Connecting to future: Graduates of technology program in Pixley receive free computers.

June 2 , 2007
The Fresno Bee

"PIXLEY -- It looked like a typical graduation ceremony.

Proud families held balloons and flowers as loved ones dressed in their best clothes sat on the stage of the Pixley Memorial Building. Streamers, burgundy and white, draped the hall. And cameras flashed as names were announced.

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Pixley tech students to graduate

May 16 , 2007
Visalia Times-Delta

"Today, for the first time, Clementina Ramirez will take home her very own desktop computer.

Ramirez will receive the computer from the AT&T Foundation through the Pixley Connect program, which has been providing technology classes twice a week to 14 adults for the past five months.

A graduation ceremony will be held tonight at the Pixley Memorial Building."

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Pixley Connect Group Offering Free Computer Classes to Parents

January 9 , 2007
ABC30 KFSN-TV/DT

"Last month the small south valley town of Pixley received affordable internet access for the first time. Now the town is holding their first computer and internet literacy classes."

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Web training in one rural town aims to close digital divide

November 8 , 2006
Fresno Business Journal

"The project, called Pixley Connect, is the result of a $600,000, three-year grant awarded to the Great Valley Center by the AT&T Foundation. The project is designed to provide training, technical support and other services to help Pixley residents and businesses make the most of high-speed Internet applications."

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Pixley Connect Project Aims to Bring Hi-Speed Internet

October 19, 2006
ABC30 KFSN-TV/DT

"An estimated 90% of the homes in Pixley do not have a computer at home. But, over the next 3 years the "Pixley Connect Project" hopes to change that by bringing high speed internet into more homes and computer skills to more residents."

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Pixley CTC

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The CTC computer lab contains 10 computer stations, connected to High Speed Internet, and printing and scanning hardware. Computers contain educational software for adults and children. Pixley CTC offers weekly computer training and open access sessions to the general public.

Byte By Byte

August 4 , 2006
UnionDemocrat.com

"The Great Valley Center — which Tuolumne County's officials chose not to join for some reason — recently announced a $600,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation to benefit Pixley, partway between Fresno and Bakersfield on Highway 99."

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