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Huge Crowd Attends Bartow-Frank-Durbin Event

Posted on Fri, 05/11/2012 – 11:26am

Nearly 200 residents of the three closely-linked communities of Bartow, Frank, and Durbin came out to support their fire department in a fundraising event on April 29.

The event, which raised over $1,000 for the Bartow-Frank-Durbin Fire Department, featured great food and door prizes, along with a cake auction and a 50/50 drawing.

Musician Mike Morningstar provided the music for the day, with his own brand of homespun folk music.

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Lincoln EMS Opens Computer Center

Posted on Thu, 05/10/2012 – 4:38pm

The Lincoln EMS officially opened their public computer center on April 26 at their location at 1959 McClellan Highway in Ranger, WV. The open house had a great turnout as residents of the community came out to learn more about the free classes offered.

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Computer Center Mentors Prepare for Summer Youth Tech Camps

Posted on Wed, 04/25/2012 – 1:30am

April 20: Volunteer Fire Department and EMS Computer Center mentors from around the state convened at Stonewall Jackson Resort in Ronoake, W.Va. for a two-day technology training.

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Frontier Partners with FutureWV on Benefits of Broadband Campaign

Posted on Wed, 04/04/2012 – 1:17pm

The Benefits of Broadband campaign is getting a fresh look courtesy of Frontier Communications.

Started in June 2011, the Benefits of Broadband advertising campaign has appeared monthly in newspapers throughout West Virginia to inform communities on the benefits of using their local public computer centers.

Almost a year later, Future Generations has partnered with Frontier Communications, West Virginia's main telecommunications company, to enhance the success program.

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Mentor and Volunteer Poster Contest

Posted on Thu, 03/29/2012 – 4:12pm

Future Generations is sponsoring a poster contest for computer lab mentors and volunteers. Following is detailed information about the contest:

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Recent Program Partnerships

Posted on Fri, 03/02/2012 – 11:25am

Partnerships with educational, civil society and governmental organizations are increasing with each quarter. The following are some of our most recent partnerships:

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Mapping Workshop Helps Improve Public Safety

Posted on Wed, 01/18/2012 – 2:13pm

Location is critical for effectively responding to an emergency situation. This statement opens the overview of the two-day Mapping the Common Operational Picture (COP) workshop, held Jan. 11 and 12 at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, W.Va. 

The Monongahela National Forest Service conducted this emergency management class in conjunction with Future Generations. Twenty-two first responders, public safety workers, and volunteers attended.

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Pendleton Youth Get Creative at Technology Camp

Posted on Mon, 08/22/2011 – 11:56am

In August, the Circleville and South Fork Fire Departments hosted one-week technology camps for area youth. Sixteen youth in third-fifth grades joined local computer mentors and staff of the Future Generations Graduate School to increase their computer skills and get creative with technology.

Activities gave youth opportunities to use digital photo and video cameras and learn new software to turn their photos into creative projects. Youth also got more familiar with computers by taking a computer apart and rebuilding it.

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Computer Mentors Attend Community Emergency Preparedness Training

Posted on Mon, 05/23/2011 – 9:33am

Several computer center mentors from around the state recently attended a Johns Hopkins Faculty Development Program Workshop. Fourteen stations were represented by seventeen mentors from across the state. The workshop, entitled “Developing a Community Emergency Preparedness Curriculum” allowed the mentors to work in small groups, broken into training and committee tracks. The separate tracks focused on the content of the emergency preparedness training and forming a local committee to help develop and conduct the training.

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Computer Mentors Gain Skills to Spread the Benefits of Broadband in West Virginia

Posted on Mon, 02/21/2011 – 12:15pm

Computer Mentors Gain Skills to Spread the Benefits of Broadband in West Virginia

Future Generations recently led a series of three weekend training sessions for 40 computer mentors across West Virginia. The weekend training sessions, held regionally in Beckley, Moorefield and Flatwoods, focused on technical skills and community outreach.

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