Refurbish & Recycle Program

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    • Please support Computer Reach #Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2015 The Refurbish & Recycle Program is the third component of our workflow at Computer Reach.  Our large force of dedicated volunteers in Pittsburgh works diligently to REFURBISH viable machines by upgrading operating systems, replacing hard drives, installing freeware, and customizing language and software requirements. Obsolete/dead machines are responsibly de-manufactured in...

    Train & Triage Program

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      • Please support Computer Reach #Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2015 The TRAIN & TRIAGE Program is the second component of our workflow at Computer Reach.  We TRAIN our volunteers with the technology skills necessary to diagnose the goodness of each incoming machine.  Computers are classified as “viable” or “obsolete/dead.”  Viable machines go through a TRIAGE process to assess their repair and refurbishing needs.  Obsolete/dead machines...

      Scout & Sort Program

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        • Please support Computer Reach #Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Since 2001, Computer Reach had SCOUTED & SORTED over 9,000 used computers, most of which were given a second life to serve humanitarian causes all over the world. The first thing we do at Computer Reach is SCOUT all over Southwestern Pennsylvania for used computers and mobile devices.  We source donations of digital equipment from local...

        Colombia #30

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          •   We are pleased to announce that Colombia, South America will be the 30th nation to be served by Computer Reach.  We are partnering with Columbia en Pittsburgh on Facebook , Foundation Social Suenos de Vida, and the Gelsa Group ( Grupo Empresarial en Linea S.A. “GELSA” in Colombia) to pool all of our resources to make this...

          Computer Reach Story At Ohio Linux Fest 2015

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            • Dave Sevick and Kevin Driscoll venture out to Columbus Ohio October 2-3 2015, to network with the Ohio and international Linux community.  Here is a copy of our Ohio Linux Fest 2015 Slides describing our history transitioning from an ALL Apple refurbishing operation (2001 – 2012)  to a full Mac and PC Linux solution provider...

            Carlow & Pitt

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              •       Computer Reach at CJ Friday Sept 25 2015 Featuring Carlow University 25 Volunteers 208 hours of work ========= Computer Reach at CJ Saturday Sept 26 2015 Featuring The University of Pittburgh 20 Volunteers 168 hours of work

              56 Faces

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                • Computer Reach welcomed 56 new volunteers in May and June. Our total volunteer force has grown to 1636 people from universities, high schools, churches, scout troops, local business and homes from all over Western PA. Here are three short roll call videos from recent Friday events: May 22 2015 May 29 2015 June 19 2015

                The Ease of Xubuntu

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                  • http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-at-computer-reach/ Xubuntu at Computer Reach June 2, 2015 The Xubuntu team hears stories about how it is used in organizations all over the world. In this “Xubuntu at..” series of interviews, we seek to interview organizations who wish to share their stories. If your organization is using Xubuntu and you want to share what you’re...

                  Duolingo – Girls Scouts – 5 Schools – 6 Countries – 9 States

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                    • March 27-28, 2015 Work Site: Construction Junction Number of Volunteers: 82 Volunteer Hours Logged: 506 Details: Over 300 computers processed over 2 days 25 volunteers on Friday March 27, 2015 Robert Morris University Carnegie Mellon University Community College Allegheny County ITT Technical Institute University of Pittsburgh And a BIGGER day on Saturday March 28, 2015...

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                      • March 20, 2015 Work Site: Construction Junction Number of Volunteers: 15 Volunteer Hours Logged: 108 Details: Team of 15 regular volunteers processed 97 computers!