Local Business Owner Needs Your Vote

Local small business owner Robin Brooke needs your help. The Scotts Valley owner of Giggle-Bytes, a new portable computer classroom, is in the running to win a $250,000 grant as a part of the Mission: Small Business contest hosted by Chase Bank and LivingSocial.

with a goal of teaching young children how “to use the Internet, email, and instant message, through a really fun and interactive program.”

Mission: Small Business is an effort by Chase Bank and LivingSocial “to increase awareness of the important role small businesses play in local communities and to help small businesses grow.” The contest will award 12 small businesses from across the country with a $250,000 grant.

If she were to receive a grant, Brooke says she would expand her classes to serve more kids in the county. She also has several other ideas.

“With the grant I could do so many amazing things,” Brooke said in an email. “Some of my ideas are to purchase a ‘Puterbus,’ basically a computer lab on wheels that can go from school to school and provide fun
enrichment classes for pre-school and school aged children. I could also
purchase more computers to serve more children on a weekly basis.”

But first, Brooke needs votes to make it to the next stage of the contest. To vote for this local business, go to www.missionsmallbusiness.com, log in and then enter Giggle-Bytes, Scotts Valley, in the search boxes and
vote.

For more information on Giggle-Bytes or to sign up for a class, visit www.giggle-bytes.com or call 831-461-1088.