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Redmond,
Ore. -- Ron joined Club kids, board members
and staff from the Redmond Boys & Girls Club in welcoming
state-of-the-art computer equipment, including the state-of-art
Toshiba labtops pictured (left). The equipment was awarded
to the Club as part of a grant from the Beaumont Foundation
of America, which is providing more than $1 million worth
of Internet-enabled, wireless computers
and other equipment to underserved schools and non-profit
organizations in Oregon. When the program began in early 2003,
Ron worked with the Beaumont Foundation of America to encourage
schools throughout Oregon to apply for the grants; he subsequently
assisted in the grant process.
"With
excellent partners like Boys & Girls Clubs of America
and Microsoft, the success of this initiative is guaranteed.
But it is the vision and leadership of Senator Wyden that
opened the door to this partnership in Oregon."
--Frank Newton, Beaumont
Foundation of America
President,
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Left: Club kids show
Ron what they've learned with the new equipment.
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