Daytona Beach and Brevard County, Florida communities now have greater access to technology thanks to three grants from Microsoft. These grants, worth more than US$295,000 in cash and software, to the Center for the Visually Impaired (CVI), WORC/United Cerebral Palsy of East Central Florida (WORC/UCP) and Brevard Workforce Development Board (BWDB) are part of Microsoft�s Unlimited Potential program, aimed to promote digital inclusion and increase access to technology skills training in communities underserved by technology.

These most recent donations are in addition to more than $29 million in cash and software provided by the company to organizations in Florida since 2003. These contributions support technology access, IT skills development and building the IT capacity of nonprofit organizations.

�We are thrilled to support these three Florida-based organizations and applaud their work to improve local workforce readiness and help train their citizens in the use of technology,� said Pamela Passman, vice president of Microsoft�s global corporate affairs. �Our goal is to broaden digital inclusion so a quarter of a billion people underserved by technology have technology skills by 2010 and can realize their potential through the power of technology.