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Thank You For Making A Difference For WUTC - And Bridging The Digital Divide

HCS EdConnect
HCS EdConnect

Thank you to so many of you for your support during WUTC's One-Day Pledge Event on Tuesday, helping us to achieve our goal for the day - and then some - by raising more than 11,000 dollars.

It was a chance to show your support in real time for your NPR station here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - and a chance to support HCS EdConnect, bridging the digital divide in online learning here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

HCS EdConnect is a first-of-its-kind initiative between Hamilton County Schools and EPB - along with community partners such as The Enterprise Center and Tech Goes Home - that brings no-cost, high-speed internet to any household with a child eligible for free or reduced-cost school lunch.

On "Scenic Roots," we spoke with:

- Dr. Bryan Johnson, superintendent of Hamilton County Schools;

- Kimberly Rios-Gonzalez - and her daughter Allysia, who is now learning from home in East Chattanooga thanks to HCS EdConnect;

 

- Jessica Holloway, an innovation coach supporting Hamilton County Virtual School;

 

- and, Vivian Lozano Sterchi with La Paz Chattanooga, one of the community groups now guiding students and families to HCS EdConnect.

The One-Day Pledge Event may be over, but the opportunity to give continues.

Ten percent of what WUTC raises from the One-Day Pledge Event through Giving Tuesday on December 1st will support HCS EdConnect.

 

Please support WUTC - and HCS EdConnect - now.

 

Go online at wutc.org - or call 423-425-4756.

 

As always, thank you.

 

Ray is the host and producer of Scenic Roots, Mondays - Thursdays at 3 PM on WUTC.
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