[BlindTlk] Volunteering

[Jude DaShiell]

One thing that's happening is public safety organizations are in heavy
need of dispatchers.  The situation is so bad with many former
dispatchers people are experiencing delays in getting public safety
assistance.  Do that work and it will not be on a volunteer basis, it's
too valuable to the counties.

On Fri, 5 Oct 2018, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:

> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 12:02:31
> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Volunteering
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> A very entrepreneurial idea.
>
> Judy
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> From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jude
> DaShiell via BlindTlk
> Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 8:34 AM
> To: Kim Brown via BlindTlk
> Cc: Jude DaShiell
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Volunteering
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> I did volunteer work  for SMARTCO in Maryland disassembling computers.  It
> needed sight to read certain instruments to be able to assemble computers
> and the industry has never made any of those accessible and will never do
> so either.  Disassembling involved using tools and recovering as many
> parts from each machine as was possible.  Those parts if they were good
> enough were passed to an assembly area where referbished computers were
> built.  Those referbished computers went to many countries around the
> world and 2/3 of all computers in St. Mary's County Maryland had a SMARTCO
> label on them since that was the only way families could even afford a
> computer.  People would usually put in 40 hours of work for SMARTCO and
> then be elligible to get a basic referbished system.  Laptops cost 100
> hours.  Charities usually put in bids for most of the equipment SMARTCO
> provides which is how computers went abroad.  I remember India got 800 in
> one order and Moldova and Honduras also got computers.
>
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