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iPad Class for Foster Kids
We have received and setup 10 iPad 2s!!! And we are hosting an iPad2 course for foster kids at the Koinonia Family Services in South Lake Tahoe. The course will be this Saturday at 1pm. We have a mobile lab of 10 iPad2s thanks to the Lions Club Memorial Trust in Pasadena, CA. We’ll have [...]
Pasadena Host Lions Gives iPads!!
PRESS RELEASE: PASADENA, CA, JULY 20, 2011: On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, the Pasadena Host Lions Club gave $5,537 to Computer Labs For Kids, Inc. This gift will enable the purchase of ten (10) iPad computers to be used in their mobile lab. The mobile lab will travel through out Los Angeles to teach less [...]
What we get when we give
I recently came across this article written by Christine Carter, Ph.D. She says, “Experiments have actually demonstrated again and again that kindness toward others actually causes us to be happier, improves our health, and lengthens our lives. So if we want to raise kids that are happy and healthy, one of the best things we can do [...]
Meeting at Lions Club Pasadena
Hi Everyone, We just met with Lions Club. They might be working with us soon to put together an iPad lab for kids in the local area! More soon! Shira
Mobile Computer Lab 4 Kids
In an effort to reach more kids, we are putting together a mobile lab to service kids right here in our own backyard; and we plan to do this program often. Los Angeles kids do need help; and since we all live here and benefit or suffer from the choices these kids will make, lets [...]
Chicago
Hello, We are in Chicago working for Progressive Learning, setting up computer labs in Chicago Public Schools and training a team of technicians. As part of our activities, we are passing out our flyers and also gave out free copies of The Way to Happiness.
Fundraising for Pakistan
Saturday we went out to the mall and passed out our flyers as well as gave out free copies of The Way to Happiness and Puzzle Alphabet letters. We handed out 54 copies of The Way to Happiness and 67 Puzzle Alphabet letters. Yay! So far we raised $27 for our Pakistan project. We have [...]
Certificate of Recognition
This Sunday we were presented with an award from Messiah Full Gospel Bible Fellowship!
Graduation!
Hello everyone, We have had so much fun during our course at Messiah Full Gospel Bible Fellowship, and this past Saturday we delivered the final lessons. And the kids graduated for their course! First we watched the last two The Way to Happiness videos, Flourish and Prosper and then the Epilogue. The kids shared how [...]
Seventh Class
This Saturday we started the lesson talking about DeepFreeze. DeepFreeze is the program we use that keeps the computer safe. The kids learned how and when it’s ok to unfreeze their computers and the advantages of keeping it in the frozen state which makes it nearly impossible for anything to go wrong with the computer [...]
Sixth Class
Saturday, July 31st was our sixth class. We started the course learning about internet safety and went over the tips for kids from the FBI website. Then the kids got their own email accounts and we practiced sending and receiving emails. Next we called each other on skype and saw each other’s faces through video. [...]
Our Class
Hello, I thought you might enjoy seeing the names and faces of each person in our class at Messiah Full Gospel Bible Fellowship. Our Volunteers Phoebe Kinder LaVada Celestine Jeanné Washington Diane Smith Our Kids Louie Driver Cheyanne Smith Makaylah Boyla Me’Ara Purvis Jordan Tillary
Fifth Class
I was excited to see that the kids brought two of their friends with them to our class this Saturday. This photo is of Makaylah with the friend she brought. We had so much fun! The first thing we did was take apart an iBook. The kids took turns putting the laptop parts back in [...]
Fourth Class
In today’s class, we started out learning about electronics with the help of Radio Shack’s electronic snap kit. After figuring out how a circuit works and what happens when you add extra things to it or take away part of it, the kids built successfully a light, a fan and then music box. The [...]
Third Class
Today was our third class. First we talked about three topics, Set a Good Example Seek to Live with the Truth Do not Murder The kids gave their own examples of what these meant to them. One of the children wants to set a good example to the gang bangers. Another one wanted to help [...]
Second Class
Yesterday we held our second class. The kids seemed eager and interested in getting going right away, and after only a few minutes we began our lessons. We started off talking about what a computer is, what software is, what a program is, what you use to put information into the computer, and the major [...]
First Day
Hello Everyone! I’m starting this blog of our project in South Central Los Angeles at Messiah Full Gospel Bible Fellowship. Today was our very first day of class. We will be meeting for nine weeks for two hours every Saturday. I arrived at 9:15 am, and the first thing we did was setup [...]
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