HPE Donates Technology To Enable Remote Learning for Disadvantaged Youth During Pandemic
August 27 2020 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Donation of 300 laptops to Boys Hope Girls Hope helps the
organization bridge the digital divide and maintain its investment
in youth rather than spend on IT, amidst COVID-19 crisis
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced today that HPE Financial
Services (HPEFS) donated 300 refurbished laptops to Boys Hope Girls
Hope (BHGH), a nonprofit organization in the US and Latin America
with a mission to nurture and guide motivated young people in need,
to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others.
Boys Hope Girls Hope currently serves more than 1,200 young
people and supports them from their critical adolescent years all
the way through college and into the launch of their careers. It
also provides 37 residential learning sites for 300 youth, who are
often enrolled in private schools and provided critical academic
support, life and career skills.
COVID-19 has presented many technology challenges and needs for
Boys Hope Girls Hope. HPE’s donation of refurbished laptops helped
Boys Hope Girls Hope ensure that its young people and teams had the
necessary technology to adapt to sudden shifts to remote learning
at partner schools. The donated technology also helped Boys Hope
Girls Hope turn its Collegiate Prep Week into a remote conference
for 80 graduating high school seniors across its network and launch
a summer virtual service program titled ALL In (Act. Learn. Lead.)
for 100 youth.
“We’re incredibly grateful to HPE Financial Services,” said
Kristin Ostby de Barillas, President & CEO at Boys Hope Girls
Hope. “Not only for helping us to provide continuity but also new
opportunities, during a time when the lives of so many of our young
people, their families and our team members have been
disrupted.”
HPE Financial Services’ donation of 300 refurbished, certified
pre-owned laptops originated in HPE’s Technology Renewal Center in
Andover, Massachusetts, where value is recovered from
decommissioned authentic IT assets. Ranging from laptops or servers
to subassemblies, feature upgrades, and whole systems, a full
portfolio of data center equipment is available “off the shelf” or
custom-configured to meet any budget or circumstance. HPE’s
Technology Renewal Center plays a key role in the company’s
commitment to the principle of Circular Economy, through applying a
“reuse before recycle” strategy which replaces the “end of life”
concept of existing IT equipment with restoration and reuse.
“In crises such as this one, all businesses seek to preserve
cash flow, and nonprofits have to mobilize even more creativity to
continue serving their communities. Leveraging preowned technology
can help.” said Irv Rothman, President and CEO of HPE Financial
Services. “HPE Financial Services has a long history of supporting
children’s literacy and education programs, and we are proud to
have been able to support an organization like Boys Hope Girls
Hope, so they can focus on the value they bring our youth through
education and inclusion.”
In its mission to help Boys Hope Girls Hope realize savings and
invest its resources to the youth it supports, HPE Financial
Services partnered with technology service provider World Wide
Technology.
“HPE has been a longtime and valued partner,” said Joe Koenig,
President of World Wide Technology. “I couldn’t be happier about
working with HPE Financial Services to drive a significant outcome
for Boys Hope Girls Hope during this critical time. The mission of
Boys Hope Girls Hope drives a tremendous impact on the lives of
very determined and committed young people.”
HPE is committed to being a force for good in helping
communities, customers, and partners during this global crisis and
applying its time, talent, resources, and technology to address the
new challenges and requirements that organizations face as a result
of COVID-19. For example, HPE Financial Services recently announced
that it is offering $2 billion in financing and new programs to
help customers and partners weather COVID-19. To learn more about
HPE’s initiatives please visit the HPE COVID-19 content hub.
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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platform-as-a-service company that helps organizations accelerate
outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere.
Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to
advance the way we live and work, HPE delivers unique, open and
intelligent technology solutions, with a consistent experience
across all clouds and edges, to help customers develop new business
models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance.
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Angela Chatzidimitriou, HPE
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