How you can help Wake County students access online learning during COVID-19 shutdown
Wake County Public School System and a local organization are seeking volunteers to help thousands of students access the internet after transitioning to online learning during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Activate Good, an organization that recruits and and connects volunteers to needs in the Triangle, and the school system need individuals to fill four-and-a-half-hour shifts that could start as soon as April 16 and extend through April 22 for “Operation Access.”
“Volunteers will help set up 10,500 wireless hot spots to ensure all students have reliable internet access and can continue to participate in classes,” according to Activate Good’s website.
No technical skills are required by volunteers, who will be asked to take the devices out of boxes, power them on, follow instructions to set up network keys and filters, scan devices into an inventory system and put them back in boxes.
Volunteers must be over the age of 18, bring a photo ID, and must be checked against the sex-offender database.
Boxed lunches will be provided to volunteers during their shifts, which will be at Vernon Malone College and Career Academy, 2200 S. Wilmington St.
Volunteers must register at bit.ly/wcpsvolunteer to participate. They are encouraged to sign up for multiple shifts to minimize contact during the process.
This story was originally published April 11, 2020 at 4:50 PM with the headline "How you can help Wake County students access online learning during COVID-19 shutdown."
