On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 14:14, KnowHow Tech Support wrote: > I am thinking about starting a non profit agency (501) status that will > accept donated computers from firms and individuals, and rebuild them and > give them to children and schools that are without computers. I thought I > would look for feedback from the list on this. Does anyone know of anyone > that is doing such a thing? What are your ideas? > > I want to give back to children as much as possible, especially kids > without computers. In my opinion a child without a computer is set behind > in the educaiton system. Naturally they would all have free software > installed. I was just hoping for a little feedback on the idea. >
Great Idea. There are probably organizations, United Way comes to mind, that would donate the resources to identify those in need and distribute the boxes. One thing I can see is that shipping would get to be a big deal and the availibility of monitors will also be a problem. Computers are going to be easy I bet. Now if we could get someone to donate ISP services we would be really jammin'. Contact me off list if you like. This is a big, make that HUGE job that will take significant resources to do on any scale, but a laudable effort to try and get started IMHO. Maybe get the politicians involved for some $? I know some folks in the community service orgs around Tulsa and would be willing to talk to them if you like. Bret _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
