Tag Archives: cell phones

We Need Your Old Computers

CTP needs your old laptops, desktops!  This equipment makes a big difference in the important work that we do. We use this equipment to support our classes and transitional employment program for people with disabilities. Our easy drop off location is at the Ed Roberts Campus, above the Ashby BART station.  A tax deductible donation letter will be provided.  We wipe all …

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Free Cell Phone and Service!

California residents who receive Supplemental Security Income, food stamps (SNAP), MediCal or other public assistance, or who meet certain income guidelines, can receive free cell phones through the federal Lifeline* program provided by Assurance Wireless.  Roughly 4.6 million California households could be eligible. Those who qualify for Assurance Wireless will get a basic cell phone, plus 250 free minutes and 250 text …

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In the Sponsor Spotlight – Renew Computers

  (We continue our series honoring our intern sponsors.) Renew Computers is the largest independent electronics recycling center (“anything with a chip in it”) in Marin County.  Conveniently located in San Rafael,  they receive used electronic equipment–mostly computers–from individuals, small businesses and large corporations.  The higher quality computers are then refurbished by their team of technicians and are re-sold, providing …

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Programming Class 38 Graduation & Employment Update

At the recent graduation ceremony marking their completion of training at CTP, the students of Programming Class 38 were described as “feisty and phenomenal, awesome and amazing, striking and stupendous”, and lauded as representative of the best and the brightest of CTP’s Programmer Training classes.  Friends, families, BAC members, CTP Staff and Rehabilitation Counselors gathered last December at Spat’s in …

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