When we inaugurated the Season of Giving at our Clearwater offices last year, we had no idea what 2020 had in store for us.

But that fundamental change — focused on helping those in need and community service — now seems prescient.

3DE Schools — a high school learning model developed by Junior Achievement —bridges education and the business community through a joint venture and re-engineers high school curriculum by making it more relevant, authentic and experiential for its student participants.

This August, Tech Data colleagues participated in our first-ever Giving … Back to School initiative with the goal of tackling digital equity and distance learning in our local communities. Not only did our colleagues vote to decide the allocation of funds to nonprofits leading in this space, but they also assembled their own fundraising teams that competed for matching dollars from Tech Data.

When Tech Data launched its Giving … Back to School initiative in August, the response we received was overwhelming. The work our nonprofit partners continue to do for our communities is nothing short of awe-inspiring, so we decided to shine the spotlight on a few of the incredible organizations that earned the votes of our colleagues this summer. 

When Tech Data launched its Giving … Back to School initiative in August, the response we received was overwhelming. The work our nonprofit partners continue to do for our communities is nothing short of awe-inspiring, so we decided to shine the spotlight on a few of the incredible organizations that earned the votes of our colleagues this summer.

When Tech Data launched its Giving … Back to School initiative in August, the response we received was overwhelming. The work our nonprofit partners continue to do for our communities is nothing short of awe-inspiring, so we decided to shine the spotlight on a few of the incredible organizations that earned the votes of our colleagues this summer. 

When Tech Data launched its Giving … Back to School initiative in August, the response we received was overwhelming. The work our nonprofit partners continue to do for our communities is nothing short of awe-inspiring, so we decided to shine the spotlight on a few of the incredible organizations that earned the votes of our colleagues this summer. But don’t take our word for it — get to know them in their own words.

When Tech Data launched its Giving … Back to School initiative in August, the response we received was overwhelming. The work our nonprofit partners continue to do for our communities is nothing short of awe-inspiring, so we decided to shine the spotlight on a few of the incredible organizations that earned the votes of our colleagues this summer. But don’t take our word for it — get to know them in their own words.

Students, teachers and families face unprecedented challenges this school year — e-learning, virtual classrooms, social distancing restrictions and hybrid teaching scenarios, to name a few. Working parents feel vastly under-resourced and school districts and students are navigating untested virtual learning programs. Even more troubling are those families without adequate access to the hardware and high-speed internet demanded by this new environment.