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From: Karen Mendelow Nelson (karenm@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 13:19:40 PST 

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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:19:40 -0800
From: Karen Mendelow Nelson <karenm@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Computer Give-Away Program]

> ----- Original Message ----- From: Aleta You To:
>NJSSI_ALL@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:01 PM
>Subject: [Fwd: Computer Give-Away Program]
>Dear NJ SSI Colleagues:
>
>I am forwarding this message that we received regarding the Beaumont
>Foundation giving out approximately $400 million in
>computer equipment to schools and community organizations beginning in 2003.
>
>Aleta
>
>
>
> ********************************************************
>The Beaumont Foundation will be giving out almost $400 million in
>computer
>equipment starting in 2003. The grant applications for schools and
>community
>organizations will be available on our website beginning January 6,
>2003, at
><outbind://26/www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/>
><http://www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/>www.bmtfoundation.com/grants/.
>The guidelines explain how we'll be giving out $20 million each in
>computer
>equipment to community organizations and to schools in about half the
>country. Information on individual grants is also online but persons
>interested in those grants should apply by calling
>1-866-505-COMP(2667).
>Please note that persons with disabilities and those who are homebound
>because of disability or illness are especially encouraged to apply
>for
>these individual grants. Questions about the school and community
>grants can
>also be answered on that line. Our focus is on delivering equipment
>where it
>will directly benefit underserved citizens. So we do not provide
>computers
>for staff.
>
>Since we only give hardware, we make grants to established programs
>that
>have the funding, infrastructure and staffing to maintain their
>programs.
>Part of my job is to encourage truly innovative and excellent programs
>for
>persons with disabilities. If you know of such a program that could
>use
>$20-200k of brand new, state-of-the-art hardware to help underserved
>communities, please drop me a line or give me a call. I am on the team
>working on California, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Hawaii, and
>Alaska, but
>I will also be advising on grants for disability organizations and
>schools
>that serve students with disabilities. I look forward to receiving
>many,
>many grant applications from the disability community.
>
>Nora Jean Hernandez
>Program Officer
>The Beaumont Foundation of America
> <http://www.bmtfoundation.com/> http://www.bmtfoundation.com/
>nhernandez@bmtfoundation.com
>
>****************************
>More from their website:
>
>Eligibility for 2003 Grants
>The Foundation has three distinct programs. The first step is to
>determine in which category you may be eligible.
>2003 Community Grants
>501(c)3 organizations or government agencies that serve citizens at or
>below the poverty level as defined by U.S. Census Bureau thresholds.
>
>
>
>http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/02poverty.htm
>2003 Education Grants
>K-12 public, private, parochial or charter schools where a minimum of
>50 percent of students qualify for the National School Lunch Program
>(NSLP) and where staff are dedicated to promoting technology-based
>education solutions.
>
>
>
>www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/Governance/Notices/02-03iegs.pdf
>2003 Individual Grants
>Individuals living at or below the poverty level as defined by U.S.
>Census Bureau thresholds are eligible to apply.
>
>
>
>http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/02poverty.htm
>
>
>mcdaniel@wsu.edu
>Pullman, Washington 99164-6230
>Phone: 509-335-2937
>FAX 509-335-2926
>
>
>
>--------------------
>
>--
>Aleta You, Ph.D.
>New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative
>Rutgers University
>640 Bartholomew Road
>Piscataway, NJ 08854-8003
>Phone: (732) 445-2438
>Fax: (732) 445-2848
>Web Site: http://njssi.rutgers.edu
>

Karen Mendelow Nelson
Program Manager and Science Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
karenm@exploratorium.edu
415-561-0313

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