Traditionally, tech clubs hold monthly "happy hours": informal meet-ups, usually the same day of each month -- like the last Thursday, for example -- where folks are encouraged to get away from their computer screens and get out and be social at a local coffee shop or pub. Jack Eyer, Alabama (our newest - who had their 1st event last week!) David Folks who've participated in the NTEN community for a while probably know about NTEN 501 Tech Clubs , but chances are even some of our new members aren't too familiar with these affinity groups -- and I want to change that! Basically,

For example, in the Bay Area we have San Francisco School Volunteers , and Berkeley School Volunteers. You can help fund everything from Gardening Club Supplies in Brooklyn, to a computer for a classroom in Alabama, or new recess equipment for a school in Indiana. Tuesday was my first day volunteering with the "reading partners" program at my neighborhood public elementary school. Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library.

And, a gentleman from Alabama in his sixties posted a video response telling us that he was inspired to get his father (who is in his 90's) a blog! Then, I started to poke around and I discovered an incredible example of intergenerational video blogging -- watch some of the videos by and responses to geriatic1927 As some of you who are following this blog already know, my dad expressed some interest in blogging. So, when we visited two weeks ago during our vacation, I spent some time introducing him to blogging. I decided to video blog some snippets of the process and posted