[NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, October 30

[Robert A. Donaldson]

Dear Mac friends:

Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker  
Trainor, and Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill Computer  
Recycling Center today.

We were joined this morning by the St. Alphonsus School Tech Team, who  
learned how to de-manufacture iMacs into components for responsible  
recycling. After a brief how-to lesson, they grabbed their  
screwdrivers and got to tear their own dead iMacs down to pieces.

We also helped Drew Harvey and the folks from The Nyadire Connection  
pack 50 of our refurbished iMacs for shipment to the Methodist mission  
in Nyadire, Zimbabwe. They were all packed into boxes along with new  
clothing for padding, wrapped on pallets and picked up by Brothers  
Brother for delivery to a shipping container where they will join  
other goods destined for Zimbabwe.

We hope to have photos posted on PghMac.com in the near future.

We celebrated with a pizza party, and yunz missed it...

This afternoon, we also found the time to refurbish five G4 Power  
Macintosh Towers. Our de-manufacturing for the day totaled 22. As one  
of the de-manufactured Macs had previously been refurbished, we only  
added four to our all-time total, which now stands at 2,240.

We're still seeking USB keyboards and mice. Please mention this to  
anyone you can. This will be a continuing limitation for us in the  
coming months.

The construction on Carson St. is nearing an end. The street in front  
of Goodwill is scheduled to be paved tomorrow, October 31. The  
sidewalks remain to be rebuilt.

We will have another workday next Friday, November 6. We will not be  
working on Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving.

Hope to see you there!


Robert A. Donaldson
radonaldson at mac.com
(H) 412-922-3303
(M) 412-477-9188