James Kim Fund to Benefit Schools
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Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 01/07/2008
San Francisco K–12 students may soon benefit from a foundation set up to honor James Kim, a
Launched last February, the James Kim Technology Foundation is soliciting donations on its Web site with plans to outfit city elementary schools with computer labs, hardware, and support related to integrating technology in classrooms, according to the site. For high schools, the nonprofit is targeting inner-city public schools and plans to link students with internships at technology companies in their local area.
Unfortunately for educators outside of
Kim’s body was found in early December 2006 after he attempted to to find help for his family, when their station wagon became stranded in the snow for more than a week in a remote area of southwestern
Kim, who had worked as a senior editor for
The site does not currently indicate how schools can sign up for the grants, nor provide any updates on the foundation. However donations are being collected at the same address as the Church Street Apothecary, a retail store started by the Kims in
