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Scholar Ankur Luthra ********************* CL4K
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Who are we?
Computer Literacy 4 Kids (CL4K), Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
founded in the year 2000. While studying computer science at the
University of California, Berkeley, founder
Ankur Luthra noticed that nearby
high schools and middle schools had a severe lack of computers and computer
science tutors. CL4K was founded to help fill this need for computer-related
items and education, and the Organization’s first chapter opened in
Berkeley, CA, in the year 2000. CL4K has been generously supported by generous
individuals and companies such as Microsoft and Wells Fargo. While many believe
that only major donations make a significant difference, a single computer
donation alone means the world to a child in need. So CL4K has no minimum
donation amount/size.
CL4K accepts computer donations in the Bay Area, California (namely, San Jose,
Berkeley, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Saratoga, Los Altos, and other Bay Area
cities). We accept mailed in donations of many other forms as well; please see
the "How can you help?" section for more detail.
The Organization provides donated computers, hardware, and software directly
to the youth and uses donated money entirely to purchase computer-related
items needed by the youths. No member, including the Board of Directors, is
allowed to take any salary. All funds and resources will be used to further
the Organization’s mission.
Please see the link to the left --- An
Example of Our Work --- to see how our process works, from receiving the
donation to our donating it to students in need.
Who do we help?
The Organization's goal is to help underprivileged or disabled youth in the
Bay Area and India. We have previously focused a great deal of our efforts to help
underprivileged students in Berkeley High, and we have since been able to expand our efforts
to India and the world thanks to generous donations of funds and in-kind
resources.
How can you help?
UPDATE: Thank you to the hundreds of potential donors for your generous donation
offers! Donation wise, we are in shortage and have a need only for laptops, which we have in short supply but
are in high demand from our students. As such, computer-wise, we are only accepting donations of laptops that are 3 years old or newer, at this time.
Educational materials and financial donations are accepted as well.
However, for your other items, I suggest that you consider donating to the Alameda County Computer Resource Center
(http://www.accrc.org) which does a wonderful service to the community as well.
Thanks again for your generosity!
Regards,
Ankur Luthra, CL4K Chairman
February 17, 2008
CL4K accepts donations of various forms, listed in order of the need of students:
- Laptop computers. We accept functional laptops that were high end about 3
years ago or newer.
Educational materials, such as books pertaining
to computer programming.
Financial donations (personal checks,
money orders, or cashier's checks only; cash not accepted for the protection
of the donor)
All donated items go directly to the children, with the exception that
computers may first be fixed if needed. Also, remember that no CL4K member
is allowed to take salary, as dictated in the firm's bylaws. All financial donations are used to help fund the purchasing of computers for the students.
Also, we emphasize that we cannot accept most damaged items (or items where you
may be unsure of the functionality). The reason is simple: non-working items
must be disposed of, and local garbage companies charge $10-15 to take away a
computer and $15-20 to take away a monitor, for example. Since all funds are
used to buy items for underprivileged students, losing money to dispose of
malfunctioning items is wasteful and hurts our mission.
What do you get for helping out?
Obviously, the best thing you get is the warm feeling of helping a student
in need. CL4K also plans to occasionally publish a thank you advertisement
in local papers giving thanks to helpful community companies and
individuals.
CL4K is a 501(c)(3) non-profit firm, which means your donations are
tax-deductible. CL4K will provide you with a signed, dated, official receipt
of your donations, a copy of which you can give to the IRS when you
write-off your donation. Each receipt also has a unique serial number which
allows you to easily obtain a new copy of a receipt from CL4K if you lose your
original receipt.
CL4K also has a registration process for every donation. After making your donation, you email the
President of the group to register your donation and assure that it serves its appropriate
purpose. If you register your donation, you
will also receive an email confirmation of your donation in addition to the
receipt.
For more information, please click our "Donation Information" link on the
left menu or click here.
Contact Information
You may contact us via email at
CL4K-contact [at] CL4K.org (when emailing, please change
" [at] " to @)
Or you can contact our President directly at
CL4K-President [at] CL4K.org (when
emailing, please change " [at] " to @)
You may also leave your phone number in the email and a CL4K member will call you back.
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