Since 2001, Jim McKnight has worked with a homeless feeding program in Santa Monica California called "Hand to Hand". Hand to Hand provides a hot meal to over 200 homeless guests every Saturday morning and every Holiday. You can currently find us at 5th St. and Olympic Blvd in Santa Monica. Jim personally bakes 40 pounds of homemade Brownies each month to share with our homeless guests on the last Saturday of each month.
Jim has found that there is a need for Laptop PC's among homeless and other needy people trying to better themselves. Yes, Homeless people can use PC's.... for job preparation and other useful tasks, as well as for fun. Many free wireless hotspots allow them to connect to the internet.
Jim refurbishes the donated Laptop PC's and gives to deserving needy or homeless recipients in the West Los Angeles area. He fully wipes all data from the hard-drive, then re-formats the drive, and puts on a fresh installation of the Windows Operating system.
If you would like to donate an old Laptop running Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7, contact Jim at:
Please include the power adapter and any CD/DVD's that came with the PC.
Upon request, a receipt for Tax purposes will be provided from the Los Angeles Computer Society (a 501c3 Organization). You need to provide an estimate of value for the receipt.
---- Jim McKnight revised 6-14-2010 18:34