King’s College

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    • March 6, 2015 Work Site: Construction Junction Number of Volunteers: 28 Volunteer Hours Logged: 168 Details: A group of volunteers from King’s College helped re-image machines to Spanish while our regulars did, well, regular Friday things!

    1st Saturday at The X Factory

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      • Date:  Saturday Jan 31, 2015 Work Sites:  The X Factory Number of Volunteers:  30 Volunteer Hours Logged: 180 Description: Boot checking  Linux computers moved from CJ to The X.  Welcomed 12 new volunteers. We ran an experiment over lunchtime with a challenge exercise called “The Stage” where 5 random student volunteers were asked to solve and international computer...

      Colleges at Construction Junction

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        • Date:  Dec 19  2014 Work Site:  Construction Junction Number of Volunteers:  17 Volunteer Hours Logged: 102 Description: Recycling Apple and Linux computers.  Welcomed 3 new volunteers. ….  15 people were involved at the lunchtime roll call video. Members of the volunteer crew this day were students from Case Western Reserve University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Maryland,...

        Kwaio Archive Project

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          • When Computer Reach adopted its name, no one could have had any idea just how far that “reach” would extend. And yet, our most recent initiative—to deliver computers to the Kwaio people, an indigenous group living in a remote area of the Solomon Islands—is dramatic proof that our mission is indeed a global one and...

          Tom Magill of ITT at Presbyterian Senior Care

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            • Recipient Organization:  Presbyterian Senior Care Location:  Pittsburgh, PA Mission:  “Presbyterian SeniorCare is a Christ-centered network of communities and services committed to excellence in enhancing the quality of life of older adults.” Website:  http://www.srcare.org Computers Received:  45 Population Served:  Seniors Installation Site(s):  Presbyterian Senior Care facilities in Plum, Verona, Saxonburg, Butler Slippery Rock, Uniontown, Washington, Homewood, California,...

            Self Organized Learning Environments

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              • “Self Organized Learning Environments” SOLE installation in Carrick neighborhood, a new group of Crestfield Campers and the CJ Friday crew with a bunch of new faces. All are included with this weeks post.

              CJ and SOLE

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                • Part 1: New volunteers at Computer Reach at Construction Junction and a new project in Pittsburgh serving Bhutanese refugees called the Pittsburgh SOLE .. Funding by The Fisher Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation. Part 2: The S.O.L.E. concept was pioneered by Sugata Mitra of India, now professor at Newcastle University in the UK. Computer Reach...

                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...

                  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