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    • TechMan: Grassroots effort to give computers to those who can’t afford them March 10, 2014 11:13 PM By Ced Kurtz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One of the most ambitious programs to rehabilitate used computers and get them back into the community at low or no cost is concentrated here in Western Pennsylvania. Computer Reach has worked...

    Two Great Days at CR – We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends!

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      • Here is the video of both days … with a tribute to our Friends … because we get by with a little help from our friends ….   Work date:  February 28, 2014 Work Site:  Computer Reach Warehouse Computers Refurbished for Use:  ?? Computers Recycled for Parts:  ?? Number of Volunteers:   29 new volunteers Volunteer Hours Logged:  ??...

      Apple Computers Going to Kenya

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        •                                           Date:  March 4, 2014 Recipient Organization:  Upako Center Location:  Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya Description:  Upako Centre, a community based organization, is God’s Agent of change physically, spiritually and socially in the Kawangware community of Nairobi, Kenya.  Upako Centre provides...

        FedEx 30, Apple Macintosh 30

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          • On a frigid January morning FedEx employees braved the cold to unload a truck full of 76 Apple Macintosh Computers … imaged them with 10.4.11 Tiger and then loaded them back onto the truck for delivery back to Construction Junction … then helped unload them all. A great team. Hope all the work kept you...

          Church, High Schools, Colleges January 2014

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            • THANK YOU Pittsburgh Public Schools, Allegheny Community College, University of Pittsburgh, Ben Avon Community Presbyterian Church and all the regular Apple and Linux recycling folks. Was a great Friday-Saturday double-header. Jan 10+11 2014 Computer Reach – http://computereach.com

            Jan 3, 2014 … 9 Volunteers process 65 computers

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              • 9 Volunteers attended Apple Recycling on frigid Jan 3, 2014 … at the South Side CRC for Goodwill of Southwest PA. We meet every Friday at 2400 Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203 9:30AM – 3:30PM … please join us: http://computereach.com/volunteer.php

              Latino Center receives 1st computers in Spanish

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                • Dave Sevick of Computer Reach and Samantha Murphy, Education Liaison for Allegheny County Department of Human Services delivered 8 Apple iBook computers to The Latino Family Center on the South Side of Pittsburgh. They serve 173 family members from ALL over Allegheny County. Latino residents come from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Cuba, Uruguay,...

                Record Speed Recycling

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                  • This past weekend, we had another great Volunteer Saturday at ITT Tech’s Tarentum campus.  Clocking in at record speeds, we ran diagnostic triage and Edubuntu imaging on a total of 98 computers from 8AM – 4PM. We owe a special thanks to Kim Coles of the County of Westmoreland Mac Users Group (COWMUG) for coming...

                  Happy Earth Day!

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                    • There are many ways to celebrate Earth Day. You can plant some trees in your community, do litter clean up, or just try to conserve your own energy use. You can also take advantage of electronics recycling! “In 2011, the U.S. electronics recycling industry processed 3 to 4 million tons of used and end-of-life electronics...

                    LibrePlanet 2013

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                      • Beth Lynn Eicher, a free software expert with fourteen years of free software support experience nationally and abroad, will be a featured speaker at LibrePlanet’s conference at Harvard University this weekend, March 23-24. This annual conference brings together global free software community developers, activists, academics and computer users to promote the distribution of free software...