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Staff Trainings / Home Computers / Community Events / How YOU Can Help
The tech-reach mission as an organization is “to improve quality of life for the people of Price Hill and surrounding communities through improved access to technology education and technology-enhanced learning opportunities.”

One way we fulfill this mission is to train the people who give back to the community, such as teachers, social service workers and other community members. Tech-reach builds the community's capacity to serve and to thrive.  Tech-reach trains non-profit staff and volunteers at the state-of-the-art Schaeper Center facility, or at another organization's site. The tech support and technology education professionals at tech-reach can provide affordable, customized trainings that meet your specific needs. Contact us today if your organization could benefit from this community service.

Along with evening adult computer courses, tech-reach also schedules free presentations by partner non-profits, such as the popular "Earn It - Keep It - Grow It" and "When Life Throws a Curve Ball:  Learning to Live on Less" .  Adults: please register in advance (see links above for registration information).  Unless otherwise indicated, these community presentations are for adults and are not appropriate for children under 16. 

An important way that tech-reach improves access to technology for the community is by partnering with non-profit Cincinnati Computer Cooperative to help individuals and families acquire affordable desktop computers for their homes.  Community members can pick up fully loaded, refurbished computers/ keyboards/ speakers/ monitors at Elder's Schaeper Center. See Computers 4 Home Application Form

Tech-reach collaborates with other organizations to host community-building events, such as:

*job fairs*    *community forums*    *community-wide planning sessions*        
*exhibits*      *free EITC tax preparation & e-filings*     *conferences*                
                *Price Hill's Community Action Team Meetings*
*corporate/agency staff trainings*   *other events that inform and inspire*

 

Want to Help?   
Buy a tech-reach Gift Certificate for $30.
        To give to a family member or friend
        To use yourself 
        Or to help an unemployed adult build job skills at tech-reach.
 Check out this tax deductible opportunity now.

 

Need Tax Help?
Partnering with United Way, the IRS and other local agencies, tech-reach hosts free tax preparation for tax payers with low to moderate income who may also qualify for the additional Earned Income Tax Credit. Since Tax Year 2006, the VITA program at Elder High School

Elder High School's Schaeper Center is the location of an exemplary Hamilton County VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site, which has prepared taxes & e-filed for over 1500 local tax payers since 2006.  This program has filed returns that put over 1.5 million dollars back into local family budgets, fee free.  In 2012, the Price Hill VITA program  operated at Elder's Schaeper Center on six Saturdays in January, February, and March in 2012.

To find the nearest VITA site for free tax preparation, dial 211 to reach the United Way service information line.  For Elder's free tax preparation schedule and for the phone number to make an appointment, see the Tax Season Flyer, posted each January.