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Insights And Stories: The Give IT. Get IT. Blog

Empowering Communities Through Technology Education

Learn more about what give IT. get IT. is doing in the community, read educational blogs, watch helpful videos and more.

  • give IT. get IT. profiled on NEWSCENTER Maine and ABC7/Fox 22 Bangor

    • Date: September 15, 2023
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    We’re excited to share two recent news stories on how we turn unwanted business technology into new tools for people in need! Caroline Lecour from NEWSCENTER Maine learned about us when she did a story about Girls Who Code, a national organization dedicated to encouraging and supporting the next generation of female software engineers and […]

  • got IT | Partnering with Educate Maine to help Girls Who Code

    • Date: September 13, 2023
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    Girls Who Code is a global organization that’s “building the world’s largest pipeline of female engineers.” From partnering with elementary schools and high schools to create coding clubs to working with companies to sponsors coding events, Girls Who Code is doing important work. Given our passion for helping people in need achieve digital equity and […]

  • got IT. | Connecting 10 Families First clients with the tools to succeed

    • Date: August 18, 2023
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    Families First in Ellsworth, Maine, is a shining example of the incredible things a small group of caring people can accomplish. Over the course of six years, Families First raised enough money and recruited enough volunteers to purchase an antique farmhouse and convert it into six private apartments for homeless families. In addition to the […]

  • Oakland T-Mobile Employees Dig Deep (literally) for give IT. get IT.

    • Date: May 2, 2023
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    Oakland T-Mobile Employees Dig Deep (literally) for give IT. get IT. T-Mobile is known as a nationwide cellular communications network but the company recently made an incredible impact on our small nonprofit organization. Before we talk about their Earth Week service project, we need to flash back to February 27th. That’s the day T-Mobile Social […]

  • Behind the scenes of our new overview video

    • Date: April 13, 2023
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    At give IT. get IT., we know we’ve needed a new overview video for a while now. Fortunately, we received two great features from WABI-5 in Bangor and NEWSCENTER Maine in Portland, enabling us to tell prospective recycling clients and donors about our services. Despite these wonderful stories, we needed something 100% ours and we’re […]