Our family continues to volunteer with Jump Start, an after school enrichment program and computer lab in Middletown, Ohio. The Jump Start kids get help with their homework and enjoy the opportunity to play computer games and explore the world via the Internet. They will soon be corresponding and sharing photographs and video with children [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jump Start’
Jump Start Here and There
Posted in Jump Start, tagged Cambodia, Jump Start on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jump Start
Posted in history, tagged Jump Start, Middletown, One Laptop Per Child on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The photograph is a little blurry but you can see how much fun kids have at Jump Start. Check out our blog to learn more about our One Laptop Per Child XOs, photography, and other projects.
Jump Start, OLPC, and Our Stories
Posted in oral history, tagged Isay, Jump Start, OLPC, OurStories, Unicef on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I highlighted the One Laptop Per Child project earlier on this blog. My husband and I volunteer with Jump Start, an after school enrichment and computer center located in public housing in Middletown, Ohio. Constrained by the OLPC “Give One. Get One.” deadlines (first Nov. 26 and then Dec. 31), I plunged into person-to-person [...]