CS-Can is a three year,
$30 million dollar program that requires sponsors,
volunteers and donations of computer hardware and
software to meet its goal of making all 177 schools
"internet-ready." While celebrating the
successful completion of the project in the first
25 schools, we are preparing for the second phase
involving 36 additional schools at a projected cost
of $9 million. We are encouraging companies and
individuals to get involved by: 
Providing financial support for a specific school
or the CS-CAN project in general
Donating gifts-on-kind, for instance used PCs,
laptops, printers or other technological equipment
Providing a team of volunteers willing to assist
a specific school with computer system implementation
and training.
Adopt-a-School
To help match sponsors and volunteers to the schools
of the Archdiocese, CS-CAN is also encouraging
companies and individuals to join the "Adopt–a-School"
program. Its goal is to help match sponsors and
volunteers to schools of the Archdiocese for the
purpose of providing the needed resources and
labor to update their computer technology.
On December 17, 2001, St. Andrew Elementary School
in Jamaica Plain, with the help of its corporate
sponsor Technobridge, became the first school
to complete a "technology make-over.”
This project included a new computer laboratory
with 20 networked computers and the installation
of two additional computers in each classroom.
Contribute Equipment and Services
CS-CAN relies on contributions of equipment, software,
and technical expertise from companies both large
and small. Major corporations, including EMC Corporation,
StorageNetworks, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company,
NSTAR, John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.,
Albertson’s, Inc., and CVS Corporation are
helping out by providing expertise, training,
computers, software and other goods and services.
Many businesses are actively supporting the efforts
of CS-CAN with donations of used computers replaced
within their companies.
Become a Volunteer
Volunteers are sought for the implementation of
all CS-CAN objectives. These include teacher training,
technical support, donations in-kind, and fundraising
initiatives.
Volunteers experienced in PC support are needed
for Technical Network/PC support of the Inner-City
Parochial Schools. The schools are located in
Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Lawrence, Brockton,
etc. A volunteer would be dedicated to the support
of one school with their Microsoft PC, printer
& network questions/problems on an as-needed
and an as-available basis via phone and occasionally
with an on-site visit. Total involvement would
typically be one to two hours per week. These
schools have 30-40 PCs and cannot afford the expense
of a PC support person. The configurations in
all the schools are very much the same and use
the same set of technical guidelines. We do have
one central support person for guiding and training
Tech volunteers. The problems are generally very
straightforward.
Technical volunteers should contact pdupuis@abcso.org.
See here
for more information about the schools in
the CSCAN program.
Please contact us for more information, access
the CS-CAN website above, or see the donate
page to make a contribution now.
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