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20 20  * talk to Amy M at the library to get her contact info
21 21  
22 22  (((
23 -Next steps:do they still exist, build a profile, survey: would they like to join a community and what benefit would they be looking for in the community
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23 +Next steps: do they still exist, build a profile, survey: would they like to join a community and what benefit would they be looking for in the community
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32 -(% class="sortHeader" %)|=Program Name|=Contact|=FLOSS Used|=Notes
33 -|[[Kramden Institute>>url:https://kramden.org/]]| | Yes|Collect, refurbish and award computers to students and families without a computer in their home. Inspire students to succeed by teaching them critical computer, software and Internet skills. Recycle and reuse donated computers and parts; extending their lives and reducing e-waste.
34 -|[[Computers for Classrooms>>url:http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/]] |(((
35 -* [[Ozzie Serrano>>mailto:Ozzie@ComputersForClassrooms.org]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %), Program manager, [[General inquiries>>mailto:chico@computersforclassrooms.org]]
36 -)))| No|Volunteer-based program to fix used computers for use in classrooms
37 -|(((
38 -[[Virginia Student Training and Refurbishment (VA STAR)>>url:http://www.vastar.org/]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %)
39 -)))|(((
40 -* [[Chuck Drake>>path:mailto:drakecd@pwcs.edu]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %), state coordinator,
41 -* [[Conor Bloodworth>>path:mailto:dean@vastar.org]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %), assistant state coordinator/logistics
42 -)))| No|Student-based refurbishment program established state-wide. Finished computers go to students/families in need.
43 -|[[Computer-in-a-Box>>url:https://www.eqoptech.org/new-blog/2017/2/5/computer-in-a-box-refurbish-workshop]]|(((
44 -* Peter Swenson, director? (unable to find email)
45 -* Daniel Lim, instructor: (% class="wikiinternallink" %)[[Daniel@EqOpTech.org>>url:http://mailto:Daniel@EqOpTech.org]][[path:mailto:David@EqOpTech.org]]
46 -* Terence Lee, instructor: [[Terence@EqOpTech.org>>path:mailto:Terence@EqOpTech.org]]
47 -* EqOpTech general inquiries: [[Contact@EqOpTech.org>>path:mailto:Contact@EqOpTech.org]]
48 -)))| Yes|After school program for students focusing on fixing/wiping used computers, installing Linux (or allowing Dual-boot for Linux and Mac), and donating to students in need. Assisted by [[EqOpTech.org>>url:http://EqOpTech.org]]
49 -|[[Computers 4 Kids>>url:http://www.computers4kids.net/]]|(((
50 -* Michelle Hilgart, program director: [[michelle@computers4kids.net>>path:mailto:michelle@computers4kids.net]]
51 -* Lizzie Hoeppner, program director: [[lizzie@computers4kids.net>>path:mailto:lizzie@computers4kids.net]]
52 -* James Auer, VISTA Mentor Program coordinator: [[james@computers4kids.net>>path:mailto:james@computers4kids.net]]
53 -)))| No|Summer camp/after-school program to get computers into the hands of low-income students, while helping them build technology skills and work readiness. Eligible students can apply for free.
54 -|[[Tux4Kids>>url:https://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/]]|(((
55 -* mailing list: (% class="wikiinternallink" style="background-color: transparent;" %)[[tux4kids-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org>>path:mailto:tux4kids-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org]](% style="background-color: transparent;" %).
56 -)))| Yes|(((
57 -Open source (not OSI) project that develops software for educational purposes, with the intent of getting kids to events like Google Code-In
58 58  
59 -Website seemingly has not been updated since 2011
27 +|**Program** **Name**|**FLOSS?**|**Keep?**|**Build?**|**Contact?**|**Contact Info**|**Organization Name**|**Type**|**Location**|**Participant Age**|**Desktop/Laptop**|**Mission**|**Cost**|**Notes**
28 +|[[Tech Scholars>>url:https://kramden.org/]]|Yes|Yes||Yes|info@kramden.org|Kramden Institute|Nonprofit|Durham, NC|Grades 3-12|Both|provide technology, tools, and training to bridge the digital divide|$0 - $100|Desktops free for kids, $50 for adults; Laptops $50 to HS students, $100 for adults
29 +|[[Free Geek>>url:https://www.freegeek.org/]]|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|info@freegeek.org|Free Geek|Nonprofit|Portland, OR|All|Both|sustainably reuse technology, enable digital access, and provide education|24 Volunteer Hours|Classes are separate from the computer donations
30 +|Teacher on Special Assignment|Yes|No|No|Maybe|rlitt6@yahoo.com|Various School Districts|Teacher|California|K-12|N/A|N/A|N/A|Used donated computers and open source software to build free computer labs for schools, outlines the process for others. It might be nice to talk to him about similarities/differences in training kids vs teachers, his curriculum for kids, etc.
