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Curtis Memorial Library: A Tradition of Local Support

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Laptops and hotspots were offered. More power stations and a laptop bar. It started with one lighted sign in Portland, Maine. In response to Covid, the library had to adapt. It shifted to curbside pickup, provided take-home craft bags for family fun, and increased the number of digital services offered. The solution?

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Refurbished Computers for Nonprofit Serving Homeless

Tech Soup

This is an interview between Keli Sullivan, TechSoup’s RCI Program specialist and Candice Erdmann, information manager, at Transition Projects in Portland, Oregon. The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

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Sunstone Montessori School is a certified green nonprofit school in Portland, Oregon that serves toddlers through sixth graders. " Our top three winners received either a refurbished laptop or tablet from our great Refurbished Computer Initiative partners: CDI , InterConnection , and PC Rebuilders and Recyclers.

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Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

Tech Soup

It probably won’t be until 2015 or later that tablets reach the point where they can replace a laptop or desktop completely – office application use is still too stunted by the small screens and keyboard issues – but more and more people will have them. In 2014 there will be some important new CEOs. John Merritt.