Even though Ed Tech Day is in August we are busy all year round getting ready. I will be giving you just an idea of what is going on at the Ed Tech Foundation every month. Since the beginning of the year we have had a lot going on. In January we activity started to reach out to non-profits to offer our help to them. There are so many non-profits out there with little funding. We did a mailing to non-profits in the area that deal with children or young adults. So far we already have had 4 non-profits sign up for this year's Ed Tech Day. We are continuing to look for community centers, non-profits or schools that we can help. This is a focus for us this year since people do not know we are out there to help.

January is also the time we start submitting grant and sponsorship applications. We have submitted a number of applications so far. We have also completed a mailing to local businesses to ask for sponsorship or another involvement with the organization. The funds that we raise go to purchasing hardware and software for Ed Tech Day.

Time goes fast but we are also planning for our big Spring fundraising event. It will be Thursday May 26th. It will be at Harry's Harbour Club. Stay tuned for more information.

We are developing a plan to image/build all the desktops prior to Ed Tech Day. We are looking at schools, group projects, volunteers to help image all the machines. We usually have over a 100 machines ready to go prior to Ed Tech Day.