Things were hopping at the STUG Refurb Center.
Some honored visitors dropped by the Refurb Center other day. From left to right, we have SPCUG man (that’s what the guys call the Tshirt with our old avatar), Phil Sorrentino – past President and Monitor contributor, Marshall DuBois – Web Master, and Saul Lowitt – one of the founders of Manasota IBM-PC Users Group and long time instructor.
Hard at work that day, Mike Hutchinson (below, left) and Bill Crowe (below, right) (that’s Adam in the background, working away at his station) gave a tour of the workspace. Everything from cables to caddies is neatly sorted and stored for just-in-time reuse in configuring laptops and desktops, whenever someone/ some organization in the community mentions a need for a device.
Did you know that the Refurb Project is such an acclaimed and established volunteer project, that Windows and Microsoft Office 2019 are donated by those corporations for use in the refurbished computers? See all the local charities that we have been able to help.
UPDATE: We got so excited about our guests, that we forgot the real reason for this post, which was to share with you just a single month’s impact on our community: In April the Refurbishing Project refurbished 94 computers. In addition, 5 computers were repaired. Equipment was donated this month to: Children’s Guardian Fund, Children First, Career Source Suncoast, and Literacy Council of Sarasota
Cheers to an ongoing community resource run by volunteers and fueled by your donations. Want to know more?
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