Boys & Girls Clubs Of America And Computer City Announce Major Initiative; "Computer City Kids" Program Provides 22,000+ Hours of PC Training To At-Risk Youth.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1995--The Boys and Girls Clubs of America Boys and Girls Clubs of America, federation of more than 1,006 organizations established (1906) in Boston as the Federated Boys' Clubs to help young people, especially those who are disadvantaged. and Computer City(R) announced today a major initiative aimed at providing more than 22,000 hours of PC training to 12,000 disadvantaged boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. in 32 major markets throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Computer City Kids -- PC Skilled. PC Smart, a national computer training program for inner city kids, was unveiled today at a joint press conference by Thomas G. Garth, president of Boys & Girls Clubs Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of America, and Computer City President Alan C. Bush. The Computer City Kids initiative is sponsored by Computer City and underwritten by its parent company Tandy Corporation Tandy Corporation was a family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas, which is best known for purchasing and giving its name to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based RadioShack Corporation. . "Partnerships with concerned citizens and businesses, such as the Tandy Corporation and its Computer City stores, are critical to our effectiveness as the nation's largest organization serving disadvantaged, at-risk youth," said Thomas G. Garth, president of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. "Our Club members are eager for any opportunity to enhance their learning experience and the 'Computer City Kids' year-round training program is a strong addition to our educational development efforts." Beginning April 1, approximately 10 children in each Computer City SuperCenter market will participate in one-and-a-half hour training classes each Saturday. Training will be provided on a variety of educational and Windows-based business software applications, including popular word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , spreadsheet and database packages. "We are very pleased to be involved with such a worthy organization and have planned training classes that will benefit children regardless of the career path they choose," said Bush. "Business has a responsibility to the community. By working with the Boys & Girls Clubs, we are helping train young minds for the future." Forty-two Computer City SuperCenters will host training classes throughout the United States and additional locations will be added as Computer City enters new markets. The Computer City Kids initiative will be launched initially in the following major markets: -0-
Phoenix Los Angeles Rochester
San Diego San Jose Denver
Miami Fort Lauderdale Orlando
Tampa Atlanta Honolulu
Chicago Baltimore Boston
Detroit Minneapolis St. Louis
Las Vegas Buffalo New York Metro
Charlotte Portland Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Dallas/Fort Worth Austin
El Paso Houston Salt Lake City
Seattle Washington, D.C.
-0- Boys & Girls Clubs of America leads a national network of some 1,600 neighborhood-based Club facilities, which serve more than two million young people, primarily from disadvantaged circumstances. Known as "The Positive Place for Kids," the Clubs provide guidance-oriented, character development programs on a daily basis for children six to 18 years old, guided by full-time youth development professionals. Key programs emphasize drug and alcohol prevention, delinquency intervention, health and fitness, career exploration and educational enhancement. Computer City is the nation's pre-eminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae computer superstore retail chain with 73 locations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. A division of Tandy Corporation, Computer City is the only computer superstore authorized to carry Apple, AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Leading Edge, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. , Tandy and U.S. Logic personal computer products under one roof. -0- Note: TRADEMARKS: Computer City is a registered service mark of Tandy Corporation. Tandy and U.S. Logic are registered trademarks of Tandy Corporation. The absence of a (R) or a (TM) in connection with the marks identifying products of other vendors does not indicate the absence of registration of those marks. CONTACT: Boys & Girls Clubs of America Jan Still-Lindeman, 404/815-5739 Computer City Mieke Henderson, 817/347-7624 |
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