Olin Coles
2nd November 2007, 09:22 PM
Dear Sir or Ma'am,
I am contacting all of our friends in the tech industry to gauge their interest in a project I am trying to organize. Over the last couple of years, HardwareLogic has sponsored a "Hoopty Rig" project, where staff and members donate hardware they no longer need/want to the project. We then find a family or child who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford a computer, and a staff member, or senior forum member, build a system from the parts list, then presents it to the family or child.
I'm contacting you today because we've wanted to take the project in a different direction. As I'm sure you know, our country has been involved in a war over the last four years, and an often overlooked byproduct are soldiers coming home with physical and emotional injuries that they may or may not ever overcome. As a disabled veteran myself, I understand, at least in part, what these young kids are trying to deal with, and regardless of anyone's personal views on the war, I think we all agree we need to support these young men and women who have sacrificed so much.
What we are looking for are donations, not brand new technology, but hardware that might be blemished, "obsolete" (By marketing standards), or excess hardware or systems that can be cleaned up, and which could be used by these young people. It may seem inconceivable in our business, but "old" hardware works perfectly well for someone who needs basic computing functions like Word Processing, Web Browsing, Email, etc.
Please do not feel obligated in any way, I'm just wanting to gauge interest from the companies we deal with on a day to day basis, and see how feasible this project is. Of course anyone who participates will get full credit, and I'll ask that people make sure to recognize your efforts as much as possible.
I'd like to close by saying this in no way will affect our reviews, we are very very much dedicated to the best reviews around. I've said before that community means everything to me, and hopefully things like this will rub off on others and we can put some older hardware to a good use.
Thank you again for your time and consideration.
Rich Caporali
HardwareLogic
Take a look here for more information: http://forums.hardwarelogic.com/f34/new-hardwarelogic-project-10624.html
I am contacting all of our friends in the tech industry to gauge their interest in a project I am trying to organize. Over the last couple of years, HardwareLogic has sponsored a "Hoopty Rig" project, where staff and members donate hardware they no longer need/want to the project. We then find a family or child who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford a computer, and a staff member, or senior forum member, build a system from the parts list, then presents it to the family or child.
I'm contacting you today because we've wanted to take the project in a different direction. As I'm sure you know, our country has been involved in a war over the last four years, and an often overlooked byproduct are soldiers coming home with physical and emotional injuries that they may or may not ever overcome. As a disabled veteran myself, I understand, at least in part, what these young kids are trying to deal with, and regardless of anyone's personal views on the war, I think we all agree we need to support these young men and women who have sacrificed so much.
What we are looking for are donations, not brand new technology, but hardware that might be blemished, "obsolete" (By marketing standards), or excess hardware or systems that can be cleaned up, and which could be used by these young people. It may seem inconceivable in our business, but "old" hardware works perfectly well for someone who needs basic computing functions like Word Processing, Web Browsing, Email, etc.
Please do not feel obligated in any way, I'm just wanting to gauge interest from the companies we deal with on a day to day basis, and see how feasible this project is. Of course anyone who participates will get full credit, and I'll ask that people make sure to recognize your efforts as much as possible.
I'd like to close by saying this in no way will affect our reviews, we are very very much dedicated to the best reviews around. I've said before that community means everything to me, and hopefully things like this will rub off on others and we can put some older hardware to a good use.
Thank you again for your time and consideration.
Rich Caporali
HardwareLogic
Take a look here for more information: http://forums.hardwarelogic.com/f34/new-hardwarelogic-project-10624.html