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Free Geek Toronto Holiday Hours

To Everyone in Our CyberEquality / FreeGeek Community:

Our Holiday Schedule for Christmas and New Year is presented below.

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December 22 (Thursday): Open until 4:30 pm only;
December 22 (Thursday): Christmas / Holiday Party – 4:30 to 8:00 pm;
Please note that our Vine facility will be closed to the public during party time.
December 23 (Friday): Open;
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December 24 (Saturday): Closed;
December 25 (Sunday): Closed;
December 26 (Monday): Closed;
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December 27 (Tuesday): Open;
December 28 (Wednesday): Open;
December 29 (Thursday): Open;
December 30 (Friday): Open;
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December 31 (Saturday): Closed;
January 01 (Sunday): Closed;
January 02 (Monday): Closed;
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January 03 (Tuesday): Open.
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Seasons Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year.

- The Volunteers of CyberEquality / FreeGeek

Sacha Chua–On Volunteering and Leading the Build Class at Free Geek

We’ve just come back from volunteering at Free Geek Toronto, where we’ve been helping people refurbish donated PCs. It’s a good idea: help people develop computer skills while reducing waste. Unusable components are separated and bundled for recycling.

Working with computer components as old as the ones they get there can be challenging. People need to identify and isolate problems, replace parts that don’t work, and set up Ubuntu Linux.

- Sacha Chua :: living an awesome life – Volunteer notes: Free Geek Toronto
http://sachachua.com/blog/2011/08/volunteer-notes-free-geek-toronto/

So You Are In The Adoption Program

FGT Front Doors

Ok so you came down to FGT=Free Geek Toronto did the orientation, signed and filled out the volunteer intake form and got your email from cyber Equality Inc.. What do you do next well you have walked through the doors of 51 vine ave you feel a bit nervous or you're a get up talk type of person , no worries someone will say "Hi Can I help You?" Now it's your chance to connect with someone say yes !! if you are lucky a Core volunteer or volunteer staff person will direct you and guide you based on what you want to do here at FGT .

Here are some of the Jobs that need to be Done at Free Geek Toronto there are 8 and counting in total way to much to list here but is on the sign up Monthly log sheet take Look and choose 1 that can be your project that will help to gain those hours.

Hey the Website stated that there is classes that I can take or Meetings that I can come to will that count as Adoption hours too? Why yes it would so look on FGT events page for updates look in your email inbox and there is something for everyone to do..

So Volunteers, Geeks, needy and the Like remember coming to FGT is half of it you must engage to get the experience you want ..

So I hope I see you one of these days at Free Geek Toronto.
Paulette Andria Hamilton
Online Community Manager

What’s in it for me: Or why I volunteer for a technology nonprofit

I must admit that I have a bias. I have a strong bias towards the positive potential information technology. I envision information technology as a key part of the solution to many of our local, global, environmental and social problems. I believe that information technology is also a great equalizer, a motivated person with basic reading and writing skills can over time be a competent self-taught technology professional At the same time I have found that the full potential of current information technology has not been realized, and that is largely due to the fact that everyone does not effective access to information technology. In order to bring the full capability of information technology solutions to local, global, environmental and social problems, to enable people to collaboratively create solutions to these problems, access to technology must be universal.

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