News and Updates:

January 2006:

  • Delivery of first load of surplus computers to SHARE Wisconsin warehouse

June 2006:

  • Application submitted to become a Microsoft Authorized Reseller

July 2006:

  • Digital Campfires Foundation website activated with new DCF logo.
  • Twenty computers formatted with Ubuntu operating system

October 2006:

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee donated 24 computers to SHARE Wisconsin.  The computers will be built around the Windows 2000 operating system and Open Office. 
  • The Peoples Resource Center in Wheaton, Illinois,  furnished the software and the development of the hard drive image for duplication.
  • The Digital Campfires Foundation received Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) status.  This permits DCF to offer computers with licensed copies of Windows 2000 sofware and to become part of a national organization of computer refurbishers.  For more  info about the MAR program please click on the following banner:
December 2006:
  • DCF has created a presence in Second Life, an online immersive environment with more than 2 million participants.  Visit the Second Life website at www.secondlife.com for more information.  TechSoup is developing a region for non-profits that will include DCF.
  • Planning is underway for refurbishing 25 computers for SHARE volunteers.  Computers will be imaged during the first week of January in the SHARE warehouse (please see photo gallery for warehouse images).   Basic computer operation training for SHARE volunteers will take place the second week of January.  Everyone participating in the training will receive a computer system.
Fiscal year: 2007:
  • Setup and refurbished 25 computers
  • Picked up 100 monitors donated by DCI Marketing, Milwaukee
  • Computer training workshops for SHARE volunteers, distribution of newly refurbished computers
  • Explored shipping reburbished computers to Kenya, Africa
  • Started a Bits & Bytes Club chapter at SHARE Wisconsin
  • Opened up a DCF location in Hopkins, MN
January through March 2008:
  • Began partnership with the Minneapolis Twin Cities Entrepreneurs
  • Moved business office to Minneapolis, MN
  • Extending services to include grant application consulting for non-profits and small businesses
  • Created a DCF presence on the Plush Nonprofit Island in SecondLife

For more  info about the MAR program please click on the following banner:
 


Updated: March 2008