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CEDAR RAPIDS — Brandon Gordon started learning how to refurbish computers before he first went into foster care in elementary school.

“My mom said ‘If this part breaks in your computer again, you won’t have a computer anymore,’ ” said Gordon, owner of BG Tech Repair in Cedar Rapids. “And the part broke, so I tore it apart myself.”

Now 33, the passion for computer repair has stuck with him ever since. And now, 10 years into owning his repair shop, he has found a new way to give back to young adults who grew up like him.

When Gordon aged out of the foster care system and prepared to go to college, he was one of the more fortunate ones. After spending roughly half his childhood in foster care,

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