Community Technology Centers

We also seek partnerships with other non-profit organizations to establish technology centers within the community.  Our longest running program is with the Community Technology Center at Palama Settlement.  Since its inception in September 2004, the program has been expanding.  There are now approximately 650 seniors, adults and kids each month taking computer classes. Many of the seniors and adults had never used a computer before and are very excited about the progress they are making.

We also have a Community Technology Center at Papakolea Community Center. We offered classes for children in the past, but now focus our efforts on the Kupuna. We have a consistent following of seniors in an intimate classroom setting.

In early 2009, we opened a new computer lab at the Harry & Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Kukui Youth Center in Chinatown, servicing foster youth and their parents or guardians. We are teaching both children and staff at the Center through a partnership with Kids Hurt Too, one of the founding agencies.

In early 2010 we also initiated our first Neighbor Island project with the Boys and Girls Club of Maui and have begun offering computer classes for children.

In the summer of 2010 we opened a new community technology center at the Makiki Community Library and are now teaching several adult and senior classes as well as children’s classes.  We recently celebrated our first year of operationing the Computer Lab at the Makiki Community Library.  Our programs have become so popular amongst the seniors, there is a wait-list in many of our classes.

If you’re interested in joining a class, please take a look at our class schedule for Adults & Seniors and Children and Teens.