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A nonprofit in east Baltimore is working to bridge the digital divide one device at a time. I didn t have a laptop at all for school, said Rebekah Jenifer, a Baltimore City ninth-grade student.Rebekah spent the last part of her eighth-grade year and the first part of ninth unable to connect virtually to do any schoolwork until just recently when she got her very own computer. The difference is that I am picking my grades back up because since I didn t have a laptop, I didn t have much to do, and as soon as I got a laptop . I was really able to pick my grades up, Rebekah said.Rebekah was able to get a laptop thanks to PCs for People, which opened a location on East Biddle Street in July. Since then, it has provided free refurbished devices to more than 2,000 low-income families. We have also provided equipment to kids who are currently coming through the foster care program, going through the emancipated minor program, and also lots of seniors, said Gary Bonner, executive dire

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