S1 Corporation and TECH CORPS Georgia Announce Success of S1 Volunteer Day.Business/Technology Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2000 Tech Leader Volunteers Time and Knowledge to Provide Children and Adults with Skills Needed in Today's High-Tech Environment S1 Corporation, a leading global provider of eFinance solutions and services, and TECH CORPS Georgia (TCGA TCGA The Crafting Guild Alliance (World of Warcraft guild) ), a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that provides low-income families with access to technology tools and resources, today announced the success of the S1 Volunteer Day, held Saturday, July 8th at TCGA's headquarters in East Point, Georgia The City of East Point is southwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 39,595. . Employees from S1 joined TCGA staff members to teach 15 students from Banneker High School how to build their own computer. Volunteers spent five hours helping the students learn how to install hard drives, floppy disk drives floppy disk drive - disk drive , RAM and software and also worked with a group of parents to teach basic computer and 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 skills that are essential in today's high-tech workplace. At the end of the day, the students and parents received refurbished computers, donated by members of the community. "It is essential that companies within the community ensure that future generations have equal access to the computer equipment and knowledge necessary to compete in today's marketplace," said Charles W. Ogilvie, general manager of S1 Corporation. "The S1 Volunteer Day is one of the many ways we are giving back to the community and supporting its future growth." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the executive director of TCGA, Chris Miller Chris Miller is the name of:
About S1 Corporation S1 (Nasdaq:SONE), the pioneer of Internet banking, is today's leading global provider of innovative Internet-based financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. solutions. S1 offers a broad range of applications that empower financial organizations to increase revenue, strengthen customer relationships and gain competitive advantage by meeting the evolving needs of their customers across various lines of business, market segments and delivery channels. Through its professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization, S1's applications can be implemented in-house or outsourced to the S1 Data Center. Additional information about S1 is available at http://www.s1.com. About Tech Corps Georgia TECH CORPS Georgia (TCGA), a charter affiliate of the national TECH CORPS organization, was established in 1993 as Computers for Classrooms, Inc. Since that time, TCGA volunteers and staff have refurbished over 1100 donated computers and redistributed them, along with training, to over 520 metro Atlanta K-12 teachers from 42 area schools and over 265 low-income families and students. In addition, TCGA provided 25 computers to community organizations focused on education and refurbished over 1000 computers for the State of Georgia PC Redistribution Project for redistribution to statewide nonprofit organizations focused on education and health issues. TCGA volunteers and staff also helped wire over 15 inner city schools for the Internet. |
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