To help meet this need, the Toyota USA Foundation approved grants totaling $3,357,000 to support students in 13 states where the company has operations.
The grants will fund WiFi access points, mobile WiFi devices, laptop computers and software licenses, helping more than 350,000 students access virtual learning.
All students deserve equal access to education, said Mike Goss, president, Toyota USA Foundation. The foundation typically supports STEM, but the pandemic has exposed deeper issues that are a barrier to good education.
The grants build upon Toyota's ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts, prior foundation grants focused on e-learning programs and hunger, and the recent launch of an education hub that includes virtual field trips of the company's operations.
Approved grants will benefit
Alabama
Huntsville City Schools
Madison City Schools
Madison County Schools
Arizona
Tempe School District
Boys and Girls Clubs of Arizona
California
Boys & Clubs of Long Beach
Long Beach Fairfield YMCA
Pathways to Independence
Indiana
East Gibson School Corporation
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
North Gibson School Corporation
South Gibson School Corporation
Iowa
Cedar Rapids School District
Marion School District
Kentucky
Clark County Public Schools
Fayette County Public Schools
Harrison County Schools
Scott County United Schools
Maryland
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore
Baltimore City Schools
Michigan
Washtenaw County School Districts and public libraries in Flint, Detroit and Saline
Missouri
Lincoln County R-III School District
Mississippi
South Tippah County School District
Monroe County School District
Itawamba County School District
Tennessee
Jackson Madison County School System
Texas
Dallas Independent School District
Plano Independent School District
Somerset Independent School District
Uplift Education
West Virginia
Putnam County Schools
PLANO, Texas
As virtual learning continues, many students across the country are still in need of internet access and computers to complete school work.
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