As our world becomes more tech-savvy, outdated devices are often thrown away. Many of these items have valuable components that can be recycled and reused for many years to come. This is why the e-waste management business is bigger than ever. In a recent Earth911.com post, they say, “It’s not a glamorous business, but it...
Last night we attended the 17th Annual Child Abuse Prevention Month Awards and Appreciation Benefit, and were honored to receive the ‘Community Champion Award!’ Here are some pictures of the award: And some of our information, featured in the event’s pamphlet: When the goal for the day is getting enough food for the children in your care,...
We recently had the privilege of helping an academy in Ghana get up-to-date with some new laptops. Here’s the story: Background The Street Academy (www.thestreetacademy.webs.com) received 5 Linux Edubuntu laptops from ComputeReach and its partners at the very end of March 2012. This was possible thanks to the generous donation of our laptop sponsor, Mike...
This is a picture of ComputeReach giving computers to our staff at an orphanage in Churachandpur, Manipur, India. It’s in the northeast corner of India, east of Bangladesh and just west of Myanmar. From left to right is Don Vice from Lafayette, IN; Leslie Swensen of Churchill, PA; R. Sang, from India; R. Ruata, the superintendent of...
TED Talks is a daily video podcast where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. It’s one of the best resources out there for any forward thinker. This video especially hit home for us as we are always trying to reduce waste and salvage the resources we do...
On April 19th, ComputeReach had the honor of being a finalist for the 2012 Jefferson Awards for Public Service. The six finalists were presented during the ceremony, and the winner became Pittsburgh’s nominee for the national Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis award. Here’s some more information about the award: In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Senator Robert Taft...
Last Saturday, we rallied a team of three volunteers to refresh the OS9 iMac lab of eleven computers in the Hill District section of Pittsburgh. For the last month we’ve been slowly making our way back to the few BJWL sites that do not have Mac OS X or Edubuntu Linux installed, but rather a...
