Paint the Town Green!

For the last 9 months, the Social Media Club of Kansas City has advocated for broadband connectivity  through their Give Us a Gig initiative. With Google Fiber’s recent product announcement, your help is needed immediately.

Google, Inc.  has set varying pre-registration thresholds to pre-qualify metro neighborhoods to be eligible for its fiber deployments. These range from about 40 to 200 households who must pay a $10 deposit by September 9 in order to qualify. To pay this fee, a debit or credit card is needed, which can be a real challenge for low income households

To ensure all that Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO neighborhoods become eligible, SMCKC has launched a fund raising campaign to assist low income families to pay this fee for their households. What’s at stake is free fiber installations in schools and public buildings in those areas.  We don’t want the neediest parts of our cities to be left out of this great opportunity!

Learn more about the “Paint the Town Green” campaign at neighbor.ly and pitch in now.

About Michael Liimatta

Michael Liimatta is President/CEO of Connecting for Good and also serves as Chief Academic Officer for City Vision College. He has worked in the nonprofit sector, in higher education and in association management for over 30 years. His blog is www.liimatta.us

16. August 2012 by Michael Liimatta
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