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Free Geek: Helping the Needy Get Nerdy
More than 200,000 computer systems become obsolete in the U.S. every day while the gap between people who can afford technology and those who cannot -- the digital divide -- keeps growing. Enter Free Geek with an elegant solution. It takes unwanted computer systems from local residents and recycles the stuff that's beyond repair; everything is fixed up using volunteer labor and in exchange for that work, volunteers get those rehabbed computers -- for free. "We basically aim those two problems at each other," says the volunteer who calls himself "Reverend Phil". "We use the landfill to bridge the gap."
Be The Change
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Consider ways to "help the needy get nerdy" in your community by learning how Free Geek does so in its own.
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Send Free Geek a note of gratitude for all its volunteers do.
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Learn more about the growing trend toward Open Source models of operating.
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