A company in Trois-Rivières has decided to distribute 500 laptops to young people. Econext Informatique wants to do its part to help families a few days before the start of the school year for primary and secondary school students.
The distribution began on Thursday morning. Parents had to come with their children to get a free computer. The company did not want to apply any other criteria for the distribution.
The donated computers will be Chromebooks. Philippe Gignac, owner of Éconext Informatique, confirms that:Mini laptop suitable for kids
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He specifically promoted this show on TikTok.
Wait up to twelve hours to receive your computer.
The line was very long in the Trois-Rivières West sector around 8:30 am.
Photo: Radio-Canada/Patrick Evans
Some arrived at 9pm the day before, others at night, sleeping in their car while waiting for business to open.
This is the case of a 15-year-old boy who woke up in the middle of the night to be there at 1 a.m. I will be able to do my homework at school, because I couldn't, because I didn't have a computer, so this will help me a lot at school.
“The teenager said,”
This is an excellent initiative.
One mother who arrived at the store's parking lot at 4 a.m. said. It makes a big difference, definitely today, everything is on the computer, homework and everything.
She said.
I have been talking to my daughter for two years about wanting to buy her one. [ordinateur]But being a parent, sometimes there are other budget priorities, so for us, this makes us really happy.
“It's a very nice place to be,” explained another mother we met in line, just before the doors opened.
Five security personnel were present to ensure the smooth running of the distribution process.
For us, it was really important to make technology accessible to as many people as possible and by doing it for free, I think there's no better way to do that.
Philippe Gignac explained in an interview with Telejournal Maurice – Centre du Quebec.
An agreement with one of its suppliers allows it to make these donations.
It's expensive for us, we paid our staff to do it again, to make sure it works. We will also support customers who come in and get a computer on Thursday as if they bought it from us.
He specifies.
Of course, it comes at a cost, but for us, it's our way of making a difference, investing in the community, and ensuring that we're also making a difference.
If the experiment goes well, the owner does not rule out offering the computers for free again.
With interviews conducted in Telejournal Maurice – Centre du Quebeche has always in the morning With information from Barbara Leroux
Interview with Téléjournal Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec
Photo: Radio-Canada/Andrian Lemaire
