Frontier yesterday announced that it will donate high-speed fiber internet, new laptops, drones and microscopes to the Girl Scouts of Central Texas to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education for thousands of girls. The donation is part of Frontier’s Broadband for Good social impact program.
Frontier’s donation will benefit the organization’s STEM and Community programs, which provide girls of all backgrounds access to the educational resources and tools they need to pursue careers in natural science, coding, robotics and more.
Frontier’s social impact program Broadband for Good is a commitment to advancing digital inclusion and strengthening the communities it serves. The program supports the company’s purpose of Building Gigabit America by using its fiber technology and resources to connect more people to the digital society.
The Girl Scouts of Central Texas is empowering the next generation of women leaders in tech with programs that enable girls to design and build robots, learn how to code, delve into animal ecosystems, explore outer space and more. In addition to hosting these activities at its center in San Angelo, Texas, the organization has created a mobile STEM experience to bring to youth who live in surrounding areas, including Concho Valley, Brownwood, Waco, Killeen and Bryan/College Station, with fewer hands-on STEM opportunities. Frontier will help the Girls Scouts of Central Texas unlock more opportunities for girls in STEM by gifting the organization high-speed fiber internet, along with laptops, drones and microscopes.
Erin Kurtz, Frontier’s Chief Communications Officer
Giving girls equal opportunities to pursue careers in science and technology is the best way to ensure a diverse and talented workforce of the future. That’s why we decided to support the STEM education program at the Girl Scouts of Central Texas through our Broadband for Good program. Our donation will help secure a future where more women choose careers in tech.
Donna Brosh, Community Engagement Officer for Girl Scouts of Central Texas, San Angelo Area
We are incredibly excited to be a recipient of Frontier’s Broadband for Good program. Girl Scouts is excited for this new relationship with Frontier. The donation will make a real difference and help Girl Scouts advance our STEM programming by providing the best technology, faster speed and larger bandwidth to serve more girls at one time with this up-to-date broadband. Frontier has also donated STEM and programming materials that will utilize technology in new ways and will enable more opportunities for girls who have location barriers to STEM-learning via our STEM mobile van.