31 +|[[Asian Penguins>>url:https://sites.google.com/a/csemn.org/asian-penguins/]]|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|stuartk@csemn.org|Community School of Excellence|School|MN|Grades 6-8|Desktops|learn and share open source software|Free?|Club officers last updated 18-19; meet for 30 mins 2x/week
32 +|[[St. Louis Byte Works Earn-a-Computer>>url:http://fyifergyouth.org/earn-a-computer/]]|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|info@fyifergyouth.org|Ferguson Youth initiative|Nonprofit|St. Louis, MO|Grades 4-8|Desktops|Youth Empowerment|Free|Form no longer active, last comments from 2017
33 +|North Colonie Central School District||||Yes|||School|Colonie, NY|||||Open source computer club (MS)
34 +|Schodack School District||||Yes|||School||||||\\
35 +|Urban Scholars|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|mmccolgan@siena.edu|Siena College|College|Loudonville, NY|Elementary|Desktops|STEM||\\
36 +|Taconic Hills Central School District||||Yes|||School||||||\\
37 +|[[Troy Area United Ministries>>url:https://taum.org/programs/#]]|Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes|kueblc@gmail.com|Troy Area United Ministries|Nonprofit|Troy, NY|High School||||\\
38 +|[[Computers for Classrooms>>url:http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/]]|No|Yes||No|-|Computers for Classrooms|Nonprofit|Chico, CA|All|Both|provide technology, tools, and training to bridge the digital divide|$75 - $250|Microsoft Refurbishers, not Open Source and kids don't do the work
39 +|[[VA STAR>>url:http://www.vastar.org/]]|No|No*||No|-|VA STAR|State|Virginia||Desktops||Free|Computers donated to families in need, but not the students refurbishing
40 +|[[Computers 4 Kids>>url:https://computers4kids.net/]]|No|No||No|||||||||Ran a similar program off a grant in the summer of 2000
41 +|[[Tux4Kids>>url:https://www.facebook.com/pg/tux4kids/about/?ref=page_internal]]|Yes|No||No|||||||Open source educational software|Free|Tux4Kids is an open source software organization that develops high-quality software for kids, with the goal of combining fun and learning into an irresistible package.
42 +|What's in the Box?||No||No||Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center|School|NH|||||*article is from 2000
43 +|[[TeamChildren>>url:http://www.teamchildren.org/receive-a-computer.html]]|No|Yes|No|No||TeamChildren|Nonprofit|Philadelphia, PA|Families|Both|technology for economic opportunity|$65 - $225|\\
44 +|[[Close the Gap>>url:https://www.close-the-gap.org/what-we-do/project-cycle/]]|No|Yes|No|No||Close the Gap|international social enterprise|Belgium|N/a|Both|bridging the digital divide||Takes refurbished computers and donates them to projects in developing countries
45 +|[[Partners Bridging the Digital Divide>>url:https://pbdd.org/]]|No|N/a|N/a|No||Partners Bridging the Digital Divide|Nonprofit|IL|N/A|N/a|bridging the digital divide|N/a|Information sharing agency: training, list of programs
46 +|[[Makerspace125>>url:https://www.make125.org/about/]]|No|No|No|No||Greenbelt MakerSpace|Co-op|MD|N/A|N/A||N/a|Maker space that has offered classes on Arduino, refurbishment/ubuntu
47 +|[[Change the Equation>>url:http://www.changetheequation.org]]|N/A|N/A|N/A|No|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|Looks like it was created during the Obama administration and is no longer active. The website is only their logo, they aren't on Guidestar, and their Facebook hasn't been active since 2017.
