Digital Inclusion Partners
- Houston Area Urban League (H.A.U.L.).
The mission of the Houston Area Urban League is to enable
African Americans and other minorities to secure economic
self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights. Urban League
professionals will work with the parents of Read By Six
students to ensure that there will be a home environment that
reinforces those academic and socials skills being taught in
school.
http://www.haul.org/
- Houston Social Venture Partners (HSVP).
An organization of successful professionals who want to give
back to the Houston community in a way that makes use, not just
of their money, but of their professional expertise as well.
HSVP members invest their collective time, talent and money in
high-impact social sector agencies addressing the root causes of
community problems to help them accomplish their missions.
HSVP provided the grant to establish the “Read By Six
Initiative” within North Forest daycares and private schools. HSVP members are also providing their personal expertise to BDD.
http://www.svphouston.org/whoweare.htm
- The Houston Read Commission (HRC) is a nonprofit urban
literacy coalition that makes free literacy services available and
accessible to adults and families. Established in 1988 by the Mayor
and City Council of Houston, the Commission is now one of the
largest urban literacy coalitions of its kind in the United States
with 180 members. The Houston READ Commission's goal is to combat
illiteracy and promote economic self-sufficiency by offering
programs in adult basic education, GED preparation, English as a
Second Language, family literacy, life skills, pre-employment and
workplace skills, workforce development and financial and computer
literacy. HRC provides the following to the “Read By Six
Initiative”: 1. Certificates for children and “Exemplary Sites”,
2. Volunteers to test children at qualified childcare facilities.
3. A program Coordinator to review progress reports. Website:
http://www.houread.org
- Bytes of Learning: develops
and publishes powerful learning tools for use on Windows,
Macintosh and Dana computers in schools, homes, offices and
training environments. The company also provides teaching
resources and teacher training services.
Bytes of Learning donates a keyboarding software
called “Utrakey”
http://www.bytesoflearning.com
- Surplus Buyers is a Donor
Organization: Surplus Buyers is a for-profit hardware disposal
and recycling company who is dedicated to giving back to the
community. Surplus Buyers donates hardware (keyboards,
mice, power cords & etc.) to “The Read by Six Initiative”.
Surplus Buyers is a hardware disposal and recycling company that
offers a full turn-key recycling service. They pick up surplus
computers and electronics from any site in the nation and
transfers the hardware to its EPA permitted facility in Houston
Texas for disposal. Surplus Buyers eliminates the burden and
potential liability of excess electronic inventory.
http://www.surplusbuy.com
- A Rocket Moving & Storage
is a Donor Organization: A-Rocket is a for-profit moving and
storage company that is dedicated to giving back to the
community. A-Rocket donates storage space for the equipment
and picks up donated equipment”.
A-Rocket Moving
& Storage specializes in local, long distance, commercial,
residential, international moving, storage and car transport.
A–Rocket understands that a well coordinated operation is
essential for a successful relocation. A-Rocket and its
owner/director DeAndre Sam, has received many community-based
awards.
http://www.arocket.com
- ROWDY Inc: is a foundation
that establishes mentoring programs that seek to nurture the
mental, physical, cultural, emotional, and psychological needs
of adolescents and young adults. The young people are
surrounded by positive roles models who refuse to accept or
reward mediocrity. The program is designed to help youth reach
their full potential. The goal of the
ROWDY Foundation is to place the computers in their programs
throughout the US and Spain.
http://www.rowdyfoundation.org
- National Cristina
Foundation (NCF): provides computer technology and solutions to
give people with disabilities, students at risk and economically
disadvantaged persons the opportunity, through training, to lead
more independent and productive lives. National Cristina
Foundation donates hardware (computers, keyboards, mice, power
cords & etc.)
http://www.cristina.org
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