2021 Award Recipient

SamFriedman

Project South Florida Tech for Seniors

Location West Palm Beach, FL

Issue Area Senior Support | Technology

Sam’s passion for technology and his experience helping family members with their technical needs made him realize how many seniors are left behind by their technical illiteracy. He founded South Florida Tech for Seniors, a nonprofit that matches student volunteers with senior citizens to provide personalized, free, one-on-one technology support.

The organization aims to teach seniors the skills they need to be self-sufficient when using technology. South Florida Tech for Seniors volunteers have had nearly 300 interactions with seniors and produced and distributed 13 technical videos with over 1200 views. Sam plans to expand his project’s reach to serve more seniors in South Florida and beyond.

It is always a proud moment when a senior is finally able to fire up Zoom on their own and join a meeting with their grandkids.

Sam Friedman

An elderly man sits in front of a laptop with its camera on and he expresses surprise at the image of himself on the screen.

South Florida Tech for Seniors

seniortech.org

The logo is a blue background with clipart of a hand holding a cell phone and the acronym SFTFS below it in white. Sam founded South Florida Tech for Seniors, a nonprofit that matches student volunteers with senior citizens to provide personalized, free, one-on-one technology support. The organization aims to teach seniors the skills they need to be self-sufficient when using technology. South Florida Tech for Seniors volunteers have had nearly 300 interactions with seniors and produced and distributed 13 technical videos with over 1,200 views.