Students standing in a circle were thrilled with their new laptops with Kevin Gao, EqOpTech President, standing in back
EqOpTech of Los Altos, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit donated 56 refurbished laptops to middle school students living in East Palo Alto, most of which have never owned a laptop before. The EqOpTech students-help-students program seeks to benefit needy students with technology tools and training to enhance their ability to excel academically. Since 2015, EqOpTech has launched a program to recycle, refurbish and redeploy unwanted laptops to support and teach the Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) program benefiting underserved students in San Jose, Mountain View, Los Altos and East Palo Alto. Each of EqOpTech’s Macbooks have been refurbished to replace their outdated Mac OS software. Students will now have easy access to computers for home use to take online classes such as Khan Academy and collaborate with classmates in online homework and research. Read more here...
To help, please consider donating used, functioning laptops and drop off at Santa Rita Elementary School office (700 Los Altos Avenue, Los Altos) from now until May 31st, 2019 Monday to Friday from 8 to 4 pm. Please disable any password prior to donating. All donations are tax-deductible. Tax receipt will be provided upon request (e-mail contact@eqoptech.org). Your tax deductible donation allows us to connect people and create partnerships around the communities.