Fresno Dads Build 200 Desks for Low Income Kids Learning at Home
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Virtual learning can be hard, especially with multiple kids at home. Three dads from California saw a problem when their children didn’t have a designated space to do virtual learning and were getting distracted. So, they built a solution.
Fernando Rivera came up with the idea to build his three kids desks so they had their own workspaces at home. He went to his brother, Andres Ruiz, a carpenter who has four kids of his own.
The two dads from the Fresno area decided to make it a weekend project. “We decided, well if we’re going to take the time and designate a day to it, let’s throw it up on Facebook and see if any friends would be interested,” Ruiz told CBS News.
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Virtual learning can be hard, especially with multiple kids at home. Three dads from California saw a problem when their children didn’t have a designated space to do virtual learning and were getting distracted. So, they built a solution.
Fernando Rivera came up with the idea to build his three kids desks so they had their own workspaces at home. He went to his brother, Andres Ruiz, a carpenter who has four kids of his own.
The two dads from the Fresno area decided to make it a weekend project. “We decided, well if we’re going to take the time and designate a day to it, let’s throw it up on Facebook and see if any friends would be interested,” Ruiz told CBS News.
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By Caitlin O’Kane | 1 Oct 2020
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