 500 or 600 individuals," says Kelley.