Help us raise the money!

50% of the children who participate in Valley Settlement House (VSH) programs do not have access to personal computers in their homes. Please become a part of our effort to create a Geeks FSO Campus at VSH by participating in our crowdfunding campaign at:

http://patreon.com/geeksfso

There are other statistics besides pcs in homes that make creating a Geeks FSO Campus at the facility a worthwhile program. And educational outreach to underrepresented communities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) is a strong goal in NSF (National Science Foundation) and NASA RFPs (Request for Proposal). Both place a high degree of importance on involving diverse populations in confronting such issues as sustainability.

You don't have to donate a lot to help us. That is the beauty of crowdfunding. Start with $2 or $5 and get to know us as we grow. And we don't hesitate in asking for the $10-$25-$50 from those who are already familiar with the work we do.

Members of our team have been working on STEM educational outreach programs since 2000. The original 3-year weather station project in Plainfield, NJ, grew into Essex-Stevens Model program that evolved into the local LSAMP project (Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation) that is directed by one of the instructors in the Summer Science Program and a key adviser to the Geeks FSO Campus project at VSH:

Nadia Lvov
Assistant Professor/ECC LSAMP Project Director
Division of Mathematics and Physics
Essex County College
Newark, NJ 07102


This year the Essex-Stevens Model program (Essex County College-Stevens Institute of Technology) celebrated its 10th year.

In 2007 we involved Valley Settlement House in our educational efforts because they met the definition of a underrepresented community in STEM. This effort quickly evolved into a successful Summer Science program at VSH, that is now the foundation of the Geeks FSO Campus ... and so we grow.