Comcast Donates Laptops to Foster Digital Opportunity for Students
Donation of 50 laptops to Boys & Girls Club of Shelby County part of Comcast’s ongoing investment in Shelby County and rural Indiana, partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Comcast is teaming up with the Boys & Girls Club of Shelby County to provide 50 local students with laptops.
Laptop recipients include students and families who participate in programming through the Shelbyville, Morristown, Waldron, and Southwestern units of the Boys & Girls Club of Shelby County, including after-school care and year-round programming focused on leadership, recreation and academic success.
“Partnerships with organizations like Comcast are essential to enabling young people — especially those who need us most — to reach their full potential.”
Scott Spahr, CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Shelby County
“We believe success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, and partnerships with organizations like Comcast are essential to enabling young people — especially those who need us most — to reach their full potential,” said Scott Spahr, CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Shelby County. “This donation from Comcast is going to change a lot of lives.”
An Initiative to Connect Indiana
In Shelby County and across Indiana, Comcast is working with state and local officials to invest in communities most in need of fast, reliable broadband service. Last year, Comcast announced a $55 million joint investment with the state of Indiana to build Internet to rural, unserved and underserved areas in seven Indiana counties, including expanding services in Shelby County.
“Having access to technology unleashes the potential of high-speed internet and creates digital opportunity for students and their families.”
Jennifer Jambor, director of community impact, Comcast Heartland.
“Having access to technology unleashes the potential of high-speed internet and creates digital opportunity for students and their families,” said Jennifer Jambor, director of community impact, Comcast Heartland. “We’re proud to partner with the Boys & Girls Club of Shelby County to provide the tools and technology needed to build a future of unlimited possibilities.”
This laptop donation is part of Project UP, Comcast’s $1 billion initiative to connect people to the internet, create digital opportunity and help build a future of unlimited possibilities.
To support Indiana’s digital equity efforts, Comcast offers several programs to increase internet accessibility and skills training opportunities, including:
- The Comcast Internet Essentials program provides low-cost, high-speed broadband service to eligible low-income households, connecting more than 770,000 students, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities in Indiana enrolled in a variety of government assistance programs, including the National School Lunch Program, Housing Assistance, Medicaid, the Federal Pell Grant program, SNAP, SSI, WIC, and others.
- Comcast operates more than 18 Lift Zones across Indiana. Lift Zones are robust Wi-Fi hotspots in safe spaces where kids and adults can access free high-speed WiFi, learn digital skills, and participate in remote learning.
- Comcast has made more than $3.8 million in cash and in-kind donations to community-based organizations in Indiana over the last three years, focusing on initiatives designed to foster digital equity.