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  • What We Do
    • Overview
    • Classroom Computers
    • Teaching
    • Mini Labs (Pods, Centers,…)
    • k-8 “Tech-Masters”
    • Library Support
    • Take Home Computers
    • Corporate Giving Conduit
  • Testimonials
  • News & Events
    • News / Accomplishments
  • About P.C.F.
    • About Us
    • PCF: Western Suburbs
    • PCF Board of Directors
    • Partners
    • Financial Supporters
  • Help
    • User Information
    • Refurbishing
    • Support for Schools
    • Support for Students/Parents
    • Parent/Teacher Resources
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    • Send Us Your Photo/s
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      • Computer/Peripheral Application
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News & Accomplishments

  • Srikar, Ashwin from PCF and Keith Wilburn

    Coatesville ‘Kids to College’ Mini Lab

Coatesville ‘Kids to College’ Mini Lab

This week, the PCF Western Suburbs crew installed their first Community Center Lab in Coatesville, Pa. Ashwin and Srikar, who head up the PCF Western Suburbs chapter, identified the Program [...]

Categories: PCF Suburbs, Publicly Accessible Mini-Labs|
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  • 3D Teaching During the 2017-18 School Year

3D Teaching During the 2017-18 School Year

During the 2017-2018 school year, PCF greatly enhanced our 3D Printing offering. In order to do so, we purchased a new printer that allows us to print more objects at [...]

Categories: Technology Classes|Tags: 3D Printing, Edmonds, Emlen Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary|
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  • Classroom Computers Installed

Classroom Computers Installed

During the 20117-18 school year, a great deal of effort was spent ensuring that the teachers in the schools we work with have all the computer equipment they need...or that [...]

Categories: Classroom Computers|Tags: Emlen Elementary, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary|
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  • 30+ Projectors Distributed

30+ Projectors Distributed

Two weeks or so ago, Friends' Central School in Wynnewood donated a van-load full of iMacs and Projectors to PCF. This week, the projectors were distributed to some very happy schools [...]

Categories: Classroom Computers, Corporate Donation|Tags: Dobson Elementary, Edmonds, Edward T. Steel, Emlen Elementary, Friends' Central, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary|
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  • DIY Classroom Computers at Mifflin

DIY Classroom Computers at Mifflin

Today we spent some time in Ms. Salter's classroom at Mifflin Elementary School in East Falls. She requested 10 laptops to use for Google Classroom assignments, typing practice, creating papers, [...]

Categories: Classroom Computers, Technology Classes|Tags: Mifflin Elementary|
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  • $1,000 Community Partner Grant from Wells Fargo

$1,000 Community Partner Grant from Wells Fargo

Last Friday PCF received a $1,000 Community Partner Grant from Wells Fargo. We are extremely grateful to receive this annual unrestricted grant from Wells Fargo. To receive the grant, we [...]

Categories: Sponsors|Tags: Wells Fargo|
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  • Friends’ Central Donates iMacs and Projectors to PCF

Friends’ Central Donates iMacs and Projectors to PCF

Today we picked up a donation of iMacs and Projectors from Friends' Central School in the Overbrook area of Philadelphia. We are extremely excited to accept this donation as both [...]

Categories: Corporate Donation, Sponsors|Tags: Friends' Central|
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  • “Tech-master” Program at Logan

“Tech-master” Program at Logan

PCF is delighted to implement our "Tech-Master" program (a.k.a. "It Support Team" or "Geek Squad" program) at Logan. Logan has utilized PCF's Classroom Computers for a few years now and [...]

Categories: Classroom Computers, Tech-Masters, Technology Classes|Tags: Logan Elem.|
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  • Website Creation Classes at Emlen

Website Creation Classes at Emlen

PCF started to teach our "Website Creation" class to Emlen Elementary students. About 14 students are part of the "Computer Club" After School Program. The website creation program is expected [...]

Categories: Technology Classes|Tags: Emlen Elementary, Website Creation|
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  • iMac Donation by Pan American School

iMac Donation by Pan American School

Over the summer, we met with Pan American School's Director of Technology Zach Brown to discuss a possible equipment donation to PCF. Earlier today, we were delighted to pick up [...]

