Heartland Receives Grant for Wi-Fi

Thanks to a grant from the Kerr Foundation, Heartland Independent Living Center (HILC) will soon have wireless network capability.  The ability to network from anywhere in the building will provide increased opportunities for employees, consumers, and community partners alike.

Heartland’s new wireless, or Wi-Fi capability, will also benefit the community as a whole.  Included in the recently awarded Community Development Block Grant to renovate the building, Heartland has outlined plans for a Community Resource Center.  HILC will partner with area agencies to offer programs supporting better health and life skills to both consumers and the general public.  

Heartland Independent Living Center will soon have Wi-Fi 

capability.  The ability to network from anywhere in the 

building will provide increased opportunities for employees, 

consumers, and community partners alike.

Wireless technology in the Center will provide for enhanced programs in such areas as disease prevention education, healthy eating/cooking courses, disability friendly exercise classes, employment opportunities, disability support groups, veterans’ services, and CPR/First Aid instruction.  The Center would also use Wi-Fi in its proposed low vision/hearing station, food and hygiene product pantry, and adaptive equipment resource room.

“We thank the Kerr Foundation for their grant to make Wi-Fi service available to us,” states HILC Executive Director Pat Chambers. “Wi-Fi will not only make our consumer relations more efficient, but also provide a network friendly resource center for our community partners.”

The Kerr Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable and educational corporation based in Oklahoma.  Their mission is to support programs that will have a beneficial impact on economic, social and cultural growth and development.