Ongoing Partnership Between Spectrum, Serving Older Adults Promotes Digital Literacy for Seniors in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (Oct. 8, 2025) – Spectrum today presented Serving Older Adults with a $20,000 digital education grant and hosted a tech literacy class to provide seniors in Milwaukee helpful tips for maximizing the WiFi experience in their home and staying safe online as part of an ongoing partnership with the organization.
With the grant, Serving Older Adults will bolster its Tech Connect for Older Adults, which offers one-on-one learning opportunities, lectures, workshops and courses geared toward ensuring individuals can stay connected through social media, visit with doctors virtually, bank online and so much more.
“For individuals that struggle with mobility or with health concerns, technology can keep them connected with friends and family while remaining safe,” said Michael Vanblaricum, President and CEO of Serving Older Adults. “By offering technology training, we’re opening up a whole new world through phones, tablets and laptops that wouldn’t be possible without Spectrum’s support.”
Spectrum Digital Education partners with nonprofits that share a commitment to using technology as a tool for opportunity, whether to pursue education, find employment, access healthcare or stay connected to news and information, and to their friends and family. The nonprofits selected to receive a 2025 grant support a wide range of community members, from seniors and veterans to students and jobseekers, with programs covering one-on-one technology coaching, AI skills courses and certificates, and community tech hubs that make digital tools more accessible.
“Technology is a powerful equalizer, but only if people have access to a computer and then know how to use it,” said Matt Brown, Spectrum’s Area Vice President for Field Operations in Wisconsin. “Through Spectrum Digital Education, we’re helping our nonprofit partners turn connectivity into real opportunities for their communities, from education and employment to everyday connection and independence.”
This is the third consecutive year Serving Older Adults has received the grant from Spectrum. The nonprofit previously received $35,000 in 2023 and $15,000 in 2024 for the Tech Connect program.
Celebrating the 55 Spectrum Digital Education Champions
Now in its eighth year, Spectrum Digital Education continues to support initiatives that make a tangible impact in communities. In total, Spectrum has awarded $1.1 million to 55 nonprofit organizations that work to expand access to digital tools, skills training and resources in the communities Spectrum serves.
Since launching in 2017, Spectrum Digital Education has committed more than $11 million to support 204 community-based nonprofits across Spectrum’s 41-state service area. Grant recipients have distributed nearly 20,000 laptops and held more than 45,000 digital education classes, benefiting nearly 188,000 community members nationwide.
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About Spectrum
Spectrum is a suite of advanced communications services offered by Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR), a leading broadband connectivity company available to more than 57 million homes and small to large businesses across 41 states. Founded in 1993, Charter has evolved from providing cable TV to streaming, and from high-speed Internet to a converged broadband, WiFi and mobile experience. Over the Spectrum Fiber Broadband Network and supported by our 100% U.S.-based employees, the Company offers Seamless Connectivity and Entertainment with Spectrum Internet®, Mobile, TV and Voice products.
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