PC Pledge 100

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, joined by Ben Hecht, Chairman of Connect2Compete (C2C), Jill Vaske, Executive Vice President of Redemtech, and representatives from LULAC and the Latin American Youth Center in Washington (DC) announced a nationwide computer donation and recycling call-to-action, called “PC Pledge 100,” to help narrow the digital divide for low-income families across the country. More than 17 million still useable computers are prematurely retired from businesses in the U.S. each year, which could help get millions of Americans online.

The campaign will urge corporations that can donate at least 100 computers to divert surplus PCs from premature retirement so they can be refurbished, installed with Microsoft software, and provided to needy families.