Donation Info

Donations may be dropped off at our workspace at the times listed below. When you arrive, ring the doorbell labeled Free IT Athens and someone will let you in. Our volunteers will be able to carry your equipment upstairs and print a receipt.

Wednesday: 6-8PM, Sunday: 1-5PM

If you can not donate at the above times, sometimes the Economic Justice Coalition can receive donations for us during the times below. Please call 706.549.1142 to ensure they are there before bringing a donation. EJC's office is up the stairs on the left.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10AM to 2PM

If you represent an organization with a large amount of hardware to donate, please contact us to arrange a pick-up or drop-off.

DO NOT LEAVE DONATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING!

Hardware Donations

We're particularly interested in computers. We also accept monitors, printers and other computer accessories for a small processing donation to help with costs incurred due to storage and recycling.

Monetary Donations

Monetary donations are sincerely appreciated. You can donate via cash or check during our open hours our via mail. Your donation will be used to purchase tools and miscellaneous hardware, provide transportation to and from the recycling facilities, and community outreach.

Donation Wish List

• Desktop and laptop computers with a Pentium III or newer processor

• LCD Monitors

• PS/2 or USB keyboards and Mice

• Memory (e.g., SD-RAM, DDR, DDR2, RD-RAM)

• Hard Drives 10GB or larger

• Grounded extension cords

• White printer paper (8.5x11 inch)
  

• Large bakers racks or similar shelving

• Hand-held vacuum (for removing dust from computers)

• Tools of all varieties (if it can open a computer, crimp a cable, test
  a part, etc. we probably want it)

AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT NEED ANY CRT MONITORS

NOR WILL WE ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING:

• Uninterruptable power supplies
• Software CDs and manuals
  
• TVs, VCRs, etc.
• Other non-computer related appliances
• Boxes of cables and/or miscellaneous junk

These items can be recycled at the ACC Landfill.

What happens to my computer?

Free IT Athens will never boot into a hard drive without first formatting it and installing Ubuntu Linux. For further security, any free space left after installation is sanitized by filling it with zeroes. This meets the NIST criteria for ensuring no data is recoverable.

Usable machines and parts will be refurbished, fitted with open source software and donated or sold to local individuals and organizations.

Items that are broken or unusable will be sold to Creative Recycling, a regional electronics recycling firm that responsibly recycles electronic equipment.