Virtue Foundation began working with local schools and partnering with corporations such as Apple and Microsoft to revitalize the educational system, resulting in a donation of $1.2 million in notebook computers, software and hardware to local schools.
NEW YORK, New York—September 12, 2006—Virtue Foundation, a public charitable organization and NGO focused on empowering vulnerable women and children worldwide through various education and healthcare initiatives, announced a partnership with Apple Computer yesterday to provide technology-driven education to children affected by Hurricane Katrina. The partnership, which includes a donation of 600 iBook G4 laptop…
The Fifth Annual Bicoastal Symposium Commemorating the Anniversary of September 11 Virtue Foundation is pleased to announce its Fifth Annual Bicoastal Symposium in Los Angeles and New York commemorating the anniversary of September 11. Opening in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 9, at UCLA, the two-day symposium will conclude in New York at the United…
Soledad O’Brien from CNN American Morning speaks with Dr. Joan LaRovere featuring Virtue Foundation’s work in Louisiana post Hurricane Katrina.
Montreal – June 12, 2006 – Logo Computer Systems Inc. (LCSI) is happy to announce an exciting new program in support of three education-related foundations, to take place at this year’s NECC Conference being held in San Diego, CA on July 4-7. Like LCSI, all three foundations – DonorsChoose, OpenWorld Learning and Virtue Foundation –support…
At Hammond Westside Upper School, Southeastern Louisiana University Master of Arts in Teaching graduate students and Tangipahoa Parish Schools personnel participate in a webcast with students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Southeastern and MIT students will work together to develop curriculum for laptop computers donated to Westside Upper by the Virtue Foundation Virtue…
By DEBRA LEMOINE, Florida parishes bureau HAMMOND — Keith Tillman Jr., a sixth-grader at Hammond Westside Upper Elementary School, carefully pieced together the recorded sounds of various instruments Thursday, creating background music for a DVD of student stories about their Hurricane Katrina experiences. Using a computer program called Garage Band, Tillman was working on an…
Virtue Foundation featured on ABC News Nightline reported by Cynthia McFadden
“Speak As One Voice,” Bob Kerrey Counsels Louisiana On October 27, 2005, Louisiana’s entire education community — from PreK to universities — came together for an historic Education Forum in Baton Rouge at the Claiborne Building. The theme of the forum was “Rebuilding Louisiana Through Education,” and participants discussed how education could help lead Louisiana’s…