Two organizations picked up computers today: The International Community Foundation which seeks to increase charitable giving and volunteerism across U.S. borders to benefit overseas communities and non-profit organizations and Kids in Touch Communications which is dedicated to military family communications. They both do great work!
Congratulations on being awarded computers.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Monday, October 24, 2005
Taste of Technology - A great success and fun time
What fun! We had a great crowd at our annual fundraiser. It took lots of work (especially by Maren - who is an organizational genius!). The crowd seemed to have a lot of fun especially at the casino tables and during the live auction. We had a couple bidding wars that got the crowd excited. The silent auction was a great success too. Many thanks to Dell Computer Corporation and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation - our major sponsors for the night. The event took place downtown in the new Hotel Solamar - a great place for an event.
The night was also the farewell event for our Executive Director, Becky Stawiski. Becky has guided the San Diego Futures Foundation since it's inception and deserves great praise for her dedication and hard work making it an important organization in bringing technology to San Diego County.
The night was also the farewell event for our Executive Director, Becky Stawiski. Becky has guided the San Diego Futures Foundation since it's inception and deserves great praise for her dedication and hard work making it an important organization in bringing technology to San Diego County.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Boys & Girls Club of Chula Vista
The Boys and Girls Club of Chula Vista picked up 15 computers today. They are setting up a second computer lab in their main facility. It will primarily be used for an after school program. Sounds good. SDFF has been working with them for many years - they received computers in our first year.
Good luck to them!!
Good luck to them!!
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Gotta Love SKYPE!
Voice over IP for real! The new version of Skype seems an improvement. I love that we can call other SDFF staff in other offices, FREE!
The Hoover High interns thought it was pretty cool but not as cool as I thought. And you can call any "real" telephone number for 2 cents/minute if you buy the SkypeOut service.
www.skype.com
The Hoover High interns thought it was pretty cool but not as cool as I thought. And you can call any "real" telephone number for 2 cents/minute if you buy the SkypeOut service.
www.skype.com
Monday, October 10, 2005
AASC Conference - Pangea Foundation
SDFF was invited to attend the opening breakfast at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Service Providers meeting here in San Diego. The Pangea Foundation, a frequent partner of SDFF, borrowed 32 computers from us to show off their project, www.aasconline.org, which is a web-based resident data management tool. Over a 1100 service coordinators were there! Service Coordinators serve families, the elderly, persons with disabilities and others who are involved in creating and maintaining service-enhanced housing environments.
The Futures Foundation was publically recognized by Pangea Foundation Executive Director, Kristen Berry, for our donation of equipment over the years. Pangea does great work. Their goal: to bring state-of-the-art technology to schools and community organizations. Sounds good!
The Futures Foundation was publically recognized by Pangea Foundation Executive Director, Kristen Berry, for our donation of equipment over the years. Pangea does great work. Their goal: to bring state-of-the-art technology to schools and community organizations. Sounds good!
Friday, October 07, 2005
Lots of new computer distributions....
We have 4 more non-profits getting computers: Boys and Girls Club of Chula Vista, New Haven Youth and Family Services, International Community Foundation, and Kids in Touch.
Yesterday, the Hoover High School Interns were busy the entire time cleaning and prepping mice, keyboards, and monitors. Next week - they discover Linux!!!!!
Yesterday, the Hoover High School Interns were busy the entire time cleaning and prepping mice, keyboards, and monitors. Next week - they discover Linux!!!!!
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Taste of Technology
Join the San Diego Futures Foundation for, Taste of Technology – CASINO NIGHT, an exciting evening of entertainment, where guests will enjoy food, drink, their favorite casino games, and silent and live auctions to support the foundation’s programs and service offerings and to improve opportunities for San Diego’s residents to access technology. It takes place October 20 at Hotel Solamar.
More info: http://www.sdfutures.org/tasteoftechnology/index.htm
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
San Diego County Housing Self Sufficiency Computer Donation
Today is the second day of the computer distribution to families participating in San Diego County's Self Sufficiency Program. Their goal is help 150 families improve their economic situation through assisting them with job training, education, financial literacy and other means. We will be giving approximately 30 computer to families who do not have them now.
Everyone who has picked up their computers has been very thankful. Many have children who will now be able to use the computers for school work.
Everyone who has picked up their computers has been very thankful. Many have children who will now be able to use the computers for school work.
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Welcome to the Blog for the San Diego Futures Foundation.
We will be writing about our activities and experiences by both our staff and interns. Periodically we'll also add some tech stuff.
Visit our web page to find out more about us: www.sdfutures.org
Thanks.
We will be writing about our activities and experiences by both our staff and interns. Periodically we'll also add some tech stuff.
Visit our web page to find out more about us: www.sdfutures.org
Thanks.
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