Chances are there's a local agency near you that'll take your old computer
equipment off your hands and get it onto the desks of those in need. Here's
a partial listing of such agencies, organized by state. Check with your local United Way office or in the community services section of your phone
book for other options.
By the way, it's worth noting that if you're looking to receive a computer, there are probably much better ways than calling these organizations. Most of them only give their machines to not-for-profit organizations -- not individuals.
WASHINGTON, DC:
Gifts In Kind America
700 North Fairfax Street, Ste. 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Email: ProductDonations@GiftsInKind.org
Lazarus Foundation
Contact: Don Bard or Paul Dammitt
10378 Eclipse Way
Columbia, MD21044
(202) 205-8308 (410) 381-4762
Email: ebard@aol.com
Computer Reclamation, Inc.
Contact: Michael Wiggins
912 Thayer Avenue, Suite 210
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 495-0280
CALIFORNIA:
Computer Recycling Center
Contact: Mark Hoss
1245 Terrabella Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
(415) 428-3700
Detwiler Foundation
Computers for Schools Program
470 Nautilus Street, Suite 300
La Jolla, CA 92037
(800) 939-6000 (619) 456-9045
Non-Profit Services
Contact: James Chao
1605 63rd Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
(510) 658-4760
Marin Computer Resource Center
Contact: Clay Thompson
862 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, No. 166
San Anselmo, CA 94960
(415) 454-4227 Fax:(415) 456-9492
Computer Recycling Project
Contact: Dale M. Tersey, Executive Director
1041-A Regent Street
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 523-2858
Email: dale@calon.com
GEORGIA:
Free Bytes
Contact: Charlie Shufeldt
One Buckhead Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 364-2136
ILLINOIS:
Educational Assistance, Ltd.
Contact: Michael Evans
P.O. Box 3021
Glen Ellyn, IL 60138
(708) 690-0010
MASSACHUSSETTS:
East-West Education Development Foundation
Contact: Alexander Randall V
55 Temple Place
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 542-1234 (617) 542-0555
E-mail: alex@donate.org
Boston Computer Society
Contact: Marlene Archer
Computer & Peripheral Recycling Program
101 First Avenue, Suite 2
Waltham, MA 02154
(617) 290-5700 Fax:(617) 290-5744
E-mail: msa@bcs.org
MISSOURI:
The Surplus Exchange
Contact: Rick Caplan, Executive Director
1107 Hickory
Kansas City, MO 64101
(816) 472-0444
NEW YORK:
Non-Profit Computing Inc.
Contact: John L. German
40 Wall Street, Suite 2124
New York, NY 10005-1301
(212) 759-2368
E-mail pc@igc.org
OREGON:
Northwest Micro
Give to the Givers Program
620 S W. Arctic Drive
Beaverton, OR 37005
(503) 628-2555
PENNSYLVANIA:
Computer Recycling Center
Contact: Marc Bartholomew, Coordinator
Cyert Hall, Room B25
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-8609 Fax:(412) 268-8192
SCROUNGE
Contact: Geradine Russell
Pennsylvania State University
101 South Frear Lab
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-7688
E-mail: scroung9@psuvm.psu.edu
TEXAS:
Dallas Computer Literacy Program
Contact: Brian Mickel
4208 University Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75205
WASHINGTON:
Computer Bank Charity
15062B 15th Avenue, N.E.
Seattle, WA 98155
(206) 365-4657
[Thanks to Christine Chiu, GUI Designer/webmaster, Pitsco Technology
Education, for compiling much of this information on the Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility website]
- Joe Nickell [9/2/97]
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