Verizon gives $100,000 in job, tech grants

Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications, is funding work-force development programs that promote economic growth and jobs, and serve low-income, minority and disadvantaged people in North Idaho, the Palouse and Spokane.

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Several public schools and charitable agencies will also receive grants for computers, software and technical training. In all, 14 nonprofit agencies and schools will share more than $100,000 in grants from Verizon.

Major grants awarded by the company include:

• Camas Institute, Usk, Wash. — $10,000 to aid the institute’s Community and Technology Skills program, which provides basic technology training and job skills to Native Americans.

• Coeur d’Alene School District — $10,000 to buy software for handheld devices that will allow administrators to access student records from the district database anywhere on campus.

• North Idaho College Foundation, Coeur d’Alene — $7,500 to fund the "Got A Year? Get a Career" program.

• Sandpoint High School — $3,500 for software instruction to help teachers create and post Web pages.

• Post Falls Middle School — $5,000 to buy several new PCs for the school’s computer lab.

• Washington State University Foundation, Pullman — $10,000 to support "College Knowledge for Adults," which uses satellite downlink sites to help adults start or complete their college degrees.

Overall this year, Verizon will donate about $1 million in grants and sponsorships that focus on literacy, technology, economic development and work-force programs in the Northwest.

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