Do you have plans for Earth Day? Join Clearview Federal Credit Union, Computer Reach, and other community partners in recycling your unneeded digital devices, paper, bicycles, and scrap metal during this drive-thru Earth Day Sustainability event! About Clearview’s celebrating Earth Day by hosting a Sustainability drive-thru event at their Moon Township Financial Center parking lot....
Thanks to a new partnership between Computer Reach and Southwestern Veterans’ Center (SVC), veterans will help bridge the digital divide in Southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond. About the Partnership In October 2022, Computer Reach and Southwestern Veterans’ Center announced their new partnership will establish a new weekly volunteer program for resident veterans at SVC. Through the...
Thanks to an initial donation of over $92,000 worth of IT equipment from the City of Pittsburgh, Computer Reach will have 324 desktop computers, 74 laptops, and more ready to be refurbished and distributed to individuals and families who need them. A Partnership to Bridge the Digital Divide On August 29, 2022, the City of...
Computer Reach joins AT&T and Digitunity to help provide free or low-cost computers, digital literacy training, and technical support to underserved Pittsburgh residents over the next two years. New Project Distributes Computers to Pittsburgh Residents Computer Reach has been selected as part of a 10-city project led by AT&T and Digitunity to provide more than...
We’re working with Vintage Senior Center to get older adults in Pittsburgh digitally connected! Our Work with Vintage Senior Center In October, Computer Reach began distributing desktop computer bundles and internet hotspots to individuals in need of technology identified by Vintage Senior Center. Located on N. Highland Avenue in Pittsburgh, the Center seeks to “improve...
Attend Our Podcast Listening Party! You’re invited to join Computer Reach and Age-Friendly Pittsburgh on Monday, November 22 from 3 – 4 p.m. for a “podcast listening party” to celebrate the release of the NPR Humankind production, “Aging in Community.” When: Monday, November 22, 2021 | 3 – 4 p.m. Where: Zoom Meetings (Virtual)...
Wilkinsburg Digital Inclusion Project In September, Computer Reach completed the preparations needed to launch enrollment for the Wilkinsburg Digital Inclusion Project. The project seeks to positively impact the lives of families in the Wilkinsburg community by providing the following at no cost to 200 eligible families: a Wi-Fi Hotspot with one year’s worth of internet...
Computer Reach completed 2 Digital Navigator projects in July, which distributed 40 computer bundles and 40 hotspots to local Pittsburgh residents and offered 1:1 in-person setup support and digital literacy training. What is the Digital Navigators program? Computer Reach’s Digital Navigators program provides recipients with: a free desktop computer bundle (including an external webcam), a...
In July, Computer Reach invited David Freudberg of Humankind Media to Pittsburgh to talk with Melvin Lewis, a recipient of Computer Reach’s Digital Navigator program. Freudberg is using the interview to write an NPR story about the program, which will be broadcast nationally in September 2021. Quotes from the Interview During the interview, Melvin talked...
Celebrating Crossroads Scholar Bryce Matthews Crossroads and Computer Reach have been very close partners for years. Our partnership gives high school students the opportunity to explore the field of computer science through the lens of nonprofits. One example of this has been current Crossroads Scholar Bryce Matthews. A rising senior at Central Catholic High School,...
