The “Plugged In” program is a donation based program, we take in donations of used computers, and refurbish them. The computers are then donated to families with school age children that are in need in this economical downfall. We provide this service to help the children by giving them access to more resources for research in their school work. In the time of a technological world, many school children have below average grades because they have no access to our growing internet world. This program is one way of trying to level the playing field for the children who are in economical distress.


Donation information

We accept donations of most any type of computer parts. We do ask that any computer donated be of Pentium III class or above (800 MHz speed and above). Anything of lower speed is obsolete and expensive to find parts for (if parts are needed). And hard drives donated should be at least large enough to handle a decent operating system (I.e. Windows 2000 or Windows XP). Where those are the operating systems that Microsoft still offers support and updates for. We also accept install CD’s for Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

What Happens with donated hard drives

We will never boot from a hard drive before it has been wiped of data. Hard drives we are going to keep are overwritten seven times in the process of testing. If we are not going to reuse a hard drive, it is physically destroyed in our facility before we send it to a responsible e-waste recycler. We use Darik’s Boot and Nuke (information can be found at http://www.dban.org/ )