Project:
Project Name:	Computer Equipment Donation To The Community
User Group Name:	Twin Lakes Computer Users Group
Location:	Mountain Home, AR

WHAT we do

Project Description:
When members acquire a new computer, they often donate the older components to TLCUG to be refurbished and distributed to needy individuals or non-profit groups. Additionally, when TLCUG updates its own equipment, replaced items are also distributed to the community.

This year, TLCUG provided many items to the community including two computers to the Twin Lakes Literacy Council, one for their Mountain Home facility and the second for their Yellville branch. These will be used for student education and instructor training in new methods and techniques. (See the Baxter Bulletin press release #1.) A third special computer was given to an individual recovering from a stroke and doing remedial home speech therapy rehabilitation using word recognition and virtual speech computer generation capability.

Additional computers were donated to the Rae Valley Volunteer Fire Department (See News release #2) to facilitate scheduling manpower usage, track individual member training status, and manage budgets and funds.

The TLCUG were able to replace two wall projectors with more powerful, state of the art units. The older replaced projectors were donated to the Twin Lake Literacy Council and to the Van Matre Senior Center with the proviso that these units will also be made available for use by other local non-profit civic organizations such as the Boy and Girl Scouts, the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the Children's Miracle Network. (See press release #4 and 5 attached)

How we will use award money:
The Twin Lakes Computer Users Group will continue to provide educational classes and projects for members and non-members of our community. Funding for the following needs will be a major use for Jerry Award money: continuing maintenance and updating teaching equipment plus the addition of new components necessary to demonstrate advancing technology such as wireless networking and digital photography.

Some money will also be used to purchase books in order to provide resource material for members and mentors. Ultimately these books will be donated to the Baxter County Library's computer reference department.

Part of the money would be used for the purchase of components to help rebuild and refurbish older computers and equipment which will then be donated to local community non-profit organizations and indigent or handicapped individuals.

Finally, the Jerry Award money will be spent serving the needs of the TLCUG's members and our community following the goals and requirements of APCUG.