Free Geek Twin Cities had an incredible 2018. Firstly, we need to thank our amazing volunteers, without whom FGTC wouldn’t be possible!
Here’s a glance at some of the amazing numbers for 2018 :
| Volunteers | 560 |
| Hours Volunteered | 10,869 Hours 24 Minutes |
| Lbs Recycled | over 60,000lbs |
| Computers saved from the landfill | 1,202 |
| Employed Staff | 5 |
| Raingardens Installed | 1 |
Come by and grab a t-shirt, we finally have them back in stock for $10!
After a generous donation of shelving from Ryan Co. during their move downtown, we are taking a bit of time to rearrange and replan our space in the recycling area. Please excuse the mess as the walls get their first coat of paint in years. Thank you to Welna’s Ace Hardware for the great help picking the colors! The plan is expected to take a few weeks but we see this having a great benefit for handling greater numbers of volunteers and material to recycle!
Free Geek will be close on Wednesday, July 4th 2018 for Independence Day. Normal schedule will resume on Thursday, July 5th 2018.
Today is Give to the Max Day, we’re excited to have an introductory video to show you!
Please consider a donation to help us with our mission at our Give to the Max site.
We are happy to announce our store has been moved to a new area of the facility. This means more stock viewable, more stations to test gear before you buy, and fun things called windows, which we hear are nice.
But seriously, no running into the back caverns to find a computer, our entire stock is within reach finally. We’re happy to be able to serve customer’s needs better. This is all part of the plan to keep scaling to meet the community’s need for our mission.
Thanks to Art, Charlie, Eric, Todd, Dan, Karen, and more that pushed hard this past month to get our store moved and running again.
We’re happy to be moving forward with a new look at freegeektwincities.org. Over the years we have accumulated a fair number of pages, which we will also be updating!
Some things to watch for in the coming weeks:
