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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

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Each year the International Computer Refurbishers Summit awards a lifetime achievement award. This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Actually the biggest need was for laptop bags to serve as suitcases for refugees.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

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A "disaster" doesn't necessarily have to mean a fire, earthquake, hurricane, or other natural occurrence. The Rockaways, in the borough of Queens, was one of the hardest hit areas during Hurricane Sandy. When Laurence Copel moved to New Orleans in 2010, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.