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Ottawa, Ontario

Contact

Coordinator Doug Drouillard
 Boyd's Site  Lionel Croteau
E-mail OttawaDonations@WorldComputerExchange.org 
Drop Off Please e-mail first if you want to drop-off

News

  • July 2010, as a result of an affiliation between WCE-Canada and Knights Refurbishing Computers, Doug Drouillard became the 6th WCE Ottawa Coordinator and Lionel Croteau became WCE Ottawa's Boyd's Site Manager, and Chris Sharp became the WCE Ottawa Lead Tech.   (Read More)
  • In January 2010, prior WCE Ottawa Coordinator, Nish Patel, arranged for a pro bono analysis of the WCE website by Napkyn Inc.
  • Svjetlana Minarevic moved to Winnipeg and WCE wishes her well and thanks her for her excellent work leading the team in getting the computers ready for shipment
  • August 2009:  Carleton University donated 135 computer sets 
  • Nissan Canada generously donated 190 working Pentium 3 and 4 computers and also generously donated the delivery from Toronto to Boyds Warehouse in Ottawa.  See press release from Nissan Canada.
  • The fist shipment of 200 computers from Ottawa was sent to Afghanistan.  See related news story under the "News" tab at the top.
  • WCE-Canada thanks Boyds Warehouse for their generous donation of space during the months since this equipment was packed. 
  • Christine Chéné presented a certificate of appreciation for their generous ongoing help to Debbie Birch for the Anglican Parish of St. Mary the Virgin.

Volunteers

Please see volunteer descriptions here for more information.

We need volunteers from Ottawa to help our team accomplish the following tasks:

Donations Outreach Volunteer:

  • Solicit Donations from local Ottawa businesses
  • Maintain a list and follow up with prospective donators
  • Help to increase the organization’s community profile and fundraising initiatives

Computer Donations Collector:

  • Your job would be to collect computer equipment donations and move them from the donor’s site to our storage warehouse.

Donations

Location: 643 Du Buisson Crescent, Orleans, Ontario
Contact: Lionel Croteau  home: (613) 841-3102 or at work (613 993-2269
Hours: Evenings and weekends - by appointment

System Requirements:
We only accept computers in working order that are at least Pentium 3 450Mhz or faster.  We do not want to be responsible for paying recycling fees.
If your computers are no longer operational you can contact any of these places to recycle your equipment.

Pick-Up Info

Pick-ups are only available for a donation of five or more computers.  A small disposal and transportation fee will also be applied as follows:

WCE and Kolectiva
Pick-Up Fee Chart

1-4 computers

5-9 computers

10 + computers

Pick-up within 100 km of downtown Ottawa

$30

$45

$60

Pick-up outside 100 km radius of downtown
Ottawa

$40

$55

$70

Disposal fee to be passed to WCE (from amount collected at pick-up)

$10

$15

$20

Urgent pick-up is available at the regular fee listed above plus the additional cost listed here.

*Urgent pick-up is considered one that is needed within 48 hours

$10

$15

$20

 WCE Ottawa Steering Committee

  • Shannon Lal, Former WCE Ottawa Coordinator
  • Nish Patel, Former WCE Ottawa Coordinator
  • Doug Douillard, WCE Ottawa Coordinator
  • Lionel Croteau, WCE Boyd's Site Manager

Corporate Donors