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Application Form for a Free Computer
For Students
(7th grade through College) and their Families  who do not have a computer.

To qualify for a computer...You must complete ten (10) hours of Service to your community.
Please click here to get instructions that the non-profit must have to document your volunteer service. 

You must  live in the Grand Rapids Area to qualify for a computer.
Please print and  mail this Application along with the School Performance Form & Volunteer documentation to:

Bill and LaVerne Blickley
1312 Dunham SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506

1. Name the person who will be the main user of the computer in your family: _________________Grade_______

2. Please PRINT the full name the parent or other adult who will supervise the use of the computer.
First ___________________ Middle ___________________ Last ________________________

3. Your Address: ____________________________________Zip Code______________________

4. Home phone #: ___________________ Work Phone #: __________________Cell Phone #:__________________

5. Do you want to use your computer to access the Internet? _____  Do you want to have e-mail? _____

6. Are you aware that the use of the Internet by children should be supervised? __________

7. Are you aware that you can control the use of the Internet by a secret password known only to you? __________

8. Will you use your computer for games? _____ School work? _____ Family & personal work? _____
9. The computers that we give have an  Office* type program.
               
  OpenOffice will open and convert to all Microsoft Office Program files and PDF and HTML files, too.

  Read an article comparing the newest Microsoft Office programs to OpenOffice programs.  
Note:  If you wish to have another specific program installed on your computer... please let us know and we'll see if we have it.
         

10. How did you find out about this program? _____________________________________________________

11. Please list other students in your family:

Name: _______________________ Age ____ Grade _________ School _______________________________

Name: _______________________ Age ____ Grade _________ School _______________________________

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. ** Please submit your volunteer service confirmation letter and school form with this application. **     Please click here to get instructions that the non-profit must have to document your volunteer service. 
*Community Service credit for obtaining a computer may be completed by members of your family at a church, school, neighborhood association, or any combination of community non-profit organizations of your choice.


School attendance and academic effort may determine the priority of delivery of computers to applicants.
                     
*** Please have your school fill out the School Performance form. ***
Please have a statement confirming completion of your ten (10) hours of service ...with your application.
The statement must be on official stationary telling what volunteer work was done, when done, and hours completed.

The volunteer hours must be done specifically to earn credit for a computer.
** Parent /Guardian /College Student  Signature: ___________________________ Date____________

To assure that your community work has been done, we must also receive a letter of confirmation from the organization you served.  Click here for excerpts of letters from organizations confirming volunteer hours done by a student and their family for a computer.   It is required that these letters be on official stationary and include the date that the work was done, hours completed, student's phone #,  and a description of the work.  The letter must be signed by the supervisor. 
Don't know where to volunteer so you can qualify for a free Computer?...
Call 211 or  Click Here

Please click here to get instructions that the non-profit must have to document your volunteer service.