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Sharing the Dream
Posted by: Josh Thu 08th Jul 2010 06:53 pm
Here's a link to a great interview for Sharing The Dream. We've worked with Sharing the Dream on a number of occasions and help support them whenever possible.
Keloland
 
Computer Class at the Pavilion
Posted by: Josh Mon 14th Jun 2010 12:51 pm
Computers for the Community has just finished teaching a week long computer fundamentals course at the Washington Pavilion for middle school aged kids. The class ran all week for 3 hours a day.
 
Quick Update
Posted by: Josh Sat 24th Apr 2010 12:05 pm
I will be out of town for a few months so refurbishing will be a little slow. Please be patient if you've submitted an application and haven't heard anything for a while, we're working on getting you a computer we just don't have a lot of resources available to refurbish in my absence. Please feel free to use the contact us form to check on your status.

Thanks
 
Eide Bailly Donation
Posted by: Josh Fri 04th Dec 2009 04:52 pm
Eide Bailly has made another generous donation, this time one of CRT monitors. These are great monitors with built in speakers and as compact as a CRT monitors get. Thanks again for all your help!
 
Hematech Donation
Posted by: Josh Fri 04th Dec 2009 04:50 pm
Hematech of Sioux Falls has made a generous donation of several desktop and laptop systems! These systems will gradually become available as we're able to refurbish them. We really appreciate the continued support from Hematech! Thanks again guys!
 
Eide Bailly Donation!
Posted by: Josh Mon 21st Sep 2009 12:25 pm
Eide Bailly has made a donation of desktop computers and some printers. We'll be working on refurbishing these systems over the next couple weeks. We really appreciate all the support that Eide Bailly has given us. Thanks again!
 
Community Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher
Posted by: Josh Tue 07th Jul 2009 09:31 am
We are now a Community Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (CMAR), which means that every system we refurbish will come with Genuine Microsoft Software. Microsoft has documentation that outlines the reinstallation of their operating system on refurbished computers. In order to reuse the license with the system (the sticker on the tower) the operating system has to be reinstalled with the original back up media (the cd/dvd or partition on the hard drive). If the computer is donated without the original backup media than a new license is required. Being a part of the CMAR program allows us to obtain a new license and refurbish the computer at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a license at retail level.
 
Argus Leader Article
Posted by: Josh Tue 05th May 2009 08:49 am
There is a great write-up in today's Argus Leader about the organization, you can view the article here. Thanks Jill for such a great article (and Emily for the great photos)!

You can also view a pdf version here.
 
Eide Bailly Donation!
Posted by: Josh Sun 22nd Mar 2009 10:51 pm
Eide Bailly has made a very generous donation of approximately 43 Dell desktop systems. These are great systems and will be available asap. Many thanks goes to Eide Bailly for this incredible donation, we really appreciate your support.
 
501c3!!!
Posted by: Josh Mon 02nd Mar 2009 01:55 pm
It is official, we are now a 501c3 charitable organization. I was contacted this afternoon by the IRS to inform us that our application has been accepted. The details about our status has been mailed to us so more information will be coming soon.
 
Website Hosting
Posted by: Josh Sat 24th Jan 2009 09:16 am
Dataware has graciously donated another year of hosting along with the renewal of our domain name for another year! We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to Dataware for helping us out another year!
 
Still waiting on 501c3...
Posted by: Josh Fri 07th Nov 2008 02:55 pm
I’m still waiting to hear something from the IRS. They cashed the application fee check within 4 days of me sending the application. Hopefully we here something soon, I’d really like to keep things moving forward.
 
501c3 application
Posted by: Josh Fri 25th Jul 2008 09:50 pm
I finally got around to sending off our application for a 501c3 status. When we get this status we will be a federally recognized non-profit organization. The main benefit of this status is that all donations that we receive will be eligible as a tax write-off. Hopefully we hear something (relatively) soon!
 
Pictures from Guatemala
Posted by: Josh Sun 06th Jul 2008 09:42 am
Here is a link to some pictures taken by Denny Pearson during the trip to Guatemala. They truly are some amazing pictures: dennypearson.com.
 
An update on the laptops in Guatemala
Posted by: Josh Wed 02nd Jul 2008 08:32 am
So far about half of the laptops have arrived in Guatemala, heres an update from Diane of Sharing the Dream:

"2 computers went to field workers at Oxlajuj B,atz,. This is a sister organization of ours that works with health issues, etc.

