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  • Got IT. | Keeping a disabled veteran connected to the world

    • Date: February 11, 2021
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    Being a disabled veteran with two bad knees from years of crawling under fighter jets is tough. Being a disabled veteran with a broken computer and no way to pay for a new one is unacceptable. Unfortunately, that’s where 68-year-old Brad W. found himself in when his Chromebook stopped working. “I used my computer for […]

  • Got IT | A grateful client shares an inspiring note

    • Date: January 29, 2021
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    Sharing the inspiring stories of grateful clients who are using the computers they’ve received from give IT. get IT. to improve their lives is our favorite way to illustrate the tremendous impact our recycling customers and sponsors have. We typically conduct phone interviews with our clients and summarize their stories for them but after receiving […]

  • Got IT | Meet the ultimate give IT. get IT success story, Kellie Scott  

    • Date: January 5, 2021
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    <By the time she was in Fifth Grade, Kellie Scott had already overcome more adversity than most people do in an entire lifetime. In pre-school, chronic ear infections resulted in temporary hearing loss during one of the most critical phases of childhood development. Through art and writing, Kellie learned alternative forms to communicate until she […]

  • Got IT | Fighting depression by helping others overcome addiction

    • Date: December 22, 2020
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

     Fighting depression by helping others overcome addiction Stephanie Freeman is no stranger to the frustration, anxiety and depression that put some people on the path to addiction. Throughout her forty-five years, she’s seen several friends and family members become dependent on drugs because they couldn’t cope with their emotion; a situation Stephanie understands all too […]

  • GOT IT: How a computer is helping a struggling designer create a new life for herself

    • Date: November 9, 2020
    • Category: Build IT , Data Destruction , Donation , get IT , give IT , learn IT , News , Recycle , Uncategorized , Videos

    In last month’s Got IT feature, we told the story of a woman who left an abusive relationship with no money to her name and needed a computer to help her start a new life. This month, another brave woman named Heather Clarke has agreed to share the difficulties she’s experienced in her life and […]