Unwanted computers wanted for free recycling event
Dell's second local
Community Green
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Computer giant Dell, which
has a Winston-Salem produc
tion plant, will hold its second
local Community Green Da\
next week, giving residents a
chance to responsible dispose
of their computers and comput
er equipment
The collection site for the
free Saturday, July ^6 recycling
event will be the pferking lot of
the Lawmce Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum ((he sec
tion adjacent to Goodwill) In
the event of rain on July 26. the
event will be held Aug. 2.
Residents are being encour
aged to bring their unwanted
computers, monitors, printers,
scanners, keyboards, laptops
and mice between the hours of
9 a.m. - 3 p m. All brands of
computers and equipment will
be accepted The first 500 peo
ple to do drop offs will receive
special perks, including a cer
tificate that will entitle them to
a discount on the purchase of a
future Dell computer
Dell held its Community
Green Day in 2003 That suc
cessful event collected more
than 40 tons of computers and
equipment, which could have
very easily ended up in local
landfills. Dell has hosted more
than 50 recycling events around
the country and the world,
which have collected more than
2.500 tons of old computers.
The campaign is part of the
company's mission to be good
environmental stewards
The company also offers its
customers (those buying new
Dell computers) the free option
of having their old machines
shipped off for recycling Dell
also has a program that offers
schools and businesses an
affordable way to dispose of
their IT equipment. The JWy 26
event is primarily designed for
individual consumers and not
companies and schools.
The computers collected
locally will be recycled, in con
junction with Goodwill
Industries of Northwest North
Carolina, into reusable raw
materials such a.s glass, plastic
and metal Computers that are
still operational will likely
find new life as parts for other
electronic products
Residents who are unable to
make the recycling event, can
always drop their old comput
ers and equipment at any
Goodwill location Other
Community Green Day part
ners include the City of
Winston-Salem, Keep Winston
Salem Beautiful, Winston
Salem Chamber of Commerce,
Winston-Salem State
University, Duke Energy,
Whole Foods, Atkins Technical
and Academic High School.
The Chronicle, Carolina
Handling, Wackenhut,
Sci Works and WXII.
Transit
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Committee Meeting was
well attended. At the meeting,
which was moved to City
Council Chambers to accommo
meeting were not convinced that
a transportation hub was the best
use of the historic building.
Phillip Carter read a letter
from Fleming El-Amin (presi
dent of the Forsyth County
Democratic Partv). who was
date the crowd.
Council members dis
cussed the proposal
for the renovation of
Davis Garage, which
sits across from
Winston-Salem State
University on Martin
Luther King Jr. Drive
The garage was
originally Union
(train) Station, but
was converted to a
garage in the early
Turner
consider i
unable to attend.
"I am greatly
concerned, as a citi
zen and community
activist, that you are
contemplating using
this historical facili
ty for that purpose,"
El-Amin wrote
"The town and that
specific community
would be better
served if you would
Tiaking that historic
1970 s. The city has proposed
reopening the historic 1926
structure as a multi-modal trans
portation hub that would house
buses. PART vans and. eventu
ally, passenger trains.
"The intent of the project0 is
to bring it back and to provide
transportation services includ
ing train service again." said
Assistant City Manager Greg
Turner.
Many who spoke at the
location a museum, coupled
with an invitation to Amtrak to
re-establish a train station on the
site."
Maurice Pitts Johnson
remembers the old station fond
ly
"I traveled from this station
the first time I left home, going
away to a private high school in
... South Carolina," she told
committe members. "I recall
distinct reaiures 01 mc nam
depot - the beautiful, high ceil
ings and the long benches in the
waiting room and the very long
set of steps to get down to the
train."
Developers plan to preserve
much of the building's existing
architecture, even repainting the
interior in the original color
scheme, says Project Planner
Pam Barth of Kimberley Horn
& Associates.
Not everyone present
opposed the new hub.
"We must have it! We have
missed this boat in the past,"
declared Jeff Miller, citing
instances where the city shied
from opportunities to bid on
such projects as the Greensboro
based Piedmont Triad
International Airport. "We don't
want to miss the train again for
the next century by not rehab
bing this depot and making it a
rail transportationxenter"
For more information about
the project, contact City
Department of Transportation
Director Stan Polanis at (336)
727-2708.
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Montaye Pearson monitors teen workers Jade Jackson and Darnell Perry.
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gram.
The Winston-Salem YWCA
has a summer jobs program for
teens as well. The Y is using a
grant to put two dozen Carver
High School students to work
this summer at various local
companies and agencies.
Employers who have signed
up to take on a teen this sum
mer include city government
agencies, non-prohts organiza
tions and local companies.
Teens chose from a variety of
labor, including outdoor, office
and warehouse work and even
working with animals
SUteen-year-old Amber
Canty is working in the office
of Mayor Allen Joines. She met
the mayor's assistant. Linda
Jackson-Barnes, when Amber
was selected to interview
Jackson-Barnes during the pro
gram's training period. The
teen left such an impression
that Jackson-Barnes requested
the young lady be placed at the
Mayor's Office.
Since then. Amber has been
creating city proclamations,
answering phones, inputting
applications and various other
duties. She recently learned
about city government in her
high school civics class; her
job, she says, has given her an
inside look. She's already been
offered a part-time job at the
mayor's office after the pro
gram ends. ?
"It's given me an opportuni
ty that most teenagers my age
don't have like to see what the
mayor does," Amber said.
Amber, who wants to study
architecture or visual arts in
college, said when she was
younger she wanted to be the
president of the United Stafes.
She's not sure about that any
more, but she definitely wants
to be a mayor.
The Darryl Hunt Project for
Freedom and Justice is getting
help this sumn^er from Jade
Jackson and Darnell Perry, both
15-years-old. The two have
been answering phones, greet
ing clients, filing and doing
database work at the non-profit.
Jade said she heard of
Darryl Hunt, who spent more
than 19 years in prison for a
murder he didn't commit, but
hadn't heard of his non-profit,
which helps ex-offenders find
work and advocates for judicial
reform.
"It's all new and you learn I
through different people and
see how real life is," said Jade.
Montayae Pearson, who
supervises Jade and Darnell,
said all the Hurft Project's
interns had been college stu
dents until the two teens came
along.
"They've been a delight,"
said Pearson. They're helpful
and hard workers and they're
just really good helpers.
They've just been a joy to work
with." . c
Winston-Salem is fortunate
to still have a summer jobs pro
gram for teens. Cities across the
nation have had to scrap such
programs due to budgetary cut
backs. The National Urban
League and members of the
Congressional Black Caucus
have been urging President
Bush and whomever is the next
president to breathe new life
into the Summer Youth
Employment and Training
Program. For more than 30
years, the federal program pro
vided young people with
employment opportunities dur
ing their summer breaks from
schools. But since 2000, fund
ing for the program has been
cut severely.
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