Help kids from low income communities access careers in tech by hiring them

I really like that you aren't simply offering unpaid internships. A lot of people fail to realize that high school kids from low income families often have to take on summer jobs to help support themselves and their family. The stipend will enable many of these students to take this opportunity. I only wish this program existed when I was a poor kid with no connections!

One of my engineers was a ScriptEd volunteer last year and she has since convinced me to hire a ScriptEd intern this summer, as well as volunteer at the Hackathon in a couple weeks.

Last fall, at my last company (Canvas " rel="nofollow">http://canvas.is>), we had a "class" of ScriptEd students come visit our agency and learn about how agencies work. A lot of the kids were absolutely amazed at just the basic experience of an interactive agency. They asked questions that you take for granted as being "understood" by engineers and designers and other agency employees. That being said, when we broke them up into brainstorming groups helping us "design an app" for a client's pitch, they were great fun, so smart and so interested in the work. They brought life experience to a pretend pitch that we would never otherwise have been exposed to.

I'm really excited to have an intern from ScriptEd this summer and to continue to support such an amazing organization.

I don't have much to add, but I guess all I want to say is:

Thank you for really making a difference and helping poor kids change their lives and situations through positive influence.

Many of us would love to help out, but poor time-planning, work, etc. come in the way, so on behalf of everyone that would like to help young and talented kids (with not-so-great backgrounds) get an up in life, thank you!