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The Best Buy Foundation recently launched a branch of its organization called the Seattle Fund.
The Seattle Fund was formed to provide grants to nonprofit organizations in the King County metro area that offer career pathways in technology for teens from underserved communities. The first round of grant recipients was announced recently. These organizations, along with help from Best Buy, are strengthening the access to technology and education for young adults.
Here’s a bit more about the organizations that received funding:
- YTech: The YTech Digital Pathways Program is part of the King County YMCA social services division.
Best Buy Chairman and CEO Hubert Joly signed on to a letter Monday with more than 100 business and industry leaders continuing the company’s support for “Dreamers.” They’re the approximately 800,000 undocumented young adults who are allowed to live and work in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The letter calls for Congress “to act immediately and pass a bipartisan, permanent legislative solution to enable Dreamers who are currently living, working and contributing to our communities to continue doing so.”
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) today announced that Eugene A. Woods, a leading health care executive, has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Woods is president and CEO of Atrium Health (formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System), one of the nation’s most comprehensive, highly integrated and innovative health care systems. Atrium operates 44 hospitals and more than 900 care locations, ranging from physician offices and behavioral health centers to nursing homes. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company has annual revenue of nearly $10 billion and is responsible for more than 11.5 million patient interactions each year.