We just wrapped up our 12th season of interactive tech camps.
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Teen Tech Center network grows to 21 year-round training locations;
Local communities receive additional $20 million in funding;
New public awareness campaign gives teens a platform for their stories
Minneapolis, July 31, 2018 – Best Buy announced today a campaign that will highlight teens from around the country who participate in the company’s Teen Tech Centers, a network of year-round programs designed to teach technology skills to youth living in underserved communities. This effort is part of a previously announced $20 million grant to the Best Buy Foundation to build out more than 60 of these centers and fund non-profit partners across the U.S.,
The creative elements are designed to highlight our culture, our expertise and our talented employees.
It had been six years since the two-day tech camp had been on the island.
We have made a $580,000 commitment to help schools and nonprofits.
Geek Squad Academy, one of Best Buy’s signature community programs, is now accepting applications to host free two-day tech camps for youth in 2018.
We will accept applications from nonprofits, schools, libraries and other community groups.
Geek Squad Academy is one way we will reach our goal of preparing 1 million underserved youth for tech-reliant jobs of the future.
As a partner, here’s what you can expect:
- Passionate instructors – Our Geek Squad Agents and Blue Shirts are the tech experts.
By 2020, Best Buy will prepare one million youth annually for tech-reliant careers through a vastly expanded Teen Tech Center network, new Career Pathways program and heightened community-based efforts
MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy today announced that the company will substantially increase its commitment to under-served young people over the next three years. By 2020, the leading technology products and services provider will prepare one million youth a year for tech-reliant jobs through intensified training and career readiness programs.
Best Buy’s accelerated, multi-million-dollar commitment comes as the U.S.
By 2020, it will prepare 1 million youth per year for tech-reliant jobs, company announces.
The 11th Geek Squad Academy season served 4,800 Junior Agents across the United States.
The donation supports the launch of the Project SUCCESS Institute, a learning center for teens equipped with state-of-the-art technology.
Today Best Buy released its fiscal year 2017 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report. What’s the big news? We set out to reduce our carbon emissions 45 percent by 2020 (over a 2009 baseline) and, at the end of 2016, we reached nearly 47 percent.
We are committed to addressing climate change. But that’s not all.
At Best Buy, we are focusing our efforts to positively impact the world in three areas: our communities, our environment and our people. It’s the work we call Best Buy for Good.
Students anxiously await summer break. But, unfortunately, it can undo some of the learning from the recent school year.