Free Geek’s Garage Sale to Support Digital Inclusion Within Minnesota
Free Geek Twin Cities (FGTC), an initiative to bridge the digital divide and eliminate e-waste, is holding its first garage sale this weekend in Minneapolis.
Each computer for sale is refurbished by FGTC’s volunteer staff with the hope that the system will allow a family or individual to access technology that normally wouldn’t have been attainable. All proceeds from the garage sale will benefit Free Geek’s mission: to support those in need of access and to eliminate e-waste waste that is often associated with the disposal of computer equipment.
“Free Geek seeks to solve one problem—a lack of access to computers and technical knowledge among low-income Minnesotans—by reusing the products from another problem: the rapid obsolescence of computer hardware, and the resulting electronic waste,” explains FGTC Co-Founder Brian Dunnette.