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Komputers for Kids future in jeopardy
Posted 9 months ago
Fri, Aug 10th, '12 - 12:51 pm
A Quinte West councillor has expressed concern about the future of the Komputers for Kids program in his city.
Councillor Terry Cassidy told the Hastings-Quinte Joint Social Services committee this would be the loss of an important service for children.
Komputers for Kids provides home computers for low income families with school-aged children.
Administrator Jim Pine told the committee money will become tight because the Ontario Child Benefit funding is decreasing.
The committee called for a staff report on just how the Komputers for Kids group could raise extra money on its own.
funny, i went down there to volunteer and the first thing out of the fellow who was in charges mouth was “you know you cant steal the computers” so i left…
just plain old rude
stop being rude to potential volunteers should be at the top of the report
I dont know who you are talking about I guess you’ve never seen him I think you meen the Belleville shop runner GET YOUR FACTS TOGETHER BEFORE YOU SAY STUFF!!!!!!
MORONS!!!
This man in Trenton DOES EVERYTHING HE CAN!!!!
I don’t exactly where this Voluteer went but it definitely was not Komputers for Kids!! We have served the community for over 10 years helping numerous families in need of a computer.
We always appreciate people that want to volunteer their service but unfortunately due to insurance risks the volunteer has to be sent by Hastings Social Service. Most people that are sent to Komputers for Kids take part in a hands on tech course in the rebuilding and trouble shooting of computers.
In the past, people have taken advantage of the program, falsifying information and then selling the computer. Unfortunately this is part of every day life.
I happen to know the gentleman that runs the Trenton Komputers for Kids. I have personally taken many used and abused PC’s and monitors there for refurbishment. Not only does that shop retrain individuals in new skills for employment but the refurbished computers are given to families that would find it difficult to purchase systems on their own, thus making it possible for deserving children to have accsess to information and learning skills that they might have had otherwise. The gentleman at the shop there is a caring individual and is never anything but greatful for anything that can be donated and used to refurbish for deserving families