Causes: Human Services, Job Training, Public & Societal Benefit

Mission: Digital Inclusion: Our Mission is to increase technology access and literacy for individuals, families, and non-profits. We believe that everyone deserves equal opportunity and access to technology.

Results: More than 7 million pounds of corporate electronics processed for data, reuse and recycling1.7 Million pounds of this material was diverted from the waste stream to beneficial reuse for a nonprofit, library or family in New England$5.1 million dollars in social value recovered from the corporate waste stream in equivalent first market value - that the people we support could not afford without our help. Personal computer access made available to more than 40,000 people who otherwise might not have IT.

Target demographics: individuals, libraries, nonprofits

Direct beneficiaries per year: 400 alternative , non-traditional students, 91 libraries and other nonprofits and 700 individuals/families that needed technology to achieve an important goal.

Geographic areas served: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont

Programs: Get IT - formerly PCs for Maine, is focused on Digital Inclusion. It provides an alternative cost and quality source of computers, training and support for eligible individuals and nonprofits that need a computer with support and training to achieve in important personal wellness, educational or employment goals. Give IT - formerly eWaste Alternatives - is the only certified nonprofit corporate data destruction and tech reuse and recycling program in New England; BY providing certified best practices data security and electronics recycling for businesses, we recover reusable technology to support our (get IT) digital inclusion efforts. These programs were combined in 2018 to create "give IT get IT" a complete system that converts retired corporate technology into tools and opportunities for people.