A number of dedicated ICON volunteers have participated in St. John's Hospital Senior Program since January 1998, training seniors in basic computer skills and opening up a whole new world for them. In speaking about the seniors who have been trained, Valerie Griffin a Coordinator of Older Adult Services at St. John's Health Systems stated, "It has been very rewarding to watch these people go on to get jobs, trade stocks and bonds over the Internet and become valuable volunteers within our health system." In October of 1998 ICON began offering these same type of free classes at The South Side Senior Center where the group also furnished some of the computers being used. Coleen Cornelison of the South Side Senior Center said, "The access to a computer with on-line services affords them the opportunity to e-mail family and friends with no cost to them." There are so many seniors waiting to attend these basic classes that there are waiting lists at both facilities.