Tech $$$ Giving (Score 1)

There are a few recycling-refurbishing programs here in the bay area who could use the support of a few extra geekbucks.... besides mine... including:

The Access 2 Technology Project which collects discarded Apple Macintosh computer equipment to use in a classroom math/science program for 4th and 5th graders. A2T teaches the kids how computers work by having them take apart, clean, test and refurbish the equipment. Then, by the end of the program, the kids have rebuilt a computer that they get to KEEP! The computer is imaged with educational freeware and other educational software that they have been given permission to use.

I happen to be the director of the project....but I would still say it was a fabulous project to support! We recently guided 47 5th grade students through the program and sent them home with 7xxx or beige G3 level computers that had been slated to be scrapped. The kids are elated and their teachers are now able to ask for their typing, written work, spelling and math reinforcement to be practiced at home.