[Novalug] Recycled Computers and tax deductions

[linuxbodger]

Good afternoon everyone,

After following the Pentium II conversation here, I wanted to jump in 
with a bit of information.

I am part of a recognized 503(c) organization called "Computers for the 
Missions".  We take donated PCs, clean them up, load Linux on them and 
then donate them to worthy causes.  In the last year we have set up a 
community learning lab in Pocohantas Virginia, sent PCs to a Choctaw 
Indian reservation and are in the process of sending some refurbished 
laptops to Haiti.  We have also been working with S.O.M.E. (So Others 
Might Eat) based in D.C. to help set up small labs in their housing 
projects.

If anyone is interested in donating equipment we can provide a tax 
receipt so that you can deduct the value from your taxes.

In order to make sure we can deliver a long lasting solution, we are 
looking for P4 level PCs with at least 256 Meg Ram (512M is 
preferable).  We can also use memory, decent size hard drives (we will 
run DBAN if you haven't), keyboard, mice, networking equipment, etc.

Our current standard load is Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 on PCs, and Xubuntu on the 
laptops as they tend to be a bit underpowered compared to current levels.

If anyone has any questions, I can be reached at linuxbodger at gmail.com 
or on my cell at 571-235-3564.  The Project Coordinator, Denny Baughman 
can be reached via email at a4s4evr at comcast.net.

Robert Peesel
Potomac Lakes Digital Services