FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brenda Miller
Email: bmiller@techcorps.org
(Portal, Georgia)—(June 26, 2024): The Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center, under the leadership of Development Director Gayle Jackson, Ph.D., launched Techie Camp, a computer science education program, in 2022. Dr. Jackson’s relationship with the Nordson Corporation and its partnership with TECH CORPS, a national K-12 computer science education nonprofit, provided free computer programming and app development summer camps to 58 Bulloch County middle school students in 2022 and 2023.
With Dr. Jackson’s passing in 2023, the technology program’s future was uncertain. However, her family and TECH CORPS wanted Dr. Jackson’s vision to computer science education to Bulloch County students to continue.
In 2024, the Techie Camp program at Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center was expanded to provide six full weeks of computer science education to 3rd through 8th grade Bulloch County students. The expanded program now offers 240 students the opportunity to experience high-quality, hands-on computer science education.
From June 3 to July 19, the following computing topics will be offered: Programming with Scratch and MakeCode Arcade, App Development, Digital Animation, and Robotics with Lego Mindstorms EV3 and Makeblock.
On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., members of the TECH CORPS team, including Chief Operating Officer Carla Easley will visit the Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center to support the impactful experiences Dr. Jackson’s son-in-law, Vincent Flowers, and the program staff members are providing for elementary and middle school students from Bulloch County.
Carla Easley said, “We are delighted to help facilitate the work Dr. Jackson began in 2022 and to continue her vision to bring computer science education to Bulloch County students.”
About TECH CORPS
For more than 25 years, TECH CORPS has worked to ensure K-12 students have equal access to Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT) programs, skills and resources that enhance early learning and prepare them for college, credential or career. TECH CORPS develops CS and IT programs and deploys tech-savvy talent to assist K-12 schools and youth-serving organizations across the country. TECH CORPS is the longest operating education-technology nonprofit organization in the United States. Over the years, partners such as Nordson Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, Google, Battelle and KeyBank have provided TECH CORPS with the fuel to deliver much-needed technology resources to K-12 students and teachers. Since 1995, more than 15,000 TECH CORPS volunteers have shared their time and talents assisting schools and nonprofit organizations in their communities. TECH CORPS was founded in 1995 by Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus of CIO Magazine and author of The U.S. Technology Skills Gap.
Learn more at www.techcorps.org or connect with TECH CORPS on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
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