2 computers went to our elder centre, where we are renting out two rooms in order to subsidize the elder centre. This will be a great draw to get volunteers who will rent the room. When this is full it may draw in maybe up to $600 per month for our centre.

1 went to a childrens library that we work with in Santiago.

3 went to Ruth and Noemí centre for our scholarship students. Our scholarship students have to go to the internet café and pay to do their homework. We set up a station at the centre where they already have internet for the students to work there…. We will buy a printer for them to use too.

This is the amount that we got there. I also hope to give 2 to the school in Chacaya. It is being built right now so I didn,t want to give them any until it is built.

2 more to the childrens library.

The rest to the womens groups that we work with, we will have a training program to show them how to use them.

I will be going down in the fall so hope to get the rest of them there."

What incredible work, thanks for letting us be a part.
 
Donation received from Guggenheim Partners
Posted by: Josh Wed 02nd Jul 2008 08:21 am
We received a donation last week from Guggenheim Partners. This donation consisted of a couple of older servers and 6 Pentium 4 systems complete with hard drives and memory. A couple of these are already spoken for but that leaves three or four available if you or any one you know could benefit from them. Thanks for the donation!
 
15 Laptops are on their way to Guatemala
Posted by: Josh Sat 14th Jun 2008 12:34 pm
We donated fifteen laptops to Sharing the Dream in Vermillion. Sharing the Dream is a nonprofit group that "promotes fair trade with cooperatives and small businesses in Guatemala." These laptops were donated by Eide Bailley of Sioux Falls. We were also able to do something very special with these laptops; through a program offered by Microsoft we were able to purchase 12 licenses of the Microsoft Office Suite 2003 in Spanish.
 
Donation from Eide Bailly
Posted by: Josh Sat 26th Apr 2008 09:01 pm
We received a large donation from Eide Bailly of Sioux Falls this past week! Thanks guys, we really appreciate your support. We will have approximately 25 laptops and a few towers available shortly, contact us if you are interested.
 
15 Computers donated to the Children's Home Society
Posted by: Josh Tue 22nd Apr 2008 08:50 pm
We donated 15 computers to the Children's Home Society(CHS) today. These were all computers that we received as donations from Capital Card Services of Sioux Falls. These computers will help attain CHS's goal of having a computer for every child.
 
Another site update!!
Posted by: Josh Wed 09th Apr 2008 09:50 pm
Rachel Stroschein has provided a new banner for the site! Thanks Rach!
 
Site redesign
Posted by: Josh Tue 11th Mar 2008 08:09 am
This site was redesigned by my sister, Rachel. She provided a new color scheme along with a couple of different graphics. Thanks Rachel!!
 
Our first donation!
Posted by: jstrosch Mon 10th Mar 2008 01:09 am
We donated our first two computers over the weekend! The Luther Center, located in Vermillion, SD received refurbished computers donated by Capital Card. Along with the PC's went two monitors that were donated by Omnitech. These were full systems, Pentium 4 processors with 512 MB RAM, 20/80 GB hard drives, Windows XP Professional, and Office 2003.
 
Donation from Capital Card!
Posted by: jstrosch Mon 10th Mar 2008 01:03 am
Capital Card Services of Sioux Falls donated 18 personal computers that they replaced from their call center. These are nice Pentium 4 systems but need RAM and hard drives. Contact us if you are interested in acquiring one of these systems or if you have hardware to donate!
 
Donation from Midwest Partners FCU
Posted by: jstrosch Mon 10th Mar 2008 01:03 am
We received a donation from Jeff Schmidt, President of Midwest Partners Federal Credit Union today! Hopefully we'll
be able to turn a few of them into functional desktop computers.
 
CFC Web Site
Posted by: jstrosch Mon 10th Mar 2008 01:02 am
Today marks the official launch of the CFC website! Hosting and all associated costs have been graciously donated by Dataware of Sioux Falls. The site is pretty basic right now
but I will be adding many more features as time permits. Keep checking back for all the latest news.
 
We are now incorporated!
Posted by: jstrosch Mon 10th Mar 2008 01:01 am
We are now officially incorporated in the state of South Dakota. Next step is our 501(c)(3) status.
 
Incorporated in SD
Posted by: jstrosch Mon 10th Mar 2008 12:59 am
We have taken the first step towards becoming official by sending off our Articles of Incorporation. Hopefully we will here back from the state soon!