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COVID-19 has inspired parishes to reconfigure their worship and programming services in order to stay connected, inviting as many people as possible to worship together while ensuring the health and safety of all involved.

To better assist our parishes with the upgrade of their internet connection and computing technology equipment, the Diocese of New Westminster has partnerships with Shaw Business, and with two of the leading computing technology companies, Dell and Lenovo.

Community Lifetime Partnership Discount with Shaw Business

Shaw Business is offering us a lifetime community partnership discount which gives our parishes the opportunity to get savings of up to 20% discount on new or existing Shaw products with a minimum spend of $100 based on a 3 or 5-year agreement. 
 
Shaw offers SmartWiFi to provide a WiFi connection in the sanctuary therefore, increasing bandwidth and the stability of the livestream signal. For more information about the Smart WiFi, please see attached. To avail the discount and/or to determine your eligibility, please contact our dedicated community partner, Nina Pangilinan at 604-558-5922 or via email at Nina.Pangilinan@sjrb.ca.

Member Purchase Program with Lenovo and Dell

We are pleased to advise that our member purchase program with Lenovo and Dell extends to all clergy, lay staff, and parishioners.
 
Dell offers up to 10% discount on PC’s, electronics and accessories that can be availed through our dedicated website at DONW Dell Member Discounts.

Lenovo offers up to 45% discount when a purchase is made at Lenovo Member Discounts website or by calling 1-888-315-7408 ext 2277.

TechSoup Canada

TechSoup Canada provides substantial discounts on many technology products such as Microsoft Office, accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks), contact relationship management and fundraising tools, google non-profit, upgraded YouTube, among others.

For more details of discounted products, please check TechSoup Catalogue. Registration is needed at TechSoup in order to avail discounted products. A proof of your CRA charity status or a copy of your certificate of incorporation has to be emailed to qualification@techsoupcanada.ca to support your registration.

Technology Grants Page

For more information abouit Technology Grants available through the Diocese of New Westminster including information about hardware, software and tech assistance please visit the Technology Grants Page on this website linked here.