8 Surrey/North Delta Leader Thursday, July 19, 2012
Investing in the future Future Shop donates $60K worth of equipment to school district
by Evan Seal FUTURE SHOP is determined that
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Student volunteer Michelle Wong (on computer) edits an image on one of the new Apple computers that Future Shop donated to the Surrey Surrey School District .
the future will not only live here in Surrey, it will grow for years to come. As a legacy of this year’s BC Sumer Games – hosted by the City of Surrey July 19-22 – Future Shop, official sponsor of the Games’ media hub, has donated more than $60,000 worth of Nikon cameras and Apple computer equipment to launch a
digital documentation program at Sullivan Heights Secondary School. The digital cameras will be used by 18 student volunteers in Grades 10 to 12 to document the Games. They will also earn high school credits for their volunteer work. An additional 12 teens will be working with the computers to manage the thousands of images. The students’ work will be posted online at bcgames.org as events unfold throughout the
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weekend. “We are thrilled that Future Shop is supporting our students by providing the equipment to learn skills and photography and editing with professional guidance from The Surrey Leader,” said Surrey Board of Education Chair Laurae McNally. The idea was one Future Shop felt strongly about from the beginning. “We were struck by how innovative the concept was, bringing students from across the district
and partnering them up with local professionals, and offering a summer school course where they could capture one of the biggest events this city has seen,” said Future Shop Community Relations Manager Andrea Farnell. “However, what really excited us was the legacy and how this donation will continue to help Surrey students in the future.” Following the Games, the equipment will be distributed among 14 schools in Surrey.
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