Our friends at Catholic Community Services contacted us about getting computers for a lab. The lab will serve to help people learn computer skills, as well as search for employment — all of which serves CCS’s mission to empower people in need to reach self sufficiency. We were delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this important work. We look forward to a continued partnership to help people help themselves.
Representatives from Catholic Community Services picking up ERGS computers.
The Electroregeneration Society recently supplied equipment to the Kostopulos Dream Foundation, which improves the lives of people with disabilities through recreation and leisure education activities such as camping, fishing, horse riding, swimming, arts and craft projects, and more. We at the Electroregeneration Society enthusiastically support the Camp’s mission and are delighted that we can play a supporting role.
Mike Divricean, from Camp Kostopulos, with some of their Electroregenerated equipment.
Below is a brief video about recycling at the Electroregeneration Society. Some of our volunteers are earning their computers by helping us take apart equipment that cannot be refurbished. Reducing computing equipment to recyclable base components is the first step in recycling computers in an environmentally responsible way.
The Utah Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association recently came by to pick up some computer equipment. The Electroregeneration Society is delighted to be able to support the effort to conquer Alzheimer’s — we applaud the Alzheimer’s Association for their efforts and hope that a cure will be found soon.
Representatives from the Utah chapter of the Alzheimer's Association with their Electroregenerated computers.
You’re invited to visit the Electroregeneration Society booth at the 2010 SLC PodCamp on March 26 at Neumont University. Come learn more about our mission, find out how we can serve you, or learn ways you can support ERGS. We’d love to get to know you or reconnect with you.
The next day (March 27) we’ll be holding our monthly board meeting at 10 a.m. at the warehouse. Our board meetings are open to the public and we encourage participation. Join us!
Kenyn, Sinaih, and Matt drove up from Utah Valley University to volunteer at the warehouse today. They’re students in a Spanish class that has a community service requirement. They chose to volunteer at ERGS and earn computers that they’ll place with Latin families in Utah County.
Kenyn, Sinaih, and Matt with their Electroregenerated computer.
The trio amassed 15 hours and took a computer to give to a deserving family. They’re planning to come back and rumor has it that several other students from their class will be volunteering, too. We’re not certain how word got to students at UVU, but we’re delighted to have their help. Thank you to everyone who helps us spread the word about the Electroregeneration Society!
The Servantes family joined us last week to earn a family computer. They came in together and combined their hours so that they could get their computer as quickly as possible. This is a common occurrence at the Electroregeneration Society — we see a lot of families that join us to obtain their very first family computer.
The Servantes Family
When you make a tax-deductible donation to the Electroregeneration Society, you help us make a very real difference in the community — and, more importantly, you enable positive changes in family’s lives, helping them achieve the educational, employment and interpersonal benefits that computers bring into all our lives. In addition to directly assisting families and individuals, your support for ERGS helps nonprofits throughout Utah (which in turn supports thousands more people).
Please help us continue to help others by clicking on the Donate button (on the right) and giving what you can. Thank you for supporting ERGS.
Jonathan Morrison of the Salt Lake City Bike Collective stopped by yesterday to pick up some computers that will help the Collective fulfill its mission to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society.
Jonathan Morrison of the SLC Bike Collective, with Electroregenerated computers.
The Bike Collective is a very similar to ERGS in its goals, programs, and the groups we both serve. The Collective has shared advice about its strategies for success with ERGS, and ERGS may be able to help the Collective with volunteer management systems. It’s a budding collaboration that we at ERGS look forward to building.
After months of behind the scenes work the ElectroRegeneration Society, in conjunction with Vox Pop Design, is pleased to announce the CORE scholarship. CORE stands for Computers for Ongoing Research and Education. The pilot program provides a computer free of charge to Timber Lake, South Dakota high school seniors. Students must commit to continuing their education at either a university or trade school in the fall of 2010. They also must complete a 500 word essay that answers the question “How has growing up in Timber Lake contributed to the person you have become?”
I am a Timber Lake High School alumni and early on into work with the ElectroRegeneration Society I saw the potential for creating a positive relationship. Timber Lake makes a good pilot candidate because (1) I have existing ties with teachers and administration to get a program like this in front of students, (2) the initial sample size is small and manageable, and (3) the surrounding Dewey County, according to US Census Bureau statistics, is one of the poorest per-capita in the United States. This first time through the goal is to discover the issues administering a scholarship like this presents; issues on how to promote, administer, and distribute. It is my hope, however, that we’ll be able to expand the program’s scope to other deserving areas as the ElectroRegeneration Society grows.
Please consider making a donation to the ElectroRegeneration Society (ERGSOC) to help further this and other worthwhile efforts. Funds are transferred via safe and secure Paypal transaction. ERGSOC is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit and all financial gifts are tax deductible. Also, if you are a business looking to dispose of used office electronics please consider donating to ERGSOC. Together we can continue to help deserving individuals reach their full potential.
