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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

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Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. The library has new promotional materials to use. Their prize was a Dell Latitude Tablet 10.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. They created the Popcorn For Kids Campaign.

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TechSoup Global: Springing into Action

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The session, "Turning E-Waste into Green," focused on how policy decisions handling e-waste can improve the economy. TechSoup for Libraries. In addition to the Edge Initiative, TechSoup for Libraries has been highlighting public libraries across the United States that use technology in innovative ways.

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Comcast Internet Essentials - A Green Program to Bridge the Digital Divide

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This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. One of the big pieces of digital divide news in the U.S. this summer is the Comcast Internet Essentials Program. A number of U.S.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

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Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. " Waukesha Public Library. An increasing number of public libraries are discovering TechSoup donations, but few are maxing them out like Waukesha Public Library in Wisconsin.

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