{"id":85,"date":"2008-07-29T14:45:50","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2008-12-17T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T23:58:48","slug":"for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"For A Good Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past 25 years there have been many changes in technology, and we have always tried to keep our offices as efficient as possible to keep our prices low and our quality high. This has created a room full of old computer equipment and other items that we no longer needed, most of which were in good working order, just a little out of date for us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We searched for an earth-friendly and community-friendly way to dispose of these items. California Native employee Dave Klein went online and discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.komputers4rkids.com\">Komputers 4R Kidz<\/a>, a non-profit refurbishing program. Their mission is to help children of all ages acquire the technology and technology skills they need to succeed in the future by providing equitable access to technology resources.The Komputers 4 R Kids Program has been designed to address four key issues:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/calnative images\/computers_for_kids.jpg\" alt=\"Komputers 4 R Kidz refurbishes donated computers for underserved kids.\" width=\"143\" height=\"101\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">E-waste<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Computer to student ratio<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Work Experience for Information Technology students<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">PC\u2019s for underserved students due to economic, language and cultural barriers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">They use the donated computers to aid in education on computers and computer repair, and what they can\u2019t use they recycle, so it\u2019s good for the kids and the environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The truck from Komputers 4 R Kidz pulled up last week in front of The California Native headquarters in Los Angeles and picked up monitors, computers, accessories, and other items they might use with the kids. We were proud to be able to donate these items to such a worthy cause, and to know that they will continue to be used to help others.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past 25 years there have been many changes in technology, and we have always tried to keep our offices as efficient as possible to keep our prices low and our quality high. This has created a room full of old computer equipment and other items that we no longer needed, most of which &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/for-a-good-cause\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;For A Good Cause&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91],"tags":[15,19,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}