Everything Channel's Channel@Work: Technology Makeover School Edition Partners with L.A. Works to Empower Students at Dayton Heights Elementary School with Technology

Provides Students with State-of-the Art Technology in the Library, Computer

                        Lab and Teacher's Workroom




  WHO:
  --  Master of Ceremony:  Nancy Hammervik, SVP, Everything Channel Events
  --  Debra Brutchey, Senior Director, L.A. Works
  --  Marie Leyva, Principal, Dayton Heights Elementary
  --  Eric Martorano, Director of Channel Strategy & Satisfaction, Microsoft
  --  Melissa Infusino, Director of Partnerships, Los Angeles Unified School
      District

  WHAT:

An event demonstrating corporate America's commitment to public education through contributions of state-of- the-art technology and services to Dayton Heights Elementary School. There will be brief remarks on the importance of corporate participation in addressing the digital divide in inner city schools.

  WHEN:
  Monday, March 8 at 9:30 a.m.

  WHERE:


  Dayton Heights Elementary School
  607 North Westmoreland Avenue
  Los Angeles, CA 90004-2299
  (323) 661-3308
  School library

Dayton Heights is a 100 year old elementary school located in Los Angeles. A Title 1 designated school, 91 percent of the students' families have household incomes below the poverty rate. The school administrators work hard to serve the 588 students in grades k-5 with a focus on raising the Academic Performance Index (API) from 757 to above the state target of 800. The Channel@Work: Technology Makeover School Edition , being underwritten by Microsoft, will be a benefit to those students, 21 percent of whom are classified as special education.

WHY:

Everything Channel, a UBM company in partnership with L.A. Works, a nonprofit, volunteer action center, are working together to empower students at Dayton Heights Elementary School by providing much needed technology for its library, computer lab and teacher's workroom.

Everything Channel's Channel@Work initiative is the nonprofit component of all XChange events. Channel@Work brings together members of the technology industry to support local communities in need. The Channel@Work: Technology Makeover School Edition program will bring together 50 members of the technology community and Everything Channel employees for a community service project. Volunteers will install six new computers and a printer in the school's library, one new computer in the teacher's workroom and will refresh the operating systems on 34 mac workstations in the computer lab and will install new keyboards. Additionally, program volunteers will beautify several areas of the school including painting a mural created by Los Angeles-based artist, Jennifer Langstrom.

Everything Channel's XChange Solution Provider event will take place March 8-11, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. XChange Solution Provider will bring together more than 200 pre-qualified executive-level technology sellers with approximately 75 industry leading Channel vendors to meet, build relationships and strategize growth.

  PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:
  --  Ribbon cutting ceremony
  --  Students will use the new computers to print out a "Super Tech
      Student" certificate with their name after the ceremony.



  Contacts
  Allison Cohen                   Natalee Ellars
  Everything Channel              L.A. Works
  516 562 7870                                   323 599 7598
  Allison.Cohen@ec.ubm.com        Natalee@laworks.com


  /PRNewswire -- March 2/

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