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  • PCF Receives Phila. Dept of Commerce Grant

PCF Receives Phila. Dept of Commerce Grant

The Philadelphia Children's Foundation has received a $30,000 Grant from the Philadelphia Department of Commerce. The grant was part of the StartupPHL initiative, which uses public money to match investment [...]

Categories: In the News, PCF News, Tech-Masters, Technology Classes|
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  • Health Partners Plans and PCF Provide 60 Laptops to Lab Charter

Health Partners Plans and PCF Provide 60 Laptops to Lab Charter

On Tuesday September 19, The Philadelphia Children's Foundation, Health Partners Plans, and the Health Partners Foundation presented The Laboratory Charter School with 60 refurbished Laptop Computers. The computers will be [...]

Categories: Classroom Computers, Corporate Donation, Sponsors|Tags: Lab Charter|
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  • Lab Wiring at ET Steel

Lab Wiring at ET Steel

When we contacted Steel about updating our classroom computers at their school, we learned that they needed some help in their computer lab. The first two rows of Macs needed [...]

Categories: Classroom Computers|Tags: Edward T. Steel|
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  • Five Below Back-to-School Drive

Five Below Back-to-School Drive

Five Below has been incredibly supportive of PCF by organizing two separate customer donation drives at various Philadelphia area locations. Altogether, these drives have amounted to several thousand dollars in [...]

Categories: Corporate Donation, PCF News, Sponsors|Tags: Duckrey Elem., Edward T. Steel, Emlen Elementary, Five Below, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem.|
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  • Community Ctr for HIV Positive Youth in Southwest

Community Ctr for HIV Positive Youth in Southwest

Pastor Brawner, who runs the Haven Paniel church in North Philadelphia where we installed a 10-unit lab, also runs a support center for HIV positive youth in Southwest Philadelphia. The [...]

Categories: Publicly Accessible Mini-Labs|
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  • Computer Lab at Haven Peniel Church

Computer Lab at Haven Peniel Church

This publicly accessible computer lab at the Haven Paniel Methodist Church in North Philadelphia was referred to us by the Brewerytown Community Center (where we recently installed a lab). Pastor [...]

Categories: Publicly Accessible Mini-Labs|
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  • 2017 Equipment Donation by PMHCC

2017 Equipment Donation by PMHCC

PMHCC (The Philadelphia Mental Health Care Corporation) has donated computer equipment to PCF in the past. Even though it had been a year and a half or so, all of [...]

Categories: Corporate Donation|
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  • Five Below Easter Drive

    Five Below Customer Donation Drive

Five Below Customer Donation Drive

Justin Strycharz (l) and Craig Ridgell In the early Spring, PCF received a call from Justin Strycharz at Five Below asking if we would like to participate in [...]

Categories: Corporate Donation, PCF News|Tags: A.B. Day Elem., Dobson Elementary, Edward T. Steel, Emlen Elementary, Five Below, Houston Elementary, Logan Elem., Mifflin Elementary, Shawmont Elementary|
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  • Lab install at a Brewerytown community center

    15-Unit Lab at a Brewerytown Community Center

15-Unit Lab at a Brewerytown Community Center

PCF installed a 15-unit computer lab at the Brewerytown Sharswood NAC/CDC, located at 30th & Master Street in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia. The facility serves a community of over [...]

Categories: Publicly Accessible Mini-Labs|
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  • Laptops for the Village of the Arts & Humanities

Laptops for the Village of the Arts & Humanities

PCF received a request from the Village for some laptop computers. When we learned that the laptops were needed for programming and web development courses being taught over the summer, [...]

Categories: Publicly Accessible Mini-Labs, Technology Classes|Tags: Radnor School District|
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Recent News

  • A Word About How We Prep Computers For Deployment
  • PCF Donates High-End Computers to Lankenau High School
  • XL Donation by Carpenter Tech. Funds 3D Printer Lab at Logan (and others)
  • PCF Support of Emlen’s Play Days and Parent’s Days
  • PCF Revamps Houston’s Auditorium AV System
  • On-Going Support for the Camden Dream Center
  • Donated Piano Given to Emlen Elementary
  • PCF Installs a Full Court
  • About Display/Monitor Adapters
  • Take Home Computers for Remote Learning

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