48 +|[[freecodecamp.com>>url:http://freecodecamp.com]]|Yes|No|No|No||freeCodeCamp|Nonprofit|N/A|N/A|N/A|help people learn to code for free|N/A|Free coding lessons/challenges and forums
49 +|Computers for Learning|No|No|No|No||US Government|Government|N/A|N/A|N/A|Ensuring Opportunity for all Children|Free|Executive Order allowing schools and educational nonprofits to apply for free computers
50 +|[[Computer-in-a-Box>>url:https://www.eqoptech.org/new-blog/2017/2/5/computer-in-a-box-refurbish-workshop]]|Yes|No*||Maybe?|Contact@EqOpTech.org|EqOpTech|Nonprofit|San Jose, CA||Laptops||Free|Computers donated to families in need, but not the students refurbishing
51 +|[[Open Source Tour>>url:https://www.ulule.com/open-source-tour/]]|Yes|Yes|Yes|Maybe|amazanake@gmail.com|Minodoo|nomadic community|Togo||Desktops, Arduino|Digital transformation of Africa through free and opensource software||[[Maker Article>>url:http://www.makery.info/en/2015/05/19/minodoo-la-communaute-de-makers-nomades-du-togo/]]
52 +|Boys and Girls Club of Orange County|||||||||||||\\
53 +|Greenville High School|||||||||||||\\
60 60  )))
61 -|[["What's in the Box?" (Education World article)>>url:http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech012.shtml]]| | No|(((
62 -Vocational/life skills course run by [[Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center>>url:https://sites.google.com/sau6.org/srvrtc/home]]; awaiting more info from the SRVRTC Director
63 -)))
64 -|[[Team Children>>url:http://www.teamchildren.org/project-mission.html]]| | No|Group based in Virginia that refurbishes computers to distribute to familes that apply to receive them. Familes are asked to pay a minimum of $65, maximum of $225, and volunteer for a minimum of an hour.[[Volunteering>>url:http://www.teamchildren.org/receive-a-computer.html]] comes in the form of advertising the program via word of mouth or fliers.
65 -|[[Close the Gap>>url:http://close-the-gap.org/what-we-do/project-cycle/]]|(((
66 -* Project application: [[projects@close-the-gap.org>>mailto:projects@close-the-gap.org]]
67 -* Communication/press [[inquiries@close-the-gap.org>>mailto:inquiries@close-the-gap.org]]
68 -* General inquiries: [[info@close-the-gap.org>>url:http://info@close-the-gap.org]]
69 -)))| No|
70 -|[[Partners Bridging the Digital Divide>>url:http://pbdd.org/]]|(((
71 -* [[http:~~/~~/pddd.org/contact/>>url:http://pbdd.org/contact/]]
72 -)))| No| Volunteer group working to provide training, internet access and computer resources to those who need it
73 -|[[Makerspace125>>url:http://make125.org]]|(((
74 -* [[Volunteer directory>>url:http://make125.org/volunteer/directory]]
75 -)))| Yes| a [[makerspace>>url:https://www.makerspaces.com/what-is-a-makerspace/]] that ran a computer refurbishment class, installing Ubuntu on old computers
76 -|[[Change the Equation>>url:http://changetheequation.org/]] |(((
77 -* Nadine Skinner, Foundation Grants Manager: [[grants@girlsinc-alameda.org>>path:mailto:grants@girlsinc-alameda.org]] 510-357-5515
78 -* Contact Page: [[http:~~/~~/changetheequation.org/contact-change-equation>>url:http://changetheequation.org/contact-change-equation]]
79 -)))| No|(((
80 -Programs designed to help students of low-income homes push for careers in STEM fields
81 -
82 -[[BUILD IT: Girls Building Information Technology Fluency Through Design>>url:http://changetheequation.org/build-it-girls-building-information-technology-fluency-through-design-0]]
83 -
84 -~*~**This program does not appear to exist anymore
85 -)))
86 -|[[http:~~/~~/freecodecamp.com>>url:http://FreeCodeCamp||rel="__blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(17, 10, 5); text-decoration-line: underline; outline: 0px;"]]|(((
87 -* Support: (% class="wikiinternallink" %)[[team@freecodecamp.com>>path:mailto:team@freecodecamp.com]]
88 -* Media Inquiries: (% class="wikiinternallink" %)[[quincy@freecodecamp.com>>path:mailto:quincy@freecodecamp.com]]
89 -)))| Yes| A program made to teach coding in Open Source for free
90 -|[[Free Geek>>url:http://freegeek.org]]|(((
91 -* [[contact form>>url:http://www.freegeek.org/contact/general-info-request/]]
92 -)))| Yes| NFP from Portland, OR that refurbishes donated computers and gives them to volunteers or sells them at low cost
93 -|[["Teacher on Special Assignment">>url:https://sites.google.com/site/robertlitteportfolio/program-timeline]]|(((
94 -* Robert Litt, educator: [[rlitt6@yahoo.com>>path:mailto:rlitt6@yahoo.com]]
95 -)))| Yes| technology teacher who created a computer lab for his classroom with donated computers and open-source OS/Software
96 -|[[Computers For Learning (CFA)>>url:https://computersforlearning.gov/htm/hp_eligibility.htm]]|(((
97 -* For a project application: [[projects@close-the-gap.org>>path:mailto:projects@close-the-gap.org]]
98 -
99 -* For communication and press inquiries: [[communication@close-the-gap.org>>path:mailto:communication@close-the-gap.org]]
100 -
101 -For general questions: [[info@close-the-gap.org>>path:mailto:info@close-the-gap.org]]
102 -)))| No| Federal program for schools to receive computer hardware for educational purposes (check eligibility tab)

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