DCN News - May 2, 2016: Please support DCN on the "BIG Day of Giving"

24 hours to give where your heart is for local nonprofit organizations, including DCN.

Please include DCN in your Big Day of Giving on May 3rd, 2016. DCN has two important local projects that your donation will support. The DavisGIG project is the biggest that DCN has ever tackled and we urge you to give generously.

Visit the DCN page at BIGDayofGiving.Org to help support DavisGIG and the DCN Toolkit.

• DavisGIG will help bring community-owned, ultra-fast internet to Davis. High-speed Internet access is crucial infrastructure for a community like ours. It can help diversify the economy, attract and retain businesses, provide better, cheaper internet connections to our residences, address digital-divide issues, and create new revenues for our City. This asset, owned by our City, operated by our community, provides choice to residents for Internet, video and phone services . We need $125,000 to fund a Feasibility Study, the first milestone. An investment in our City's infrastructure is an investment in your future.
• The Nonprofit Internet Toolkit is a variety of tools, resources, classes and support that could improve a nonprofit's effectiveness in serving its mission. Every nonprofit has fundamental needs. For example, all nonprofits need to inform, educate and/or inspire people about their organizations or causes. Many nonprofits need to manage their volunteers. All nonprofits need to communicate with their members and clients. These needs can often be met by applying the right tool to the task.