Free Computers for K-12 Portland Students

Do you know a K-12 student who attends school in Portland and can use a free computer? Help us spread the word to parents, teachers and principals that Free Geek offers free computers to Portland K-12 students who complete 24 hours of volunteer service. Students can complete their volunteer service in any number of ways including in their communities, schools, churches or other community-oriented organizations.

Students should be able to provide supervisor contact information, so we can confirm the volunteer hours were completed successfully.  Before getting a free computer, monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard they must also attend a “Getting Started” class so they will know how to setup and use their computer when they bring it home with them that day.

For more information, or to input your request for a free computer, please visit our Plug Into Portland information page.  If you know a teacher, principal or school director who might be interested in more information, please give them this flyer explaining the program.

Cathlamet Teen Library says thank you!

Patrick Carrico, the new teen librarian at the Cathlamet, Washington Library, sent us this video to show us how excited they are to setup their new teen computer lab thanks to a grant of five computers from Free Geek. Many of the teens in their area do not have computers or Internet access at home, so offering this service in the library is going to be a wonderful way to help them get connected with each other, local schools’ on-line grade monitoring software and the world at large.

Thanks for sharing this with us, Patrick! We can’t wait to hear more about the great things that are happening in your library.