Phoenix Project has recycled over three thousand computers for Maryland
School children and the needy. Founder and Director of the Project, Art
Silverglate is commended for his leadership and his commitment to the
community.

This project was designed to be a small scale recycling operation but
has exceeded all expectations. What began as a volunteer group of four or
five weekly volunteers now averages forty volunteers each Saturday and each week between fifty and sixty computers are readied for distribution.

The Phoenix Project links many partners including the National Cristina
Foundation http://www.cristina.org and the Maryland State Department of
Education. Alliances with Baltimore Community College, Howard Community
College, Towson University and University of Maryland at Baltimore County
have provided additional volunteers for Project Phoenix and training and
experience for the students as they repair computers for the needy.

The latest achievement is that the Phoenix Project is now going into
schools, wiring classrooms and hooking up students to the Internet. This
provides free manpower to the schools, and new learning experiences for the
volunteers.