Recycle Your Computer @Work Day - DHS Edition

Empower Up is in the middle of our first "Recycle Your Computer @work Day" for the employees who work at the State of Washington Department of Human Services offices in Vancouver. The morning shift is complete and we'll be headed back shorty for the lunch shift. Big thanks to Empower Up Board President, Leonard Bauhs for both organizing and staffing the event.

Green Drinks 2 Year Anniversary

Just got back from the 2 year celebration of Vancouver Green Drinks. Empower Up donated a sweet P4 desktop computer with LCD monitor (with all the usual accoutrement) for the Grand Door Prize and Mayor Tim Levitt gave a quick talk on what the City of Vancouver is up to on the sustainability front. If you are in a sustainable industry in Vancouver/Clark County, you should check this group out...they meet every last Tuesday of the month at a variety of locations around Vancouver.

Pics from todays E-Waste round-up.

A few downpours...

...lots of Styrofoam...

...and a fun time was had by all.

Intro to GIS - free class Sat. 4/24

Empower Up is happy to announce our first Intro to GIS class this Saturday, April 24 from 11:00am to 12:30pm.

Learn about geographic information systems and how information is used to create computer maps. In addition, we will explore Clark County's Maps Online and the Property Information Center. GIS expert Ken Loveall will cover types of spatial data, map layers and themes, local property information, and how to transfer this information to other databases and online tools. Space is limited.

Cost: free.

E-Waste & HHW Clean-up - Clark College - Apr. 24

Empower Up is helping out Clark County Solid Waste with another HHW & E-waste Round Up. This weeks event is located at Clark College (Parking Lot: Purple 1, off Fort Vancouver Way) Sat. April 24 from 9am to 1pm. Celebrate Earth Day and bring your old electronics and computers for reuse and recycling.

Earth Day!

Happy Birthday John Muir.

John Muir (1838-1914), naturalist, conservationist, and founder of the Sierra Club.

New website is live!

We just finished uploading the new version of our website: www.empowerupnow.org and we just want to say...we love our new name!

E-Waste & HHW Clean-up Event Sat. April 17, 9a-1p, Ridgefield, WA

Empower Up is once again helping out the folks with Clark County Solid Waste and picking up e-waste that is brought to this years HHW (Household Hazardous Waste) clean up on Saturday, April 17 from 9am to 1pm at Ridgefield High School 2630 S Hillhurst Rd.in Ridgefield, WA.

PC Clinic

This months PC Clinic is underway (10am-Noon) in the Education Center (5000 E. 4th Plain, Ste F, Vancouver WA) drop by if you're having PC problems and the fine folks from the Clark College Help Desk will give you a hand.

Electronics Clean-Up Event in Yacolt - Saturday April 10, 2p-4p.

Empower Up will helping helping out the folks with Clark County Solid Waste with another of their HHW (Household Hazardous Waste) collection events. This Saturdays event is in Yacolt, WA at the Yacolt Primary School, 406 West Yacolt Road. The event is from 2pm to 4pm. If this is in your area - tell all your friends to bring their computers and other electronics to help a good cause.

A new lift-gate for Big Blue.

I just got back from picking up our big blue truck from Mount Trailer, where they just completed installing our new 4,000# capacity lift gate. Big thanks again to the Kind Heart, Free Spirit Foundation for funding this upgrade and more big thanks to Mount Trailer for giving us such a generous discount and super-fast turn around. We're now ready for all our electronics clean-up events this spring/summer.

Next on the list is the new fancy wrap signage with our new name/logo on all sides of the big box. I can't wait.

New Name is Official

Our name is now officially Empower Up. Many changes involved in making the transition. Here are some important links to our new sites:

www.empowerupnow.org
facebook.empowerupnow.org
twitter.empowerupnow.org
blog.empowerupnow.org

Official roll out and unveiling of new website on April 19.