There is no I in team. This cliché held true for the members of the Student Technology Education Partnerships (STEP) Program and over 50 volunteers this past Saturday, February 12, 2011. The students and community members of Kent joined together to bridge the digital divide at the Bridging the Gap deployment, an event where refurbished computers are distributed to Kent families who cannot afford one.
The members of the STEP Program led groups of Kent School District students and community members in order to make the deployment successful. There were several different stations that the students and community members worked at which all linked to each other. Without one of these stations, all of the others would fail. Everyone did a great job at working together for a greater cause.
After four hours of lifting, cleaning, organizing and packaging computers, 97computers were granted to families in need, affecting 189 students in grades K-12 in the Kent School District. Thanks to Bridging the Gap, these families will now have a computer and an equal opportunity to access technology as other students do. And this is just the beginning! The next Bridging the Gap deployment will happen on June 4, 2011, so more families can catch up with the technological world.
Want to help? You can print off a Bridging the Gap Volunteer form at http://www1.kent.k12.wa.us/ksd/it/btg/volunteer.htm and also find more information on the event in general on Bridging the Gap at www.ksdbtg.org.
Student Writer Michayla Tompson
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