Continuing its mission of positively impacting local non-profit organizations in the communities it serves, Conn's HomePlus and Spurs Sports & Entertainment recently celebrated the Ed White DATA/Youth Code Jam CoderPals. See NEISD's video of the event here.

Ed White DATA and Youth Code Jam partnered with Rackspace to create the CoderPal program where middle schoolers get to spend time during the week mentoring elementary school students, teaching them to code. In honor of these bright young students' commitment to community and volunteering, Conn's and the Spurs partnered with Hewlett Packard to donate 40 laptops to Youth Code Jam to support our community work in building inclusive access to computer science education.

"At Conn's HomePlus, we recognize today's youth as tomorrow's future and are thrilled to partner with the San Antonio Spurs to bring computer science to the students who participate in Youth Code Jam," said Norm Miller, CEO of Conn's HomePlus. "We hope our donation will help inspire the students to excel in academics and push themselves to new limits."

"We are honored to see our CoderPals celebrated in this way. They are truly dedicated to their community, and it leaves me so hopeful for our future," said Debi Pfitzenmaier, Executive Director of Youth Code Jam. "Support from organizations like Conn's HomePlus and Spurs Give helps us move forward the mission of increasing access, broadening participation and empowering students with the computer skills they need to participate fully, solve problems and shape their worlds in our increasingly digital society."

"We are honored to partner with Conn's HomePlus in giving back and highlighting Youth Code Jam and their remarkable work in our community. Spurs Give is on a mission to empower San Antonio's next generation," said Jennifer Regnier, Director of Spurs Give. "It is crucial we invest in our youth by giving them easy and affordable access to technology and STEM-related programs and we hope to inspire our community to get involved through programs like Youth Code Jam."