While many will remember the Summer of 2020 for the coronavirus pandemic, Christopher Kilpatrick will remember it as the summer he made an impact on his community.
The reason……Kilpatrack says — “I like the feeling I am making a difference.”
Kilpatrick is a rising sophomore at The Bolles School, the teenager had a summer internship at Urban Mining, a technology company.
He understands that in today’s learning environment, a computer is essential, but he also knows there is a digital divide between the have and the have not.
Kilpartick interned with the IT group at Urban Mining and saw an opportunity to take some retired machines and instead of them becoming salvage goods, he wanted to refurbished them and then donate them to close the digital divide; it became his summer project.
In the end, Kilpatrick would completely refurbish 20 desktop computers and that includes monitors, programs and the other ancillary needs.
Now those 20 computers will be donated to the nonprofit Big Brothers, Big Sisters.
The honor student said there were lessons learned from his summer internship. He learned the lesson of giving and the lesson of good stewardship.
And now his summer experience just may become the new expectation for future interns.
The company said — “We started something really good here.”
The computers will be delivered sometime next week.