COMPUDOPT TO PROVIDE FREE COMPUTERS TO ATLANTA STUDENTS
The CDC Foundation’s donation to the nonprofit will impact almost 2K Atlanta residents
ATLANTA (July 17, 2024) – Compudopt, a national nonprofit providing technology access and education to under-resourced youth and their communities, is providing under-resourced Atlanta students with free computers.
In May, the CDC Foundation donated more than 1,600 gently used computers to Compudopt to be refurbished and distributed at no cost to Atlanta residents.
“The digital divide is an incredibly solvable problem, but we have to start at the source: device accessibility,” said Megan Steckly, CEO of Compudopt. “Most organizations phase out gently used computers every three years, and many of those devices end up unused in landfills or spare rooms. We’re grateful to the CDC Foundation for choosing to partner with Compudopt so that we can refurbish their retired devices and change the lives of nearly 2,000 Atlanta students.”
Prior to expanding its services to Atlanta in 2021, Compudopt estimated that more than 500,000 individuals in the metro area were without an in-home computer and high-speed internet access. To date, the nonprofit has provided almost 8,000 no-cost computers and 10,000 tech-enabled training and resources to local students and their families.
“Today’s students need access to technology. Providing computers to students will empower our youth to learn, to create and to innovate,” said Monique Patrick, Chief Operating Officer of the CDC Foundation. “We were pleased to utilize these computers during the COVID-19 response work we did with CDC to support state, tribal, local and territorial public health departments across the nation, and that these computers will now be donated for use by students who in turn will help to strengthen our nation's future.”
Compudopt will distribute the computers donated by the CDC Foundation by year-end.
Learn more about the digital divide and register to receive a device at compudopt.org/atlanta
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About Compudopt
Compudopt is a national nonprofit organization with a mission to provide technology access and education to under-resourced youth and their communities. Founded in 2007, Compudopt has provided device access, training and support to hundreds of thousands of individuals across the country. Compudopt operates in 43+ cities and 20+ states across the US.
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Karna McCasland
Three Box Strategic Communications on behalf of Compudopt
