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Group distributes new, refurbished printers to non-profit organizations
An organization serving Hunt County has already distributed 31 free new or refurbished Dell printers to several county non-profit organizations.
Bluebonnet Resource Conservation and Development, which serves 10 area counties including Hunt, recently received 563 new or refurbished all-in-one printers from Dell to distribute to non-profit groups, said Jeanette Moser, executive director of Commerce Economic Development Corporation.
Entities selected receive a USB cord, one black and one color cartridge per printer along with the printer.
In order to be eligible to receive the free printer, entities need to be non-profit with a 501c3 or be a Title-1 school, Moser said. Churches are not eligible to receive the printers directly. However, if the church has a group that is an off-shoot from the church, the church may be eligible, she said.
“The group has been able to do quite a few good things over the past two years, since the program started,” Moser said.
Some area organizations which have been selected to receive the printers include the Greenville YMCA, the Hunt County Rape Crisis Center, DrugFree Greenville, Geoffrey A. Sweeney Environmental Education Center in Boles, Boles Independent School District and the Tawakoni Area Public Library, she said.
Tawakoni Area Public Library Assistant Librarian Kathleen Morgan said the library only had three printers for 10 computers before the donation, and two of the printers were old. The Bluebonnet group donated 9 printers to the library.
She described the donation as a miracle.
“This is not a blessing, this is a miracle,” she said. “This has been absolutely fantastic. We have had people using them right and left. It has been wonderful for our patrons to come in and not have to wait for a printer.”
Boles ISD was also selected to receive the printers. The district received 10 printers for the school district and four more for its environmental center, said Margaret Laws, grant manager for first generation college student initiative for Boles ISD and director of Sweeney Center.
She said the donation was a blessing because the district is non-profit and needed new printers to replace the old ones. The district will also use them toward student learning.
“A computer’s not much without a printer,” she said.
Moser said the Bluebonnet group still has some printers left. Any organization interested in possibly receiving a printer should e-mail her at jamoser@geusnet.com.
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