Hi X,

Hope all is well with you and your family during lock down. I hope you are also managing the big disruption for your work as well. In the past, we discussed expanding additional opportunities for HS and college students interested in tech and computer science.

Due to the lockdown, the number of traditional summer opportunities for students has seen a drastic decline. I am collaborating with CodeDay, an organization that I have worked with during my time as TEALS founder for many years. CodeDay have been running virtual summer code camps called CodeLab for 3,700+ HS students across the country over the past 3 summers. The lockdown is causing the number students applicants and schools to increase dramatically and they are looking for sponsors to help them meet those needs. In addition, my new venture, Mentors in Tech (MinT) is collaborating with CodeDay to expand the program to college students.

CodeLab is a proven model that have attracted a diverse set of students at scale, 68% of whom are Underrepresented in tech (Women/Non-Binary/Low-Income/Black/Latinx/Native American), ~40% Free/Reduced Lunch, and 80%+ have no previous coding experience.

• Students can build an app or game of your their design. All students are welcome, even if they are new to computer science and coding.
• It is a 100% online summer program, where all students are assigned a mentor to work with to help create an app or game in just two weeks. Students are matched with their own mentor and have regular meetings to help them complete their project, and to learn more about working in technology.
• Students also get live coding help from staff and volunteers whenever they need it through a 24/7 chat, and through regular office hours.
• Students join online Tech Talks workshops where they can take a dive deep into modern technologies, what it takes to create a startup, and more!
• At the end of the camp, they are able to present their projects on a Twitch stream! Some previous student projects in medicine, AI, cyber security, finance and more: https://virtual-codeday-spring-2020-projects.codeday.org/
• Sponsors receive a list of their sponsored students' projects.
• July 6 to July 31.

Since there's always substantially more applicants than capacity, let me know if you or a partner funder are interested in sponsoring a block of students ($200 per student) and guarantee their spots in the program. This sponsorship will enable us to further serve a larger set of students especially those with demonstrated need.

-Kevin

Outreach candidates:

Highline, Rural Ed, WSAC, FB Adam, DRK Foundation, Mercer Island, PLTW, Lyft (lindsey), EA (Julie), Oracle (Roland), NVidia (Laura / Kristina), Raikes, WASTEM, WSOS (Kimber)

Issaquah CTE (Lesha Engels)

LWSD CTE (Dan Phelan)

SPS (Jane Hendrickson / Katie Searle)

GitHub (Vanessa and Moria)