| 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. |