Volunteer Center to Give Away Used Computers
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By David Blackburn, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Jun. 19--The Volunteer Center is planning the first of at least two giveaways of used computers that are intended for Daviess County homes with children but no computer.
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WHAT: On Saturday, June 23rd, the Tulare County Fair is giving residents an opportunity to recycle their old computers, television sets, VCRs, stereos, fax machines and other out-dated, unusable or unwanted electronics from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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United Way and Orbitz's Cheaptickets.com unit have joined forces to create a Web site to help people plan vacations in places where they can do volunteer work for charities.
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THE modern PC is a marvel, isn&#39;t it? Here&#39;s a machine that lets an ordinary person with very little training create a new document, check its spelling, dress it up with graphics, send it electronically
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A COMMUNITY computer centre, dubbed the area's best-kept secret, has been relaunched after a makeover.  Whale Hill Community Centre at Eston spent [pounds]25,000 to re- equip and refurbish its ten-year-old ICT suite.
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Rural and deprived communities worldwide are benefiting from the increased availability of computers.
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By Marni Pyke  mpyke@@dailyherald.com  Whether you're seeking help for a personal crisis or simply want to volunteer, a new Web site offers dozens of answers in minutes.
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Online auction company eBay Inc.  EBAY.O on Thursday unveiled an initiative to join personal  computer makers and their environmental critics in an effort to  recycle more of the up to 400 million electronic products that  are thrown out every year.
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By John Reid Blackwell  Wireless Internet company Clearwire Corp. is introducing itself to the Richmond area by donating 25 laptops to the Children's Museum of Richmond.
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By Stacy Brandt, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  May 24--OCEANSIDE -- Two classes at Roosevelt Middle School will begin  using laptop computers for their day-to-day lessons this fall, thanks to a  grant from a national corporation.
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Some IT staffers who spend their days troubleshooting tech problems at work head home at night so they can do the same thing for free -- as volunteers looking to help the computer-clueless.
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Dalbey Education Institute:  When:  Saturday, June 23, from 9 a.m. until noon MDT.  What:  The Dalbey Education Institute invites the community to join them in safely disposing of obsolete computer equipment.
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The project that hopes to supply developing-world schoolchildren with $188 laptops will sell the rugged little computers to U.S. residents and Canadians for $400 each, with the profit going toward a machine for a poor country.
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By Georgia Evdoxiadis Daily Herald Staff Writer  Three neighboring governments have teamed up to bring consumer electronics recycling to all their residents.
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It seems like a great idea: making a computer that's somewhere between the size of a cell phone and a laptop, for people to carry around and surf the Web.
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One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing worldâs children, is reaching out to the public through an interesting marketing campaign.
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By Carol L. MacCabe Daily Herald Correspondent  Richard and Dona Martin of Barrington have a heart for volunteering and for encouraging others to volunteer, too.