provide stable and high-speed internet for students. Programs and partnerships Enterprise Village and Finance Park Partnered with the Stavros Institute, the Pinellas Education Foundation helps run Enterprise Village and Finance Park, hands-on educational programs on economics and business. Enterprise Village, is designed for fifth-grade students. After a unit of in-classroom learning, fifth-grade students at participating schools visit Enterprise Village, an indoor set of various artificial stores, where they learn to use checks and debit cards, and apply for and work in mock-up jobs at partnered companies. Finance Park is the eighth-grade equivalent of Enterprise Village, with a focus on understanding insurance, along with using mathematics and decision-making skills to effectively budget healthcare, utilities, and other expenses. Next Generation programs The foundation's Next Generation Entrepreneurs program, started in 2012, awards grants to students with innovative business ideas. The Next Generation Tech program, started in 2016, provides high school students with real-world settings for developing software, while working with mentors and attending monthly workshops. The program emphasizes the software development framework and the varied types of skills and career opportunities required to develop technology solutions. The Tampa Bay Technology Forum named the Next Generation Tech program the Student Program of the Year for 2016. On April 26, 2017, the Pinellas Education Foundation awarded a total of $30,000 to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-place winners of the 2016–17 Next Generation Competition, with first place for each program receiving $10,000, and the second and third places receiving $3,500 and $1,500, respectively. Stuff the Bus In partnership with Fox 13 News and the Pinellas County Council PTA, the Pinellas Education Foundation sponsors and helps organize "Stuff the Bus" donation drives, in which businesses and members of the local community can donate school supplies before an upcoming school year. Take Stock in Children Through donations, the foundation has awarded scholarships to over 1,200 low-income students in Florida through the Pinellas Take Stock in Children Scholarship program, in partnership with the statewide Take Stock in Children program. The statewide program is a fellow nonprofit organization established in 1995. Over 24,000 children have been enrolled in the overall program. Walker's Rising Stars Established in 2003, the Walker's Rising Stars scholarship competition recognizes public high school junior and senior students with proficiency as visual or performing artists. The young artists, in the fields of culinary arts, dance, instrumental, theatre, visual arts, and vocals, compete for up to $5,000 worth