Looking to volunteer your time?  Perhaps you’re looking to update your computer skills?  Or maybe you need a computer?  Check out Free Geek and get all of the above!

Free Geek is a Not-For-Profit organization that promotes ethical computer recycling and re-use.  It helps the planet and the local community by taking old, beat up, busted computers and fixing them up and then donating them to schools for re-use.  They also have a volunteer program where you can sign up.  They’ll teach you how to fix one of those old computers and in the end, you can take it home for your own use free of charge!  I think it’s a pretty sweet deal, not only will you learn some new skills, but you’ll help keep computers out of landfills, help local schools and get a new-old computer to boot.

Interested?  Just “Google” Free Geek and see if your city has a local Free Geek thrift store or repair centre.