By Lauren Matthews

Here is a list of organizations that recycle and/or donate computers:

Jericho Road, Inc.
Cooperative Computer Ministry
4511 Violet Cove
Memphis, TN 38122
(901) 763-3886
E-mail: jericho@jericho.org
Contact: Nathan Hill/Richard Cook
Redistributes used computers to schools, nonprofit comunity agencies and ministries.

Latino Tech Collective
E-mail: efreire@whyy.org
Contact: Edison Freire
Helps community organizations maintain and upgrade their computer equipment and serves as a conduit for providing recycled computers to the local community.

Lazarus Foundation
East Coast Office
10378 Eclipse Way
Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 740-0735
E-mail: ebard@aol.com
Contact: Don Bard, President
West Coast Office
30 West Mission Street, #4
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 563-1009
E-mail: recycle@west.net
Contact: Kenneth M. Wyrick, Western Regional Director
Internet: http://www.west.net/~recycle/lazarus
Recycles computers from the private industry into the nonprofit and educational markets. Gives high priority to those organizations which serve children.

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Waste Reduction/Recycling
P.O. Box 82178
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2178
(504) 765-0249
E-mail: solid@deq.state.la.us
Contact: John Rogers, Recycling Coordinator
Assists in donations of used equipment to schools, institutions and nonprofit groups.

Magik Inc.
(510) 658-4760
Donates office supplies, computers and other equipment to nonprofits and schools in the Emeryville, California, area.

Marin Computer Resource Center
757 Lincoln Avenue, Units 18 and 19
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 454-4227
E-mail: mcrc@pacbell.net
Contact: James Burgett
Donates computers to nonprofits, libraries, disabled people and low-income families. Operates primarily in Marin County.

Micrecycle
97 Humboldt Street
Rochester, NY 14609
(716) 224-7014 or (716) 654-2625
http://www.micrecycle.org
E-mail: doug.sprei0242929@nt.com
Contact: Doug Sprei
Gathers, repairs and refurbishes computers and peripherals and distributes them to needy schools and community-based organizations in New York state.

National Cristina Foundation
42 Hillcrest Drive
Pelham Manor, NY 10803
(914)738-7494
http://www.cristina.org
Contact: Yvette Marin, Ph.D.
Matches companies and individuals interested in donating computers and related equipment with nonprofit organizations and schools that serve people with disabilities in the U.S. and abroad.

New Life Computer Foundation (NLCF)
24026 Gilmore Street
West Hills, CA 91307
Solicits and refurbishes used computers in order to provide them free to nonprofits, schools and qualified individuals.

Nonprofit Computer Connection-TDC
30 Federal Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 728-9151
E-mail: cpastor@tdcorp.org

Non-Profit Computing, Inc.
67 Wall Street, Suite 2411
New York, NY 10005-3198
(212) 759-2368
Contact: John L. German
Provides advice and assistance to nonprofits looking for computer donations. Distributes computers to nonprofits, schools and government agencies, primarily in New York City.

Nonprofit Services
1605 63rd Street
Emeryville, CA 04608
Contact: James Chao
Donates computers and other equipment to member ($30 fee) nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco Bay area.

North Coast Computer Recycling
11328 Euclid Avenue, Rom 203
Cleveland, OH 44106
(216) 791-3000
E-mail: nccr@ctsc.org
Contact: Frederick J. Lisy
Collects, rebuilds and distributes used computers for use in schools, churches and community centers.

Oregon Public Networking
P.O. Box 1914
Eugene, OR 97440
(503) 448-9637
E-mail: office@efn.org
Sometimes has extra equipment for transfer to nonprofits.

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