Minneapolis, MN

WCE Minneapolis Chapter

Contact

Status

Not Accepting Dropoffs:  Contact the email address above for drop-off location and times. We are looking for a space the size of a two-car garage for testing and storing computers for our next shipment.

Please e-mail if you need a pick-up of 8 sets or more.

News

Steven Cayford of the WCE Minneapolis Team recently visited Kaduna, Nigeria as part of the WCE eCorps tech team of volunteers helping to install local area networks in schools there.

Curtis Griesel is looking for members of a Steering Committee to help him guide WCE Minneapolis.

WCE Minneapolis shipped a 20-foot container of 220 computer sets to India.  Special thanks to John Meier.

Volunteering

We need volunteers from Minneapolis to help to accomplish the following five tasks:

• Raise Sponsorship funds to help WCE Partners with the last 1/3 of the sourcing and shipping costs (this includes Rotary Clubs)
• Coordinate marketing for public computer donation events, eCorps recruitment, volunteer recruitment, speakers bureau, and press releases for shipments
• Pick-up, inventory, test and pack donated used computers
• Recruit eCorps tech volunteers from local universities and community and organize Speakers Bureau and work with local universities and high schools on community service, pairings, interns
• Recruit, organize and nurture volunteers to help with Chapter & field work including for eWaste, eCorps, and capacity building

Honor Roll of Donors

 University of Minnesota