It all began in June 2003 with a father/son project in the basement. After rebuilding a computer, 13 year old Ned Dibner, suggested to his father Mark that they refurbish and fix older computers to donate to middle school honor-roll students in Durham, NC who could not afford home computers.
To date, Kramden has donated nearly 7,000 refurbished computers to local school children. The recipient children are picked by their teachers."There are only two criteria, they have to show they work hard in school, and they have to not have another computer in their home," Dibner said.
Kramden Institute, Inc., is a 501(c)(3)not-for-profit charitable institution whose mission is to empower hardworking, less-advantaged students by giving them home computers, allowing them to bridge the digital divide and advance their achievement, strengthening their contribution to the community. Kramden Institute accomplishes this by collecting, refurbishing, and reusing computers, extending their useful lives.
The vision of Kramden Institute is that students nationwide will have access to resources they need to achieve their academic potential. Kramden Institute will serve as the innovator and teacher of a process that recycles surplus equipment to donate to less advantaged students, one community at a time.
Kramden Institute began as a father-son project in a basement in Durham, NC, and now has the support of over 3,000 volunteers, generous donors, and thousands of corporate and personal equipment donations.
Kramden has created a process called the Geek-A-Thon® where 200-250 volunteers work in shifts over a weekend to refurbish approximately 200 computers. The first Geek-A-Thon® was held in August 2005 and, to date, over 6,000 computers have been refurbished through volunteer efforts at our Geek-A-Thons and at their headquarters. These computers are now in the hands of deserving students, known as Kramden Scholars. As Kramden grows, it is their hope to bring the Geek-A-Thon® process to other communities around North Carolina and throughout the United States.
Oh yeah... by the way.... in case you were wondering how Kramden Institute got it's name... Kramden is Ned and Mark spelled backwards.!
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