dezii
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Post by dezii on Apr 17, 2020 23:48:57 GMT -5
I found this a neat story...sent a small contribution to him...got a thanks...gives the lap tops away to kids for school work...There are families who have no computers , internet access...and with kids out of school....This guy is doing good things as are many thousands of our citizens helping others..My daughter and a friend are making masks...she sent me some for my aid and hubby...me too, though I don't go out...real good quality too...for health workers, hospitals in her area of Massachusetts. ------------------------------------------ "Coronavirus Neighbors Helping Neighbors "Coronavirus This Connecticut professor refurbishes old computers and gives them to students in need. Coronavirus has made his cause more urgent than ever Mark Prelli of Winsted is accepting donations of old laptops. He wipes the hard drives, installs Linux, optimizes the machines and then donates them to teens who need technology for distance learning and for therapy.(Courtesy Mark Prelli) When Tay Brown was a student at Classical Magnet School in Hartford, she needed a laptop computer to help with her studies. Problem was, she couldn’t afford one. “I come from a low-income family. We were struggling. I wanted to write my college essay and try to get accepted into college,” Brown said. Her math teacher, Mark Prelli, came to the rescue. Prelli is a computer hobbyist. When not teaching class, he would ask friends to donate laptops they no longer used. Then he would erase the computers’ drives, install Linux ……" ================================= www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-neighbors-refurbished-laptops-20200416-txpy5upd4zfl7c5zheddetdfbe-story.html
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toomuchreality
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 18, 2020 2:59:54 GMT -5
Nice!
This really is a feel good story.
Thanks, Dezi 🙂
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