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SeniorNet Receives $122,500 "Cy Pres" Award

In 2010, Los Angeles Attorney David C. Parisi selected SeniorNet to receive a "Cy Pres" Award of $122,500, part of a $11.5 Million settlement. See "Award Tab" for more details.

SeniorNet's mission is to provide older adults education for and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom. Find out how you can become a part of SeniorNet and start enjoying the benefits of membership today!

If you are looking for some help to learn new or enhance existing computer skills, you have found the right place. Welcome. Come on in and make yourself at home. SeniorNet is the nation’s most respected nonprofit organization that specializes in computer and Internet education for older adults. Since 1986, SeniorNet has empowered over two million Boomers and Seniors providing encouragement, lifelong learning opportunities and new worlds to explore via the Internet.
SeniorNet is Celebrating their 25th Anniversary!

Yesterday's Highlights ....

SeniorNet was founded in 1986 by Dr. Mary Furlong. Dr. Furlong realized that the senior population has a great deal of talent and experience to bring to the table. Her goal was to use technology to create a sense of community for older adults where they could share what they were learning to enhance their lives and the lives of others.

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October 14, 2014

SeniorNet Supports Saar Nepal's Elder Education Program through its Charlene A. Francis Scholarship

FORT MYERS, Fla -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SeniorNet, the world's leading nonprofit technology educator of older adults, announced today it has awarded a $2,000.00 sponsorship from the Charlene A. Francis Scholarship Fund to Saar Nepal, a Nepalese organization that is similar in mission to SeniorNet and dedicated to educating and maintaining the wellbeing of their elder population. In addition, Saar Nepal will be provided access to the benefits and privileges given to SeniorNet Learnign Centers across the United States. This grant marks another landmark in SeniorNet's international reach, after earlier this year hosting a delegation from China eager to replicate SeniorNet's successful learning model.

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SeniorNet Receives $122,500 "Cy Pres" Award

In 2010, SeniorNet received a "Cy Pres" Award of $122,500, which was part of a $11.5 Million settlement resolving a federal class action, In re ATI Tech. HDCP Litigation, with distribution of $2 Million dollars of funding to fifteen organizations which included SeniorNet.

SeniorNet thanks the nearly four years of hard work and dedication of Los Angeles Attorney David C. Parisi of Parisi & Havens, LLP and New York Attorney Scott A. Kamber of KamberLaw, LLC, who were counsel on this case and selected the organizations to receive the award designated by court order.

This exemplifies the continued visability of SeniorNet as the nation's premier provider of computer education to those in need, both seniors and the underserved.

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Quinault Indian Nation
SeniorNet Learning Center

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to see our people use computers to enhance their quality of life. We also want to thank the volunteer tutors who give selflessly of their time to teach our tribe members – young and old. What the online world has to offer will be enlightening” said Fawn Sharp, chief of the Quinault Indian Nation.

2014 Microsoft Open House Contest Winners

One of the great things about SeniorNet is the dedication of our volunteers. The above pictures are the curriculum contest winners of the Microsoft Windows 2014 Open House.

Their curriculum (classroom instructional material) was judged to be the best of the best in the United States. The curriculum demonstrated talent, creativity and professionalism.

Contest awards included cash, Microsoft books for the center libraries, banners, and Microsoft collateral.

Winning SeniorNet Centers:

Aiken SC, Huntington NY, Manhattan NY, and Oklahoma City OK, Hot Springs AR, Little Rock AR, and San Jose Willows CA

Click here to see the full list of curriculum submitted.