Microsoft Funds Computer Training
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Hopelink received a $50,000 award to support a new computer training program for low-income and homeless adults in north and east King County. The award is part of Microsoft’s UP (Unlimited Potential) global initiative to improve lifelong learning for underserved people and thus create social and economic opportunities that can change lives. This aligns closely to Hopelink’s mission to promote self-sufficiency and help people make lasting change in their lives.
As a result of this award, Hopelink clients will be able to build
computer skills including learning how to use a computer for email and
job searches, and as a tool to learn about health care, money
management, their children’s school work, and essential health, social,
and employment services available in the community. The grant will
enable Hopelink’s Adult Education Department to recruit, train and
support 40 volunteer computer instructors who will teach 220 clients
basic computer skills during the first year of operation. Classes and
individual instruction will take place in four computer labs in
Bellevue and Carnation at Hopelink centers. Anyone interested in
volunteering for this new project should contact Volunteer Coordinator
Jonnett Maurer at volunteer@hope-link.org.